{"id":2727,"date":"2018-04-16T07:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T11:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2018-04-16T07:26:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T11:26:17","slug":"2018-rossini-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2018\/04\/2018-rossini-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Rossini Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend I went to the 17th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvilleopera.com\/rossini-festival-3\/\">Rossini Festival International Street Fair<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a celebration of the performing arts in downtown Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p>The proximate reason I attended was because Knoxville Community Band had a short concert in the morning.\u00a0 We played the following songs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Syh3UdxJncA\">Overture to Baber of Seville<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=elo0SPMo6qg\">Napoli<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8MFQqWEC2wg\">Count Basie Salute<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CZddX_MFXGc\">The Golden Ear<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GglEfC0gKOM\">Great Themes from Great Italian Movies<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTGL6xDu6pI\">William Tell Overture<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My vantage point:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/YxfZj-Qe7qVUWoJlHWQnkoIf_hI_gSZA_MRdlIfSnA7g-B3Bq4xEvsMpHgbXbEgPb2e_ByIgMDRmLAWgYnWixwXSMQwcAVTED12QAojD__iKXQnELbaNr9xfIXvmqDSmbpq8BsBswd04Fn_T2und-6bcD1dRQWciM0Wj6dYX5J0-J6787rOZmL1NzFYnMGT4qHQbhVjG3HToG1O34ZhTfq2bd0DGe4_wbDi72-QW2ZiZQ0rAWavpEmNHnHzEAhIeNwtxh5MWijfEqoLbin32HtX0S0c-_l7aRhQGk3BPnNgSHyA66hwiG6atABHtb4LdN-bUZ4OK4e11jVKz6w3mZF87mx4eZTsDtufvaheE-4SXjGbzyfsOMnSNjMeEL4-EG-k9LSZmRSa8C2EWkEXtZYeCWotEbwXUZxV9SQkSdnAd0UdLw6b1iUdw5m5NN-h_CHj4fA4FB-93GF2EUpm9pABZ8eXErjPY83VaWr9eyAjR-EePYmsft74hX9_130sZsiODrwo00vNBtVWWRfoI06aCtzMcBMFjiiSDdOAMD2QvPumf54gqqCu6EY_xoKHxGX0wX9lliX2sgAurZhd6LRIrYNpWvGN3hGCT8dOZR-w28BIq0jiXMT05s4mKcifgoS6DrsO7prJlePez2h3rk0lb4eYou_iy=w800\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Getting ready to play &#8220;Napoli&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/87Pi0ssEy7LLr413aDf0ham1wYW4uo9nmmGIM4tPlzguTiczteI-dTGpG5KnoGomsn36V5F7anUEPfGbZ-D18ATjoUpcQtHNnaBoJLXMVY900MHaq6UDqlp4UUUxT38xdLJ_pN3UNFkwwXfae5sA_Sp3YM6JVsryNtUud24GBasGjSXEcNZO8Ux0EAWGIM3s8PpxvAIMypuR4nM7bOa0KS5Lr8lMxM5lcQd-PjIHyX_tCi_EUiv_ZVAGY9njuUEMQhNbH1yukKz2BOoEOcOjUmo5o1EUVrhBb0OF3E9roShTCix3Y8FrjkFh9l6WPpOdqlK2Wn22iyU-jME1jTjvkYtzK9BpAOBloJVEnABvq45OchVKEm-Ai3vFA8CK0Vq71hHEWrSbReZbU5Y9cZPyXNHY2VXP1eENZrj3BEzqtDQDieKvn24N7FG7B-_-aaWZDVMSSMXLb3ZXZfmHWIAWauXppPrtV3Wc-8yJ06_tZaNOszHuXX7JCK_LnRpRoZD4IboqmyEfIzAt9r2-Zu-26p538w_3JisrFJ9OWZXRc2u1XBwrcSFLX961-JaBZbNyeJU4ExUN3kD3qCWGp3kn4KDCCvTAE5fZGV94fUeQn0Zmuz5IW3534HYgMw-LhrCXkuHoJf3x8aJfjhtmSEZ6QLcYFrzP2iTE=w800\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was our first performance of 2018.\u00a0 Overall, I think we did well.\u00a0 There was a bit of a rough patch in &#8220;Napoli,&#8221; but a casual listener might not have even noticed it.\u00a0 Our director, Mr. Larry Hicks, seemed pleased with our efforts.