Science City Union City Kansas City Missouri 2017

December 28, 2017 by shelley

Science City, Union City,

Kansas City, Missouri 2017

Science City, Union Station, Kansas City, MissouriScience City, Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Science City, Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Back at home

Collins comes and a field trip to the Coterie at the Crown Center

September 1, 2017 by shelley

Collins comes and a

field trip to the

Coterie at the Crown Center

“Garfield”

(more summer fun)

Garfield at the Coterie at the Crown Center Kansas City Missouri

The Great Fourth of July Race of the Hare & the Tortoise

More summer fun!

At Theatre for Young Audiences

Theatre for Young Audiences

Kansas City Symphony

September 28, 2015 by shelley

Kauffman Center of Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Symphony

The Kansas City Symphony kicked off another great year with a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner! I loved it!!

And apparently I was not alone…from the Kansas City Star:

“Last weekend, the orchestra began its fifth season in the Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall, kicking off its action-packed year with another “Star-Spangled Banner” and vigorous helpings of European concert music, including Maurice Ravel’s mesmerizing Bolero.

The Symphony has been filling the hall with regularity. Its main classical series, pops concerts, family shows and series of happy-hour events aimed at attracting new listeners have contributed to unprecedented levels of ticket sales and revenue. A recent disc release — its sixth CD project for the audiophile Reference Recordings label — featured the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Significantly, the record also showed off the talents of Jan Kraybill, caretaker of the Kauffman Center’s huge Casavant organ, and two Symphony principals, violinist Noah Geller and cellist Mark Gibbs.

Geller and Gibbs also played major roles in last weekend’s season opener. The program’s focus on featured soloists from the Symphony’s top ranks represented an important reminder that this band is rich in individual talent even as it swoons and swells like a unified force under Stern’s direction.”

Looking forward to another great season with the Kansas City Symphony!

Program Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony

Christmas guests start to arrive.

January 28, 2014 by shelley

My daughter Becca was the first to arrive. Not long after was my son B.J., his wife Jenn and their son Jack!

Jack comes to visit!

Jack and Bob

One fun activity was to go to the Crown Center. Jack enjoyed Santa’s Gingerbread Village. (Crown Center Shops, Level 1 Atrium.) Three locomotives travel through a Santa’s gingerbread village in the North Pole, all created by the chefs at The Westin Kansas City and Sheraton Kansas City hotels. You can see the reindeer stable, Santa’s sleigh garage, the elves’ dorm, a doll, rocking horse, and ball factory, and even Mr. & Mrs. Claus’ home.