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Friday, June 10, 2011

New Experiences Friday Five

I have a little story to tell.  Earlier this spring, my husband won three tickets to a concert presented by the symphony orchestra of a nearby city--featuring Mozart's Requiem.  We debated for a few days about taking Trinity, our four-year old granddaughter, to such an adult event.  In the end we decided to give it a try.  After all, the tickets were free, so we didn't have a great deal to lose if we had to leave.  (There she is in the picture, all dressed up and ready to go hear, "my Mozart!")  You may wonder why we would consider taking a preschooler to the symphony, but this child loves Mozart and listens to a CD nearly every night at bedtime. Once I tried to sneak a CD of Bach in, and she cried, saying, "Grandma, that is NOT Mozart."

She was hopping with excitement, but we gave her lots of coaching, and when we arrived she gazed about with wonder at the lovely venue, and when the orchestra began to tune up she sat up straight and gazed, enraptured, with her mouth literally open. It was pure delight to watch her enjoying brand-new sights, sounds and surroundings.

This experience led me to remembering times of discovery, of new experiences.  Some were my own experiences and some were remembered from my children, or those of others.  Share with us today about five memorable moments of insight, discovery, awareness--from childhood or later, something you experienced or something you shared with someone else.

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15 comments:

  1. Ah, missed you all the last couple weeks. This morn I was up at 4 with Ella Bella...so plenty of time to do the Friday Five.

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  2. So many memories to choose from! I have been told more than once over the years that I live in a state of Wow.

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  3. I simply must find things to blog about between Fridays! Thank you, Dorcas, for the inspiration and a super-cute pic of the little Mozart-lover. I played "Discovery" here . My #5 is directly attributable to Dorcas' grandmother story.

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  4. It took awhile for Blogger to let me post, but here it is.

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  5. Evidently, the things I remember are all about the arts. Go figure.

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  6. I don't have a post, but thank you for sharing that great picture and story; it filled me with a sense of wonder :-)

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  7. OH MY! I forgot to post a link to MY page. :-) Had a crazy day. Hope to read your posts tomorrow, y'all. If anyone is still here, come on over!

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  8. I'm with Trinity! I can still hear in my head the incredible sound of the tune up A that began the first rehearsal of the community symphony orchestra I had been invited to join when I was in eighth grade. Violins, brass, my double bass, even the kettle drums!!! It just doesn't get much better.

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  9. Definitely not the first to play today.

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