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the rest of the morning\/afternoon roaming about catching the sights, sounds, and smells of the festival (though frankly, I thought much of the fried food smelled and looked disgusting).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\">Performance by Pellissippi State&#8217;s vocal ensemble, Variations:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/5XYR6FvliNXh3Bibe6ZE7Z1-P8KwlVNecTLo3HKHOimL07JqHgPwHmhMyM-bJwXrQ1hMBD2fEnJiQwCwjy1_ede_5dskTvDipZLPxO87L6BG2v5G1P774Nk7tdtYd2Y-ao-xXtYSiyHDZIzwQdriqlJrizdaITuy7knhEgpk0BQ496TZf_3xMunaloH4r5WW_9F4RNDiC_MIIGOQeoFd_Eb_GmTnZ1p4FqOm7_jGM2ZLGtZAcaadacLWvi1oVwHoUbML-vEdL0Q0_Ml3Fi10bo20ijk2V2FPqpnQDo__f4NslR3Mn5rORCMTLazm9ZcXp1IqbF_1mRZHhHzUPrBYsoujtyT2hByx91JA3NaFeRpr8pnSjbDcqsk6ThCXRUj2KPsHDEdxKDsLCBVIqj54JGeMBC6SwhjJYmTWD2kTeQoqRBTho3KyUhkMVuqxM4eSdf1x-CDge_heFYUn2CD-Mm3IbC2BIkFvSyTyXcQg9veP10o6dYd2fPAbL4Y8KNEzLGLtWximk12dd1XYHaH4zxrp9gJU7G4dfxOtLsxemVzw0Gjz_AocnTAF7mXRERFFAzqoBi2ExkPZaQ15MYPxuT3PzC8h_HywsPrq9zlu1VVD7slj_jVf5d-EOgQiq04CbWUgAgSR4ZrdtniyhALXinXO6WeN2zsy=w800\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people pack Gay Street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/h0otNpYwEMaP9mziFL1X2ayGoer35LRT7ub2GXsziQr8tP-l-wqdr3mtUwp8sm5MtNBhqLL2mVqT87ZnlGw1PjYtll6GzYIsxJasrF6xapVnK90fXqphHRJN3sR0tXigGMHyz6gY2tbrpS2Ltpy3U2-WzAcpiwg4SyXTbNBtKfIynJRdUXwcBiGJ_i_7hYKXGgFhcjIQgp6Eb5I_15cthjJp2znHFl6V48uMJT3V4xN50reU4JN0rlnMKr1IdlGlfS_ZmFVE-Jpc4u4HGy1ry9BCfdDJ2Phf5ewplKKea_XwnqSN7kSEuX70HScYdV4Hpe70dC-hsNBYFNkCV-UlTr3fm1_p1jG9d448twIMV8qQ2toKESFpvI15aXSPDWb_lHFnZ09ho7L7VKnfaangeXJR04OQpsKgH2UXR6bIexP55p5S_UXEOZZedspZJSQjmDyEOC-zbPdahPG3fqymNYdZsg0bjxxQ8tA6ALTbLBB9bFHL4LnWJwU2jMbRafbM-TdD5NRKkp7hYV7B3WbP-zveCgwJbIj7Y2wJjO6bK1_MmWy9_0V-52yQYYaiWUh7FzAPMvNtA0Zw9WFJAOf3_7bZeX8QtPuXIWV8WtJqv_FWliw3fRCc4DvS394ojROfvLpHf6no8Pacq1wMBKIhfKLUWCyJ6fyz=w800\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was great to see so many people out enjoying music on a pleasant spring day.<\/p>\n<p>The festival is wonderful because you can conveniently sample many different musical genres.\u00a0 Ordinarily, I probably wouldn&#8217;t go through the hassle of attending stand-alone concerts to hear all of this music live, but this day makes it easy.\u00a0 I enjoyed a brass ensemble, a string quartet, interpretative dance, a choral group, opera singers, kids playing violins, and a jazz band.<\/p>\n<p>Rossini Festival is one of my favorite Knoxville events.\u00a0 I look forward to experiencing it again next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2018\/04\/2018-rossini-festival\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to 2018 Rossini Festival\"><p>This weekend I went to the 17th annual Rossini Festival International Street Fair.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a celebration of the performing arts in downtown Knoxville. The proximate reason I attended was because Knoxville Community Band had a short concert in the morning.\u00a0 We played the following songs: &#8220;Overture to Baber of Seville&#8220; &#8220;Napoli&#8220; &#8220;Count Basie Salute&#8220; &#8220;The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","h-entry","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2730,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions\/2730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}