Local and Classical
It’s a big classical music weekend in Abby’s world. Forget Stars and Annuals, how about Carmina Burana and the WCPE Pledge Drive?!
Last night, Carmina Burana opened at Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center downtown. If you don’t know this piece, then you’re confused. I first heard it in the movie Excalibur, and it’s remained a popular piece for movies ever since. The North Carolina Master Chorale (including Yours Truly) is singing, and the Carolina Ballet are dancing. I am really enjoying the clever choreography, although truth be told, that guy dancing the role of the devil wandering around without a shirt has caused the soprano section to be a little fuzzy on some of our entrances. It’s REALLY distracting! The man is a machine. Muscles on top of muscles, as the kids say. Overall, the dancing is really good, and I’m so excited I get to see it so many times this weekend. It seems far from selling out. If you’re looking for something perfect to do on a rainy day or night, there are still performances Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday and Sunday matinees. Tickets.
This morning, I drove up to WCPE in Wake Forest and spent 2.5 hours answering phones for their annual pledge drive. My friend Tara is a DJ there, and I have been promising to come help for weeks. I FINALLY got around to it this morning. Very exciting stuff. If you ever listen to WCPE, do please call in and make a donation. It’s how they broadcast 24 hours a day. Even $10 is good. Online pledge form.
David Ballantyne and Terry Marcellin-Little ran from the studio out to the phones when the music began in order to check how we were doing on our hourly goal. There was a lot of leaping up and down and high-fiving when lots of calls were coming in!
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October 28, 2007 @ 3:16 am
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