Walla Walla Symphony

Last Tuesday, our school symphony took a trip to Walla Walla ("the place so nice they named it twice) and saw their city's symphony perform an night of Strauss music. We took school buses up, and ate at Lorenzo's pizza (cheap, but not too bad ;). Follow the pics for more narration... :) Megan and Katie on the way....

Apparently, Alex doesn't like her picture being taken!

Top row: Me, Lily, Elizabeth and Alexis

Bottom row: Katie and Megan

This was the foyer of the concert hall where the symphony was performing.

We found our seats (2nd row from the back), and settled in. The first two or three songs were really good, and some of my favorite. The horn concerto was AMAZING! It re-kindled my love for the French horn :)

But after intermission, it got... well, boring. We thought it was never going to end! They would end one movement, and we'd applause, thinking, "hallelujah, it's over!" Then realize that they still had 3 more movements to go! SO LONG!!!

The next day in orchestra our teacher apologized, saying that he didn't realize that the concert was going to last for 3 hours, and it wasn't the symphony he thought it was!

Right when we got out of the concert hall, it started raining! I didn't bring any other coat, and the only shoes I had were heels. It made for an interesting ride home! :D

Ninja Lily

Allow me to repeat myself- it was COLD!!!

This picture wasn't meant to be funny, I just like taking pictures of the whole bus to rememer who was there. However, if you look in the back, someone was apparently very into their story!



All in all, it was a great trip and I would go again. But from now on, I think it should just be a rule that symphonies shouldn't use repeat signs when performed in public!