Our research on the two pieces, “Onqotô” & “ Breu”, performed by the Grupo Corpo Brazil on Saturday promised an exciting & innovative evening....we were not disappointed. Every element enhanced the next, from the scenery to the costumes, the music to the choreography, creating a stunning visual & audio experience.
A Childrens choir of 40, an adult choir of around 75, 6 percussionists, 2 pianists, 3 opera singers and a conductor (oh and the 2 page turners), put them all together in the Conservatori auditorium in Palma, with its fantastic acoustics all performing Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmen Burana and you have a recipe for success. This performance did not disappoint in any way. After a sold out performance in Pollensa the night before, it goes without saying that the 600 or so of us priviliged to watch this left humming the famous opening (and closing) and wishing we could all go through it again.
Sunday evening saw the second of the Santaigo Auseron concerts at the beautiful refurbished Teatre Principal in Palma. Just seeing this wonderful restoration project complete would be enough but, wow, what a concert. Not really knowing about Spanish pop of the 80's did not affect the enjoyment of what was a top quality performance by a real star of pop along with a fantasic swing and jazz band of 22 musicians. Santiago was the lead singer of the band Radio Futura for those of you who don't know, which is probably most of us, but they were a great influence on early 80's Spanish pop. By the end of the show even us 'extranjeros' (or is it guirris? :-)) were standing and applauding and wanting more. This was a great show as we predicted in the latest issue and I would highly recommend you going out of your way to seeing this guy perform with The Original Jazz Orchestra if you get the chance.
On Saturday morning Centro Canino held an open day with a raffle, bring and buy sale and guard dog exhibition. There was a good turnout by supporters new and old, all taking the opportunity to see this fantastic new facility. There was an impressive show of dog handling with David the alsation doing a particularly good minding job.
The September issue saw the launch of our new size digame. We hope that you all have found it easier to read and being bigger, easier to find. The response we have had so far has been fantastic. Well done to Patricia our new designer for her 4 am stint to help get the magazine out as quickly as she did.
