After watching as Goldsboro Mayor Al King flipped the switch to turn on the Christmas lights, and making our special requests to old St. Nick at Downtown Lights Up, we had the wonderful experience of enjoying the North Carolina Symphony’s Holiday Pops concert at Paramount Theatre with our parents.
It was a wonderful concert, complete with sing-along. We even spied a certain someone singing along whom I shall not embarrass by writing about here, but suffice it to say he is usually not ever caught singing. He must have been caught up in the Christmas spirit! Dad left his baton at home, but did a fair amount of light conducting to several of the pieces. Some folks tap their feet, my dad gently conducts the music.
For an encore, they played the rousing rendition of Sleigh Ride which I adore. Mom wanted to know what was making the whip sound and I pointed to the percussionist in the back corner holding an instrument which looked like two boards connected by a hinge. Mom laughed and said, “Hey, I think I found an instrument I could play!”
