Overheard at a Concert

I've had the fall MSO concert these last two nights. Here are some things I overheard.

"Hehehehehehehhehehhe!" (after every single time the percussionists played during "If I Only Had A Brain" from the Wizard of Oz suite)

"Harry Potter is scary!" (right before we played "Harry Potter Suite")

"Hey!" (when we FINISHED Harry Potter- some man was quite impressed)

"Again!" (after the last note of March to the Scaffold.... and no child, we are NOT playing that again)

"It's like a bird!" (after the oboe player played the sound of the cock crowing in Danse Macabre)

"I want that!" (when Tom held up a sorceror's hat from Disneyland, complete with Mickey ears... well, kid, for $55 that had can be yours too)

This is what happens when you had concerts with little children in the audience. Also kids who are dressed in Halloween costumes. And maybe have trouble sitting through nearly an hour and a half's worth of music with no intermission.

BUT, all the all, the concerts were great and it was a lovely pleasure to NOT have to wear concert black. It's the little things, folks. The little things.