At the Symposium (Day 4)
Sorry I didn’t post yesterday, but I didn’t get back to my room until nearly midnight!! And that was early because the party was just getting started when I left! The last day of the symposium was cold–at least to me–with intermittent rain. The presentations that day were interesting. It’s amazing the sounds that the human voice can make in the name of creating new music. I got to admit some of it was more pleasant to this ear than others. The afternoon session featured lecture-recitals on music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Jacob Niles. The singers were quite good. It was the evening closing programs that highlighted the day, though. We started with a banquet at one of the local hotels. After the meal, a man in a fisherman’s rain gear came up and regaled us about the joys of being a Newfoundlander. Then he invited everyone who…
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