CO Retreat Saturday

Ok, so, there are days in Oregon you thank goodness you're here - this is one of those days. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL HERE TODAY - sunny, calm, not too cold, not hot.

Breakfast was yummy - apparently Mark Lowen is a masterful pancake shaper - after making many rounds of circular pancakes, the bunnies, turtles, peace signs, and dragons starting making their appearances!

Our 3 hour rehearsal in the morning got us through the Vivaldi - the piece we came out here to rehearse. We are cobbling together 2 different editions of the Vivaldi to ensure that all have soloistic parts (you'll see/hear on Tuesday). It's working really well!

Lunch was soup and bread - it was a totally enlightened idea to bring crock pots!

Then the kids, after free time, did a scavenger hunt around town, chauffeured around town by the chaperones. The winning team won a bag of lovelies from the Dollar Store. Fun times!!!

The afternoon rehearsal focused on sections working out their Vivaldi parts. Also, we did a read through of Barber's Adagio - a favorite for the "State Repertoire" list.

Dinner at McMenamins was delightful - Ed John and his wife Carol joined us for dinner. Now we're back at Dunlap Manor - the fire pit is glowing, some kids are at the beach (many are wearing their costumes... we've got some hippies, a bumblebee, and characters from Alice In Wonderland), and others are playing games while we smell the brownies baking.

We'll touch base with you tomorrow before our last rehearsal.
~Ms S