contributed by Marian Fuchs
In the first two weeks of August 2018, Collington residents were treated to all kinds of great entertainment.
On one afternoon and two evenings we were treated to a evening of total pleasure: Summer’s Lease: Songs, Sonnets and Scenes from the Bard, put on by a cast of dozens from the Drama Committee. Below are Musical Director, Marilyn Haskel, and Director Tim Sabin, in front of the charming set built by Grant Bagley and Don Collins.
For the production program, including the words of the songs and sonnets, and a background piece by Tim Sabin, click here.
The following week, Glen Johnson introduced the community to one of his former students, Chip Reid, a national correspondent for CBS News, speaking on From Obama to Trump: How Life has Changed for Political Reporters. This telegenic and fluent speaker charmed his packed audience, and aroused a series of interesting questions that kept us for much longer than expected.
There were two excellent and very different concerts. In the Sunday afternoon series, the audience enjoyed listening to the Transatlantic Duo of Alexander Paperney (balalaika) and Vladimir Friedman (guitar and vocals). Their music varied from Mozart and Bizet to Russian folk music, with tango music from Brazil in between.
Sponsored by our two departing summer interns, there was a concert in the short Beethoven series given by some highly talented young musicians from U Maryland. It was given to a packed house on a Friday afternoon.
Above are Molly Jones, Cello, Andrew Welch, Piano, and guest player, Lewis Gilmore on Clarinet. The three together played a Brahms trio; Molly and Andrew together gave us some delightful variations by Beethoven on a tune written by Handel, and finally a Sonata for cello and piano by the same composer.
The young woman in black on the right was introduced only as “Ria”, and is one of the two replacement music interns Collington will be hosting from September.
Residents who braved to off-and-on-again rain one Saturday got to enjoy the Doxoe jazz music of the Kollington Kats, while sipping cocktails in the courtyard or Clocktower. Below a picture of some of the Kats swinging at an earlier gig.
