Fur Rendezvous is on it's way, but the fill-in period seems to be very busy around here. For an example, take this weekend. There's a heap of things to 'get in' and I personally hope to accomplish some of these. Last night, as you enter the Center for Performing Arts, you can stroll thru Town Square and admire the beautiful ice sculptures that some carvers braced the minus degree weather to carve, and then there was the outstanding Anchorage Symphony Orchestra in the Atwood Theatre (one of 3 in the PAC), with guest conductor, Jung-Ho Pak. He personally came to the pre-concert lecture to rev up the audience, which he repeated by his animated conducting during the Mozart and Beethoven Symphony, but he toned down his dynamics for the moving passionate Dvorak's Cello Concerto, which featured a young woman, Alisa Weilerstein, who could easily challenge Yo Yo Ma's record. After the usual standing ovation, which Anchorage audiences are famous for, I felt that 'we' could have reserved this for a justified performance, such as we heard last evening. But to give you an idea of today's options, after church, you can settle down for the almost last football brunch of the year (yes, Super Bowl is next week) and the University's gymnastics meet, and the Anchorage Aces hockey game in early and late afternoon, respectively. There's more activity then just these things I mention, but I'm a downtown gal, and this is all within a 5 mile range of my condo. So there!
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