CYMO at National Youth Orchestra Festival 2002, Sarasota, FL

Today most of the students went to the Ringling Museum. The museum has two parts, the circus museum and the art museum. John Ringling donated his art collection to the State of Florida. The students in tonight's chamber music concert stayed behind and rehearsed. The artistic director of the festival stopped me and congratulated Alex and David on their fine work with the chamber music. There were doing to pieces that were solos with piano accompaniment.
The beach was fun. We went to Lido Beach. The weather was hot and the water was warm. The students played frisbie, played in the water, basked in the sun, and listened to the approaching thunder. Luckily, the storm went around us. Everyone in the chamber music did a terrific job, and the new music pieces were quite nice.
After the students played chamber music, the faculty played more chamber music. I have a message for Karen and Joe Cahill. I dropped the digital camera that we've been using for the pictures on the Web site. So it isn't working. But we think we've located a camera that someone else has that we can use. A friend of Karen Cahill was at our concert on Tuesday night. Also, several relatives of Aria Woods, were there too.
They showed the film "West Side Story." It was especially appropriate since on the of orchestras is playing the "West Side Story" symphonic dances. After tonight's concert, there were two receptions and a pizza feed for the chaperones.
Everyone is healthy. Jason was feeling a little under the weather when we left Los Angeles, but he is doing just fine. He has no hint of illness. The Valley Section of the "LA Times" was supposed to have an article on the trip. If any of you have it, we would like to see it when we get back. We don't have pictures of the beach or the concerts because Roger dropped the camera and it won't work. We've located another camera so maybe we can get more pictures for you tomorrow.
Message from Janet "On the information that I gave you I neglected to tell you that the airline we're returning on is Delta. We are scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30, at 8:23 p.m. We will be on Delta Flight 603 from Atlanta. Be sure to check with the airline for the exact time of arrival before you go to the airport. " You can call Delta at 1-800-325-1999 or go to http://www.delta.com/ and enter the flight number 603.

Thursday, June 27, 2002