The Michigan family, Jim and Cindy, Kathy, Mary Lynn, Pat and I went out for our annual dinner at Fandangles'. Everything was perfect. Tom the greatest host, the service impeccable, and Steve's food was delicious.
It is so nice to be able to get together and talk with each other. The seating is placed perfectly and the atmosphere has such ambiance that it is easy to forget there are other diners in the restaurant.
As a special treat Tom invited us to go to the Flint Symphony Orchestra for the evening. It was such a great concert.
Sarah Chang (I wish I had a picture from the concert) and the Flint Symphony Orchestra performed Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. It was enchanting. The music is some of my favorite. At times she was bent backwards at an alarming angle as she played. She was dressed in a vibrant red mermaid gown that contrasted with the black garb of the orchestra.
Ms. Chang is one of the world’s great violinists. She had her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight. In 2006, Chang was honored as one of 20 Top Women in Newsweek Magazine’s “Women and Leadership, 20 Powerful Women Take Charge” issue.
Maestro Enrique Diemecke conducted. He is wonderful to watch. Tom told us before the concert that the Maestro uses no music, everything is from memory. It was amazing.
After Chang's performance the Flint Symphony Orchestra performed Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 7." The entire concert was enjoyable.
As we drove home I was thinking of the staff at Fandangles' that still had hours of work ahead of them. The afterglow party was coming for dinner after the concert. Including the Maestro.
It truly was a night to remember.
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