Saturday 05/09/2026
Easy morning, walked to Zoe for breakfast, then goofed off until lunch. After lunch, joined Joanne to walk to Lucy Stern theater to see the Palo Alto Players production of Disney’s Frozen. Excellent production, very talented cast. Fun show. Would recommend, except this is the final weekend.
After an early supper I set up the auditorium for a concert, jazz by “Trio de Garth”, a semi-pro group. A chunky trio, piano, bass and drums, but tonight with also a trumpet, sax and guitar. Very tight and professional renditions of jazz versions of standards. Contrasts: the trumpet guy was introduced as having played around the Bay Area for 60 years. The sax player was a young woman introduced as just about to graduate from SJ State with a degree in music. She was just as polished and soloed just as well as the old trumpeter. The electric guitar guy looks to be in his 50s, and his mother lives here at Channing House.
I made it fun for myself by using our cameras to try to get a good video of their performance, cutting between cameras to get the best shot as people traded solos.
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