Mahaffey Theater and The Florida Orchestra

 Moved from prior blog posted Oct 16..

 

I love the theatre.. whether it be music or plays.  When I lived in Tulsa, I would go to productions in their theatre, as well.  Since moving back here, I had not been to the local theatres or seen the Florida Orchestra, and it was an amazing night.  The balcony ticket I got was just over 20 dollars, though in the future I want to sit in the box seats, as well.  I went by myself, but that just meant I could focus on the music... amazing.

First of all.. the conductor was amazing.  I mean, I LOVED the music and will talk about it in a minute, but Michael Krajewski was entertaining, as well.  He told stories behind the pieces and other just humorous interjections, making it even funner.

The music was from past Hollywood films, so you had some Wizard of Oz that was nice, some Disney pieces from Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (which was better than the film as you could hear and see the music being made), as well as James Bond movies, classic films, and they ended the whole night by doing a collage of 21 films in 4 and a half minutes.  Some of the songs were sung by the woman below, who was once on Broadway.  

Overall, one of my best experiences since being back in Florida, and I will return both to Mahaffey and Florida Orchestra pieces in the future.  They are going to be doing Harry Potter vs Star wars in the Spring, but they have a very busy calendar.  I picked up a booklet of what is to come.