Dreamed a Dream of Time Gone By

I didn’t write about this last week when it happened but I thought I would lend my thoughts today. A week ago Tuesday I was fortunate enough to celebrate my mother’s birthday in a very memorable way. My sister and I took her out for a evening of fine dining and a brilliant broadway show (well technically an “Off-Broadway” show – by like 5,000 miles.) We went to see a masterful piece of musical theater, Les Misérables.

10 or 11 years ago was first introduced to Les Mis while playing in concert band in high school. The entire ensemble was given a wonderful medely of songs from a hit musical I had never heard of. I will always remember the opening 2nd trumpet line was a note held for 16 measures (it took a fair amount of breath control to last that long.)

In later years my brother and sister were in marching band and played the music for their summer routine. I can still remember how the music really moved me as they marched down the street.

So it was almost a life-long goal to see the actual musical performed on stage. In late December I heard it was coming to St. Paul for a final engagement. So I purchased tickets for what could turn out to be my last chance to see this masterpiece. (I wasn’t going to take a chance that Les Mis would be like Cher and do 3 farewell tours.)

In conclusion, it was an experience I won’t soon forget, I may even start going to more theater since I has such a wonderful experience this time.

(Heading Lyrics – I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables)