I was wrong. :)
Since I had *cough* the opportunity *cough cough* to work 7-7 at the hospital Christmas day, P and I decided to save opening our few gifts Christmas night. My favorite gift by far was to be the Symphony candy bar he gave me (I admit, I was confused by that one as well). When I pulled the candy bar out of the gift bag, I gave him the look of "Really? This is the best you could come up with? Thaaanks...." I should have known better :) He is one really thoughtful guy.
As I went to set the bar down, he grabbed it and started to unwrap it while saying "Lets have a piece right now!" Shoulda known then I was in for a big surprise. But I didn't.
Tickets. To a real, live symphony in SLC.
And I only had to wait a few days to see the performance!
I was ecstatic. Shocked. Overcome with emotion, to tell you the truth.As I went to set the bar down, he grabbed it and started to unwrap it while saying "Lets have a piece right now!" Shoulda known then I was in for a big surprise. But I didn't.
That was when he handed me the envelope.
It contained 2 of these.
It contained 2 of these.
Tickets. To a real, live symphony in SLC.And I only had to wait a few days to see the performance!
Ever since moving to the SLC area I have always wanted to go to Abravanel Hall. The building is so different and aesthetically pleasing from the outside, in my opinion. Its triangular shape is really singular.
I was not disappointed by the decor and architectural design inside, either. It opened my eyes to the beauty that can be contained in architecture. Everywhere I looked there seemed to be an elegance pronounced by the lines that outlines the 3 tiers and staircases that lead to the doors to enter the hall. "The lobby itself is an architectural marvel due to its many tiers, the staircase that goes upwards and to the left along with the triangular shape of the enclosure, the gold leafing that covers all visible sides of the stairs and balconies"(Quote taken from Wikipedia). I didn't know a line could be such a beautiful thing!
View from the upper level of Abravanel Hall. Apparently this glass "wall" contains 5,400 square feet of glass.Even though it is gorgeous,
I would hate to be assigned to clean all that glass.
Just before finding our seats for the performance. I wish we weren't so washed out in this picture.
One of my new fave pieces of sculpture. 30 feet high and sculpted entirely from red blown glass. I wish I could have a mini replica of this to use in my decor. I love everything about it! A camera phone pic just doesn't do it justice.
Details of the ceiling and chandeliers. I love the layout and design of the whole hall. It almost makes me wish I was a designer... :) There are 6 of these chandeliers, which contain 18,000 hand-cut beads and prisms of Bohemian crystals imported from Austria and Czechoslovakia. Breathtaking, for sure.
The symphony performers warming up. They played small sections of film from the Blue Planet show that matched the music they were playing. Incredible! I couldn't decide if I wanted to watch the screen or the musicians more...
I love this picture. Enraptured with the thought of the performance only moments away from beginning. So glad P obliged me by happily dressing up for the occasion (he doesn't care much for wearing a suit more than once a week for church). The only thing that would have made this image better would be if I would have thought to get P a bow tie for the evening. Bow tie aside, we still received the compliment of being the "best dressed couple of the evening" from one of the ushers, an older gentleman. To put it mildly, I was thrilled :D P didn't seem to mind the compliment either.The best part of the evening?
P confessed he truly enjoyed the symphony.
And not just because he was with me.
(What a sweetheart!)
And not because there was a GIANT screen to look at.
(Impressive!)
The music really was very moving and inspiring to him.
Hear (and see) a little snippet here of the experience here. This was the ad I heard for weeks over the radio, and never suspected a thing!
I love my P!
P confessed he truly enjoyed the symphony.
And not just because he was with me.
(What a sweetheart!)
And not because there was a GIANT screen to look at.
(Impressive!)
The music really was very moving and inspiring to him.
Hear (and see) a little snippet here of the experience here. This was the ad I heard for weeks over the radio, and never suspected a thing!
I love my P!
Hopefully activities such as this become
a little more frequent.
a little more frequent.
2 comments:
Thanks for such a cool post! We never visited Abravnal Hall while living in UT, I didn't know it was such a cool place.
I LOVE that red/pink glass sculpture! Ben and I actually watched a PBS documentary on the artist behind those sculptures, David Chihuly. He makes some dang awesome glass sculptures. He exhibits art work all over the world, right now in Las Vegas and in Tacoma in May. I want to go to an exhibit so bad! Anyway. Way too long of a comment.
What an awesome post! That looks like so much fun and you look beautiful! I bet that was such neat experience. I'm going to have to look into Jake and I going to something like that, hopefully he will like it like Peter did. Glad that you're doing well! XOXO
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