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| The view from the cheap seats. |
Of course you do!
Do you love the Symphony?
Meh?
What about the AkronSymphony?
Obviously... you love
everything Akron!
Well put ABBA and the Akron
Symphony together and you have a flood of inexplicable happy feelings filling
your face! How do I know? Because I had a lovely evening with some girlfriends,
soaking in my downtown, and loving this concert! Here’s how it works:
Part 1: We ordered Lockview
to go, walked across the street to the open Lock 3, and laid out our picnic at
the table. We chatted like girls (who are too busy to see each other nearly enough) often do. Conversation involved engagements, bad roommates, new
babies, bad jobs, and memories. You know, everything.
Part 2: Walk next door to
the Akron Civic Theater, purchase wine which you are permitted to bring into the seating area, and enjoy!
I love ABBA and I super love
song remakes – especially when done in an unexpected way such as when a
booty-call, sexually explicit song gets covered by classical piano. Love it! So
you can imagine my delight with an ABBA cover band singing with a symphony
orchestra! The sound was so rich and full, so strong. The Akron musicians were
dressed in the normal all black whereas Arrival was blazing white with shimmer
and sheen. The show was all about the music, which made my rear balcony, $22
seats not such a bad deal since it all sounds great in the theater.
I grew up a band kid. I even
stayed in marching and concert bands for three years in college. My husband got
his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music Education, as did many of our friends.
Then he taught three years of band to fifth through twelfth grade students. All
of this means concerts for me to attend. Loads and loads of concerts for me to
attend. I was pretty burnt out with concerts by the time my husband changed his
career.
But this concert? There was
no doubt in my mind once I heard the advertisement on the radio. It was a great night in the big city.
I love where I live!
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