Nov 10th, 2006
To the symphony
I know, so highbrow, going to the symphony. But Colin thinks musical instruments — all musical instruments — are incredibly cool, and who’s to argue with him. The Ann Arbor symphony is kind enough to put on four kids concerts a year, so Jess got tickets for this past Sunday.
We arrived early enough for the “instrument petting zoo”, and let’s just say it didn’t look like it was going to be a fun and enjoyable day. The Michigan Theater’s lobby is long and somewhat narrow, and it was packed when we got there - the theory is Colin wasn’t ecstatic about being so hemmed in. I can only imagine what it’s like when you’re not even three feet tall and surrounded like that, so I’ll give that one to him. In any case, an attempt to let him sit and play the mini-cello they had for the kids led to a screaming fit, so we opted to just find our seats and calm down a bit.
Luckily, the effects of the traumatic ‘cello incident’ wore off, and Colin had an absolute blast. From the moment the music and singing (they had a trio of women singers there, very fun, very kid-oriented) started, Colin was hooked. He loved the songs, he loved the clapping, he was literally bouncing back and forth, trying to clap in time when the rest of the audience did so (couldn’t quite master that one, but he came close). There was one symphony-only piece, think it was Dvorak (sp?), and I’d venture that was his favorite part. He mimics the playing of a violin, and he was doing that for half the song, it was pretty entertaining.
Needless to say, from the moment it was over until he went to bed he was asking to hear more music (his pronunciation sounds like “mee-keek”), and to see more instruments. We might have created a monster (grandma will be glad to hear it).