What I did on my fall vacation

Usually I've been doing Monday Morning Manna at the beginning of the week, and I will, but I wanted to share a bit about my recent trip to Virginia.  I feel like the school child who returns after summer break and has the assignment to write about what they did on vacation.

When I was with my family in September, David asked me what I wanted for my birthday.  "Nothing," I said, and then I thought about the times that I had told him I would love to see a college football game with him.  That never happened,  So when I got home, he wrote and asked me if I would like to go to a UVA game.  I didn't have to think twice.  It was a cool, crisp day for football, perfect weather.  The band was great; the team lost, but it was fun to watch the faithful fans cheer their team on.

The next week, Sarah and I went to hear the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville.  Experiencing the theater was a treat, but hearing the symphony was even better.  The director of the symphony is Peter Wilson, a master sergeant in the U.S. Marine band.  The them of the evening was a salute to America.  He brought along with him two members of the band from Washington.

Toward the end of the evening the three men performed a piece of music that Mr. Wilson composed after September 11, 2001.  Below is a video of the song.  In the video, Mr. Wilson is the gentleman on the end, playing the violin.  Listen and enjoy.