My day out with Grade 2

I got to see something today with new eyes. This story starts 15 years ago when me and my sister decided to see the town as adults. We bought two tickets to the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. We went for dinner first, and had a few glasses of wine to shake off our long day. We discussed who we would see, perhaps some local celebrities in what we thought was Calgary's "A" crowd. We were very disappointed that the theatre was full of stuffy aged stoic nobody's. I am sure you know where this is going.. after about 1/2 hr of listening to the chamber music, we left. It was like being in a library all dressed up. So painful for two girls who dance like the solid gold dancers from the 70's. So today, I accompanied the grade 2 class to the same venue for the CPO music in motion. My first reaction was how are we going to keep these kids from jumping over the balcony? The great thing about kids is that they don't know they are suppose to sit still in a concert. To my delight, this is not the same concert that I had walked out of 15 years earlier. The conductor took us through a brief workshop. We learned how to lead an orchestra, and then listened to some true classics. The entertainer ( we did the Can Can in our seats), Blue Danube waltz and a Polka. At one point I looked down on the seats below and the crowd looked like a sea moving to the music. It's sad we have to take the wonder and the dance out of the music. This is how to see the CPO with the eyes, the rhythm, and the manners of a grade 2 class.