Voice of the Mid-Columbia | Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Wash. |
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closeAfter living in the intense and volatile whirlwind of performing arts that is New York, we braced ourselves when we retired to the Tri-Cities. We knew that the Inland Northwest was environmentally a desert and feared that it might be culturally as well. We were wrong!
Where in New York we could not afford the time and expense for many performances, here we have found roles as performers, participants, supporters, and best of all we can share it with our granddaughters, which is why we came here in the first place.
We went to the first performance of the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers presentation of Benjamin Britten's The Company of Heaven, and were transported. We went back and took our granddaughters, a 9-year-old beginning violinist and a 12-year-old singer, who enjoyed free tickets as students. They loved the Simple Symphony, especially the pizzicato second movement, and could follow the arc of the heavenly cantata. They met the conductor and the soloists, and loved the cookies.
The Tri-Cities should be commended for its support of this extraordinary premier vocal ensemble. We hope more and more of you get to hear the unusual and imaginative programs Director Justin Raffa has planned for this season.
CHUCK and ANN EATON, Richland
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