Life with the Two Crazy Dogs

Simmie and I went to Joshua Bell’s performance on Saturday, May 26. It was my first time at the Ordway. Very nice venue, much more sophisticated than MN Orchestra Hall. Plus, we had good seats too. Our seats were 12 rows from the stage. Yeah, I counted the rows.

Good thing I went with a music expert. I was wondering why there was no conductor and Simmie told me there is no conductor in chamber orchestra. Everyone is the best so they lead each other. And seeing JB making all these big movements with his arms, well, I was wondering that was pretty unusual till Simmie told me he is also the conductor. He is really good. I thoroughly enjoyed the performances. The way he handles his millions of dollars Stradivarius violin - dang, it’s as if he is making love with his beloved instrument!

This guy Joshua Bell is one heck of a young looking person. We Googled him and found out he is single, 39 years old and looks like he is 20. I’m serious. He certainly can pass up as a 20-year old. That lead us (Simmie and I) that why is he still single. He is a well-known violinist, a cutie pie with no mention of a girlfriend. Makes you wonder if he is gay, which he does represent as one.

I am not sure if he would be in town again, but I know I would see him in action for a second time. For sure because he’s a cutie, he’s renown and just to see him make love to his instrument is enough.

In my last post, I stated that Joshua Bell played at a train station in NY City. This is what I found on Wikipedia about him playing at the train station. I mentioned NY city on the last post, well, it was actually Washington, DC. Here is the skinny on it….

“In a curious experiment, Bell played as an incognito street busker at the Metro station L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2007. Among 1,097 people who passed by, only one recognized him and only a couple more were drawn to his music. For his nearly 45-minute performance, Bell collected $32.17 (not counting $20 from the passerby who recognized him).”