As mentioned earlier this past week, Anna was busy recently with Choir and Orchestra concerts.
Here is the orchestra concert, with Anna playing violin. I was unable to attend this concert due to work, so Linda was videoing with the Sony STL-55.
Enjoy.
– When Johnny Comes Marching Home (00:05-02:54)
– Andante Festivo (02:55-06:48)
– The Idylls of Pegasus (06:48-08:57)
The Wildcats won this past Saturday against the Texas Tech Red Raiders and, once again, it was a slugfest with the toughest team winning out in the end. This week, K-State’s special teams really contributed in this game with 2 blocked field goals (both by Guidry) and a 100-yd kickoff return for a touchdown (Lockett).
The Cats rose in the polls to #12 and will be traveling to Lawrence this weekend for the Sunflower Showdown against the Jayhawks. KU has not won a conference game this year and it seems unlikely that they will at all. Therefore, we have a really great chance to return undefeated to Manhattan the following week against #3 Oklahoma Sooners. It has been announced that the game will be at 2:30 and televised nationally on ESPN. What a turnaround for a team that barely won its first game against Eastern Kentucky!
Here’s hoping for a big victory on Saturday – a birthday gift, indeed.
After living in our house for eight years and having redone every other room in the house, it was time to remodel the master bathroom. It was the last room with wallpaper and it was time to finally do something with it. However, WE did not want to do any of it. So, we hired the company that did our main bathroom last year. Mike and his crew set about demolishing the old bathroom and in 9 working days had it fully done.
No more frosted plastic shower doors and white porcelain tile. Now we have contemporary glass doors and a shower made with quality tile and glass accent tile. The wooden countertop with a veneer finish is replaced with a marble counter with integrated sink. The wallpaper is replaced with a subtle gray paint.
We love it.
Following are pictures of the old bathroom that are paired with pictures of the new bathroom.
The Kansas State Wildcats travel to Lubbock, TX today to play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Cats are ranked #17 in the polls and could become bowl eligible with a win today.
My last post about the football team was several weeks ago when we amazingly pulled out a win at Miami University. Since then, we’ve survived Baylor and then also beat Missouri, both at home. With the Baylor win, we cracked into the top 25 with a #20 ranking. The Missouri win rose us up to #17.
With a win today and an anticipated win next week against KU, we could find ourselves with a perfect record back home on October 29th against an unbeaten Oklahoma. This game could have huge implications for the conference and for bowl selection.
Well, not to get to far ahead of myself – let’s just root for a victory today at Texas Tech.
Last week was a busy week for Anna because she had a choir concert one night and then an orchestra concert the next night.
Today, we’ll take a listen to the choir concert.
– Autumn Vesper
– Locus Iste
– How Beautiful is the Rain!
Video shot with Sony STL-55
Emily had her middle school band concert last night. We are very proud of her and her flute playing.
The video is 08:24 in total time with four songs:
– Regency Fanfare (00:05-01:50)
– Simple Gifts (01:50-04:28)
– Montezuma’s Castle (04:28-06:47)
– Hickory Dickory Rock (06:47-08:24)
Enjoy!
Sally loves Ribeye
After expecting to lose – and lose big – the Wildcats swaggered away from a huge fight at the University of Miami. The Florida heat and humidity didn’t keep the guys down. Excellent defense and methodical offensive drives resulted in a score of 28-24 in favor of the Wildcats.
During the last few minutes, the Hurricanes marched down the field and found themselves one the 2-yard line with 1st and goal to go. The Wildcat defense was remarkable with four stops. 41 seconds remained and Colin Klein was able to run out the time with quarterback keeps. What an exciting game.
Now back home with Baylor coming next week. What once was a nearly lost season has now turned around with some confidence. At the end of game one (against Eastern Kentucky), it was thought we’d be 1-2 at this point; instead, we are 3-0. Let’s go, Cats.
Last night, after a filling dinner at Cinzetti’s Italian Restaurant, the four of us spent an evening in the comfort of the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. What an absolutely beautiful concert venue. The above picture is a panorama of the gathering space from within the building.
The Symphony did not disappoint – what an electric choice of music. Director Michael Stern (son of famous violinist Isaac Stern) started off with Stravinky’s Fireworks. This was followed by Emanuel Ax playing piano on Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor). Intermission followed and we were treated to the world premiere of Chen Yi’s “Fountains of Kansas City”; this piece was commissioned for the opening of the Kauffman Center.
We were finally treated to the “Pines of Rome” by Respighi. Wow – what a wonderful piece that sounded absolutely amazing in the new Helzgerg Hall. Amazing, amazing, amazing. We can’t wait to go back for the next concert.
Here is the view from the seats we had last night (our normal seats are elsewhere, but we had to trade evenings for this particular concert). Notice that we are sitting behind the stage; this was such a unique viewpoint and the sound was fantastic. The acoustics in this hall is such that a person can speak from the stage without using a microphone.
