Lakeside 2008, Week 8

It's been a wonderful, music filled week. Last night was the Celtic Tenors, Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson, and Daryl Simpson. If you ever have the chance to attend one of their concerts, do go! From here I think they went to Milwaukee. A lovely mix of traditional, Gaelic, American, opera, and pop. Handsome and elegantly dressed, too, which after a summer of seeing baggy shorts and flip flops was a treat.

Tonight is Phil Dirt and the Dozers, always a favorite just about anywhere in Ohio. For them, I don't expect a fashion show. They formed in 1981 in Columbus, and they do perform all over the country, but Ohio is their home where they take us back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s. This photo is a bit dated; here's the bio info on the current group. Their drummer died last year. A really fabulous young guy joined them in 2006 whose wife is university faculty in Columbus.

On Tuesday we enjoyed tremendously the piano duets of husband and wife Pierre van der Westhuizen and Sophia Grobler, both from South Africa and who serve on the faculty of Heidelberg College when not touring.

Monday evening was the Lakeside Symphony Candlelight Showcase of homes although we didn't attend. It's a fundraiser. Several Lakeside homeowners host a small group of musicians and guests. People (180 homes this year) also light up their homes with Christmas lights and decorations. It's a festive time!

I skipped Kathy Mattea on Saturday, a CW singer and shill for Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." At Lakeside we like our social activism from the pulpit (smile). My husband said there was nothing in her concert about her politics, but you never know when you might have a Dixie Chix eruption.