No summer is complete without a trip to The Hollywood Bowl! And so to fulfill that summer requirement the hub and I took in the John Williams show this past weekend. John Williams if you don't know is a famous movie composer mostly known for his work on the Star Wars films, Indiana Jones films, E.T. and Jaws. Actually those are just a few of his more famous works but really the guy's name can be found in the credits of movie in a ton of movies. John William plays at the Bowl annually but I have never gotten to see him before. I always seem to miss it or let's face it, be lazy about buying tickets in advance. And you have to buy them in advance because his concerts always sell out. This year for my 35th birthday, my 34th surprise was tickets to John Williams at the Bowl. If you haven't been to the Bowl the one thing you should know is that it is synonymous with food or rather, picnicking. We all know my mind has been centered around food lately, so of course, I was excited about the food portion as well as, the concert. There are 3 ways to eat at the Bowl. You can buy concessions, buy the box seats and have waiters serve you, or you can pack your own picnic. We always do the later. Being that I have a chef for a hubby, a picnic was a no brainer. So we packed up some fruit, some yummy home made sandwiches, using the finest ingredients and packed a Ziplock bag of dark chocolate almonds. Oh yeah, don't forget the sparkling lemonade and French beer (the kind we found in France and which we found to be distributed in a local wine shop near us - Yeah!).
The eats were of course were fabulous and so were our seats! I have always sat in the cheaper seats in the back but tonight we sat up close and boy is it a whole other experience! I was really glad to have good seats for this show because all of the music was so wonderful. The first part of the show John and the orchestra played music from famous movies from the 60's, 70's and 80's that were not his and then the second part of the show he played all of his famous work. The crowd went crazy when he played Star Wars and a million people pulled out light sabers. It was pretty cool. I forget he did the Jaws music. That segment was pretty cool. They projected a famous scene from Jaws while the orchestra played the music to the movie. For a moment I forget I was listening to an orchestra and not the soundtrack of the movie!
I have to say, that this was the best concert yet at the Hollywood Bowl! It was really enjoyable from start to finish.
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