Culture in the Rock

Very entertaining weekend. Saturday night, hubby and I had free tickets to the Conway Symphony Orchestra performance at the Reynolds Hall at the U of Central A. Wow! First of all, that facility is amazing. It's a professional performance hall with dressing rooms, laundry facilities (for touring groups), state of the art staging and a light and sound board that are the latest and greatest.

And then the orchestra, under the direction of Israel Getzhov, was fabulous. It's Haydn's 200th birthday and so they did one of his London Symphonies and them some Russian pieces with combined choirs from UCA and Hendrix. Mr. (Dr.?) Getzhov is not only a great conductor, he is also a great educator and was a delight to listen to as he gave us the background on the pieces and the composers. Really fun night.

Sunday afternoon the whole family went skateboarding. Oh yeah, we did. Daughter and Dad went on Saturday to get her outfitted with the full kit--board, wheels, trucks, helmet, shoes and wrist guards. Section 8 Skateboards on Bowman Curve will hook you up. They were out of knee pads, but should have some in soon. Skip bought this big long board when we were in London and I dug out my custom, signed long board from back in my Surf Expo days and we hit the empty parking lot of an office park nearby. It was a lot of fun. Maddie is going to be pretty good. I'm thinking that between the electric guitar and the skateboard, I'm going to escape having to be a cheerleader mom. We're on the right path.

Sunday night, we went to hear David Sedaris. 1300 of the coolest people in Central Arkansas gathered in what used to be the worship space for Fellowship Bible Church to hear the slightly bent humorist and author. My stomach muscles still hurt this morning from laughing.

So for those who thought we'd be trading in cultural opportunities by ditching London for Little Rock, I have to say that the greater Central Arkansas area has much more to offer than a movie theater and a Barnes and Noble.