Oh Beautiful!

The concert with Camerata went very well this past weekend. It consisted entirely of Americana, from the silly to sublime, and the audiences were absolutely delighted. My setting of "Idumea" was very well receieved, and several people told me it was there favorite work on the program.

My youngest daughter had just finished her second year at Berkeley, and she stayed the weekend with us, assisting at all three concerts. My eldest daughter came down for a few minutes on Friday afternoon with her fiance, mostly to be able to see my mother. She had flown out from Ohio to be with him for his graduation from Hastings on Sunday, and they had several business items to attend to with regard to their upcoming nuptials in June. Everything seems to be coming together for that.

Our oldest son flew in on Sunday, and he'll be with us for the week. He just recently returned from several months in Germany. Our younger son will graduate from San Francisco State this weekend. Unfortunately, we cannot go because we already had another commitment out of state by the time he told us the date!

Busy times...