Dave Page » whs http://chwalisz.org Stuff Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:12:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Madrigal Dinner http://chwalisz.org/2009/04/28/madrigal-dinner/ http://chwalisz.org/2009/04/28/madrigal-dinner/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:19:07 +0000 dave http://chwalisz.org/?p=186 Kat was in the madrigal singers at Wheeling High School. We went to the last of her dinners in the school cafeteria. They used to be at Chevy Chase Golf Club, which is a beautiful place for a madrigal dinner, as it looks just like a castle. The cafeteria is a little less overwhelming.

The kids [...]]]> Kat was in the madrigal singers at Wheeling High School. We went to the last of her dinners in the school cafeteria. They used to be at Chevy Chase Golf Club, which is a beautiful place for a madrigal dinner, as it looks just like a castle. The cafeteria is a little less overwhelming.

The kids sang great of course. The food was miserable. I have never had catered food as bad. The Chicken Vesuvio was cold, chopped unidentifiable meat in a juice of unknown origins. Cold beans, cold potato chunks.

I wish I remembered the caterer so I could rant on about them. Something Pasta Mobile. Better try a different caterer next year, kids.

]]> http://chwalisz.org/2009/04/28/madrigal-dinner/feed/ 0 Recital: Steven Rausch http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/19/recital-steven-rausch/ http://chwalisz.org/2008/07/19/recital-steven-rausch/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:33:16 +0000 dave http://chwalisz.org/?p=139 Steven continues the tradition of talented Rausch boys with his senior recital at Woodstock High School. Claire de Lune was magnificent – I closed my eyes and kind of floated along. The Barbershop Sweetheart was perfect – what a group. She’s Got a Way was a great song for his voice and highlighted his piano [...]]]> Steven continues the tradition of talented Rausch boys with his senior recital at Woodstock High School. Claire de Lune was magnificent – I closed my eyes and kind of floated along. The Barbershop Sweetheart was perfect – what a group. She’s Got a Way was a great song for his voice and highlighted his piano work. His duet with older brother Chris was cool on many levels, and their voices work wonderfully together.

See you at Scott’s recital…

Prelude in G Minor – Chopin
Where’er you Walk – Handel
Sound the Trumpet – Purcell – Duet with Chris Rausch
Tramerai – Schumann
Adieu Sweet Amaryllis – John Wilbye – Madrigal Quartet with Alayna DeVar, Ariana Freeman, Scott Rausch
The Vagabond – Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Bring Him Home – Claude-Michel Schonberg from Les Miserables
Prelude in C Minor - Chopin
Dreaming with a Broken Heart – John Mayer
Let Me Call you Sweetheart - Leo Friedman – The “Honey Crooners” feat. Alex Blue, Glenn DeVar, and Scott Rausch
Clair de Lune – Debussy
She’s Got a Way – Billy Joel
Anthem - Bjorn Ulvaeus

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Note: see the “Horton Hears a Who” movie or read it and “Horton Hatches [...]]]> Went to see Katherine as a bird girl in Seussical at Wheeling High School. The show was good, the costumes were great, and it was fun to see Kat up there. I am constantly amazed at how talented high school kids are.

Note: see the “Horton Hears a Who” movie or read it and “Horton Hatches an Egg” or you won’t know what is going on. We saw Horton in FL on vacation…good thing.

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