Unsettling the World
First of all: The world has got to settle down with the horrible things. London! My heart goes out to you! (I want to come back and visit, stupid hoodies need to stop burning it!) And Chicago needs to get itself in order, too, because downtown rush hour shootings and Lollapalooza gear thefts are seriously uncool as well.
Which makes my evening seem really kind of out-of-sync with the rest of the world. My Brightest Diamond played with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra tonight. It had started raining at about 4:30, and the show didn't start until 6:30, so the only people that stuck around for it were people who didn't mind being sopping wet. I was kind of sad that there weren't more people there, since there really should have been. It was so, so worth getting rained on for. It sounded fantastic, and Shara Worden was just so happy to be playing with the orchestra (watching her bound across the stage in her sparkly dress was absolutely endearing). She mentioned several times that it had been a dream of hers. And the orchestra filled out the sound in just amazing ways. (I will remember that version of Feeling Good forever. Just... wow.) By the final song people were up and dancing in the aisles (including a pair doing the goofy Doctor dance. Actually, most of the dancing was interpretive dancing). Just a lovely time. And then I rode home in the rain... which is one of my favorite things to do, ever.
Which makes my evening seem really kind of out-of-sync with the rest of the world. My Brightest Diamond played with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra tonight. It had started raining at about 4:30, and the show didn't start until 6:30, so the only people that stuck around for it were people who didn't mind being sopping wet. I was kind of sad that there weren't more people there, since there really should have been. It was so, so worth getting rained on for. It sounded fantastic, and Shara Worden was just so happy to be playing with the orchestra (watching her bound across the stage in her sparkly dress was absolutely endearing). She mentioned several times that it had been a dream of hers. And the orchestra filled out the sound in just amazing ways. (I will remember that version of Feeling Good forever. Just... wow.) By the final song people were up and dancing in the aisles (including a pair doing the goofy Doctor dance. Actually, most of the dancing was interpretive dancing). Just a lovely time. And then I rode home in the rain... which is one of my favorite things to do, ever.