Sometimes, on extremely rare occasions, my car gets a bit messy. the usual things you find in every car, extra diapers, wipes, zombie costume, a kid's dinosaur finger puppet, every day things. Alla's mission in life is for me to clean the car.
She devised a scheme for this very purpose.
A while back we heard of a concert with my niece Pauline, a gifted violinist and the band Styx. I heard styx and I agreed right away. all i knew what that her orchestra is playing with the band. we arrived at the Q arena and the basketball court was transformed into a skating arena. the orchestra was already in place. 130 teenagers! i had no idea this group was this big. how do you get 5 people to play the cello? and good ones.
then some guys slides in and begin to explain what most of the audience knows, but clueless me. this Scott guy, a former Olympian skater, had cancer, was treated in the Cleveland clinic was cured and now for 16 years hold a benefit for the cancer institute. why not support it?, especially with Styx playing :).
Styx sang several of their greatest hits, the orchestra was playing with them and a group of world class skaters were doing their thing, skating, jumping, twirling, twisting and twice, even falling. some phenomenal moves and i was singing along most of the show.
The band mentioned that recently a 5th moon of Pluto was discovered and the band was invited to attend a NASA event where the Moon was named Styx..
One of the ice dancers was the main dancers son, age about 10 and he was making wee jumps on the ice. Alla commented that it is nice that he has a special skill and following his dad. I agreed and told her that this is why i will teach Mattan dungeons and dragons... alla had a mild stroke :)
Overall, a great show. the big screens were zoomed in on the dancing and occasionally the orchestra, but the camera was showing a section of violinists, but not Pauline. some people say the saw a glimpse of her for a seconds, we need a new director.
The only missing song was boat on the river
Before the show, the schemer told me that we need to drive people back to the show, but didn't tell me whom, then said that since she has 2 car sits and i have only one, it would be best to take my car, and since i am moving the car sits, i need to make room for these strangers from Uber.
Now I had to evacuate 2 boxes of crucial material (see first paragraph) and 2 bags of empty water bottles.
The Uber strangers turned out to be Alla's sister and daughter and after the show were enjoyed a nice dinner at Pickwick and frolic.
Now i have to work hard to get my car in working messy order once more..
enjoy this nice clip of the song
cheers
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