Beethoven Gartenkonzert

There are a couple musicians in our church orchestra who play in the Beethoven Concert Band and we finally broke down last month and attended one of their concerts. We had a ball! All of Graham's old high school band memories came flooding back and he was fantasizing about playing his clarinet before the concert was over!

So we determined we would try to attend more of these concerts as they came up, and sure enough, there was one scheduled for tonight. So we worked it out with Kate and our friend, Jo, to drive downtown to the King William District and pull up a chair for a little fun. And what fun we had! This was a perfect activity for Kate. Although she has no German heritage, both her parents were German translators in the Army, lived there for three years, and her older brother was born on an Army base in Germany.

The air temperature was almost cool, the aromas coming from the food booth were tantalizing, and the music - all of it - was good, loud and, at times, patriotic. Lots of singing in German, little children playing, families enjoying bratwurst and kraut... just a fun family night. Kate and I both took lots of pictures. Here's just a sampling.