Monday, April 28, 2008

A Panoply Weekend

April 25-27, 2008

We spent the whole weekend at Panoply. It may be the first one for Wren, but it is Panoply's 27th year! I'm sad to say that I'm old enough to remember the first one. It was when I was 10 years old in about the 4th grade. It was started in 1982 by the Junior League of Huntsville in which my mother was a member and so she worked as a volunteer at the first handful of Panoplies. My, oh my how Panoply has grown since those early days! The Panoply Arts Festival is now organized by the Arts Council of Huntsville.

Photos and video from our first evening at Panoply - Friday, Day 1




Saturday we visited the International Tent to see the performance by the Huntsville Chinese Association. Then we met our friends Sandy and Brian for the fireworks. It was another fun day!

Photos and video from Saturday


Chinese Lion Dance


Girls from the Huntsville Chinese School doing a fan dance.


A man playing a Chinese flute


On Sunday, we went to Panoply with Wren's cousin Ryan. Wren and Ryan made crafts and played the drums. In the evening, Jason, Lee Anne and Wren went to see one of our favorite local bands/musicians, Microwave Dave (and the Nukes).

Photos and video from Sunday, our third and final day of Panoply.


Microwave Dave & the Nukes


Another quick video of Microwave Dave

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you had a great time! Wren has grown so much.

Anonymous said...

It looks like so much fun! Glad you guys had a great time.

Anonymous said...

Hi guys, I just learned that you have returned back to the US. Great to see you have settled in so well. Are you missing Italy?? I have been very slack with Adele's Website and have not seen your comments for a long time. Wren is growing up to be such a pretty little girl. Oh so beautiful too! I have been looking at your website and you have done so much in the past few months. You have inspired me to update Adele's blog and I have been very busy with it for a few nights. So much has happened here in Sydney. We just had Adele 1st birthday in March. Time goes so quickly and I have very little time to get on my computer these days but I will keep in touch and regularly look at your blog. Ciao Daniella

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