Sunday, July 10, 2016
The interesting things about the concert
Item 1: there were about 200 people seated in regular tiered seating behind the orchestra at the back. So their view was of the face of the conductor,and the backs of the members of the orchestra.
Item 2: the conductor enters the stage from the balcony, so comes down about 30 steps to get to the stage. And so do the soloists. Which means if they are doing multiple curtain calls, there are a lot of up and down stairs involved.
Item 3: when I got there I wandered around a bit trying to figure out where my seat was and where I was to pick up my pre-paid vodka and tonic. In these wanderings I went by the elevator when it opened and someone who appeared to be a maintenance man or backstage hand came out dragging a rolling duffel bag. He had long scraggly hair and was wearing an old tee shirt and jeans. Of course, turns out he was one of the four singing soloists, he was the bass. Panajotis Iconomou.
Item 2: the conductor enters the stage from the balcony, so comes down about 30 steps to get to the stage. And so do the soloists. Which means if they are doing multiple curtain calls, there are a lot of up and down stairs involved.
Item 3: when I got there I wandered around a bit trying to figure out where my seat was and where I was to pick up my pre-paid vodka and tonic. In these wanderings I went by the elevator when it opened and someone who appeared to be a maintenance man or backstage hand came out dragging a rolling duffel bag. He had long scraggly hair and was wearing an old tee shirt and jeans. Of course, turns out he was one of the four singing soloists, he was the bass. Panajotis Iconomou.
Item 4; the vodka and tonic included a lovely snack. See photo below, as well assume of the other photos of their hall.
Never mind I can't get the photos In here, they will be posted separately.
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Leaving Lithuania
This is really a country that cultivates all possible land. See the photo from the plane. Looks to me as though they cultivate everything that is not forest. And maybe they leave the forests alone because so many of them were killing sites during the war. One source says there were at least 202 places of killing and mass graves in Lithuania.
Anyway here is what Lithuania looked like as I was taking off and if you Look under the wing of the other photo you. Can see a bit of the Baltic Sea as we flew into Riga.
Anyway here is what Lithuania looked like as I was taking off and if you Look under the wing of the other photo you. Can see a bit of the Baltic Sea as we flew into Riga.
The ninth fort in Kaunas
These photos are from the ninth fort. It was one of the forts around Kaunas that was built for WWI and was then appropriated by the nazis and ultimately used to kill 30,000 Jews. There was also a daring escape from that place by 64 men who had been assigned the task of burning the bodies as the war wound down so the world would not know what had happened there.
Here are some photos from the area under they fort from which The escape was made, and also the monument constructed there in 1983, I think.
Here are some photos from the area under they fort from which The escape was made, and also the monument constructed there in 1983, I think.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Photos from Panoteriai
This was the last stop on the rosenberg/Kaplitz trip. This is a town that Pat Fuller told me about that she thinks the Kaplitz family may have come from. The original Polish name of the town was Kaplice and it meant chapels, as apparently there were several of those in town. Small Jewish population.
It is still a pretty small place. Photos show the market square area and some other items of note. Oh, yes, enroute our driver had to rescue a small porcupine in the middle of the street and put it in the grass.
It is still a pretty small place. Photos show the market square area and some other items of note. Oh, yes, enroute our driver had to rescue a small porcupine in the middle of the street and put it in the grass.
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