EOS--End of Summer

Summer may not end on the calendar until later this month, but Labor Day weekend is, for all intents and purposes, the end of summer around here.  After a year when we have broken the record for the most 90+ degree days, this past weekend cruised in comfortably in the 70s and low 80s.  Perfect weather for outdoor fun.

On Sunday the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra gave a free concert in Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis.  It's a beautiful setting, with a bandshell at the bottom of a nice slope, making viewing easy. The ASO is a top-notch regional orchestra and gets better and better each year under the firm hand of music director Jose-Luis Novo.

I love those concerts. Kids get up and dance to the music, adults kick back with blankets or chairs and enjoy picnics and great music.

One really cute number featured percussionist Donald Spinelli as "soloist" playing cellphone ringtones on cue, which means he had to be ringing at just the right time to come in perfectly in the piece (which incorporated old familiar ringtones as part of the music).  Donald is quite the showman and obviously enjoyed himself.

It was a lovely way to end the summer.