Destination: Friday

What is it about Fridays?
There should be something special about Fridays, some point of destination where we arrive weary from the work week all ready for the weekend. Retirement rarely defines the difference between work and play, as I always seem to be working(?). Either my avocation activities need attention or projects in process in my studio are always waiting. When did I ever have time for a career?

This weekend is special. Tomorrow evening, after an easy morning and the aquacise fitness class at UNC, we dress and drive to Raleigh. Our opera season opens with Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), by W.A. Mozart, c. 1786.
According to Robin McNeil on denver.yourhub.com "Even in Mozart's day Joseph the II considered the opera to dangerous to stage, even though one could read the book. The story is a love triangle in which the hero, Count Almaviva plots with the help of his barber, Figaro, to win the love of Rosina. The Figaro Trilogy was written by French playwright Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais and Mozart's operatic version, Le nozze di Figaro, is based on the second part of Beaumarchais' trilogy."

The curtain rises at 8:00pm, Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh where Wayne Tigges sings the role of Figaro with Sari Gruber as Susanna. Yes, we have seen the opera before, several times in fact. Getting to know the music only makes you want to hear it again.

I am still discovering blogs and learning what I can from the snazzy ones. Where I have been for the past five years is a no-where-fog; I knew 'about' them I just did not 'get' them.
SO-o-o I've been searching through lots of blogs; most of them either medium-poor or downright awful. Finding one that is well done and actually contains information is not that easy. And did you know they give out annual awards for BEST blogs? Find www.bloggerschoiceawards.com and see what's been going on without me.
The reigning winner for "Best Blog Design" is...
www.frenchtoastgirl.com.
You will enjoy exploring this beautifully watercolored blog and learn why élena Nazzaro says 'Life is like French Toast.'

Today was the fourth class session and end of the second of eight-week OLLI Ballroom class. And also the time for PopQuizz1 to review all the steps covered in Fox Trot and Swing to date. It sounds harder than it is. Really just a check-list of the steps so each couple can ask about and improve their dance skills. Next up: Rumba.

As for developing partnership skills I like to tell couples...
Dancing is like marriage. The objective is to stay as close as possible and still not step on each other's toes.

keep movin' to the beat.
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