“Thinking back, it wracked my nerves,” Ethan says. “But I don’t think what I did (traveling without parents) is as risky as a lot of things teens do, like drugs or binge drinking,” Ethan says. “It was two weeks that was outside my comfort zone, and it helped me mature a lot.”. He loved France — loved traveling — so much that with his parents’ blessing, he went back three months later with a friend. “It was a huge growth opportunity for him,” recalls Deborah, who had a similar experience traveling through Europe when she was a teenager. “He came back with so much more confidence.”.
The concert will feature violin, harp, choirs, worship bands, children’s choir and worship dance teams from various cultures in the Bay Area, Master violinist Maurice Sklar’s will perform “Revive our Nations.”, The concert is free, though donations are accepted, The public is invited; cost is $10 per person over 5 years of age, Before the ballet slippers color picnic there will be an “amazing race” with teams of up to five people, There must be at least one adult on each team, as a car will be needed, The race will start at 3 p.m, at Heather Farm Park where each team will pick up their first clue — like a citywide scavenger hunt..
Shall We Dance: The California Pops Orchestra celebrates dance music with pianist Frederick Hodges and singer Ann Gibson. Nov. 10, 3 p.m. Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. $15-$47. californiapopsorches tra.com. Palo Alto Philharmonic: The symphony presents a program of chamber music, featuring John Palmer’s “Suite for Brass Quintet,” Brahms String Quartet Op.51, K 361 and Mozart’s “Gran Partita for Winds, K.361.” Nov. 9, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. Tickets $10-$20. paphil.org.
The presenters for the April 2 TED are, Mass, who had helped to host a TED in San Francisco, said he felt there was a need for another event, further south, so the Palo Alto event was developed, with a group of 50 people who helped curate it, “We have a committee of volunteers ballet slippers color who suggest speakers,” he said, “We try and pull from the greater Silicon Valley area, sometimes nationally, trying to find people who have a story to share, Oak (Onadowan) is from Nigeria, has a story about coming to a ghetto in New Jersey, then to a more gentrified area, going to college for theater, struggling at Berkeley Rep, than having the success of ‘Hamilton.'”..
Also hilarious is the vivacious Robin Furseth as Ado Annie, a fickle, flirty girl who can’t choose between the peddler and cowboy Will Parker (Bill Flannery), and sings about her romantic troubles in the delightful “I Can’t Say No.”. Flannery, likewise, is engaging as Will, making it abundantly clear what his rules for marriage are in the song ‘It’s All Er Nothin.” He’s also a delight with “the boys” in “Kansas City” and “The Farmer and the Cowman.”.
