Surprise- your going to see the Hsv Orchestra

Lucy and Bob bought Jason and I tickets to see the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra for our anniversary present. I wasn't sure at first what to think about it. I do love listening to an Orchestra, but mainly when there is singing with it. Well come to find out it was the Hsv Orchestra playing songs from some of our fav movies- Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter, and Little Shop or Horrors. So then I was excited :) Jodi Benson- the girl who was the voice of Ariel from Little Mermaid was gonna be there too.
We went to Dolce (restauraunt in Bridge Street)- it was expensive but sooooo good. I had the mushroom ravioli. I don't understand you pay more money and get less food. What a stupid concept? Anyways, since I'm dieting that was probably a good idea. We got to the VBCC Concert Hall and as we were entering we saw some storm troopers and various characters from some of the movies taking pictures with kids. We left our camera in the car- since we thought they wouldn't allow them, so I ran back to the car to get it. I RAN too in high heels- that was fun. NOT! By the time I got back they were already gone. POOP. So anyways we went to our seats and the show started. At first I wasn't sure if I would make it through it- I was really tired from the night before- they played the "Star Wars" theme and some of the characters came out- some I have no clue who they were, but Jason knew them all. hehe! Then they played the soundtrack from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter, ET and Superman, then another movie I didn't recognize and that's when I was getting sleepy. They had intermission after that. I looked at the program to see what was coming up- I was super excited- it was the disney portion. After intermission Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel), Burke Moses (the voice of Gaston- from Beauty and the Beast), and Gary Mauer (star of Broadway's Phantom of the Opera) All three of them were phenominal singers. They took turns singing- either solo or all together. It was so much fun watching them and they were so into the music. I WISH I could have gotten video. I didn't stop smiling and I was no longer sleepy. They did a number from the Little Shop of Horrors and Jodi NAILED the part of Audrey talking/singing. Again very good. After the show, we were going to get in line and buy the Little Mermaid movie and get her signature, but the line was FOREVER long. So we got some pics with the storm troopers, superman, and other star wars characters. Jason was in heaven and like a 5yr old. It was a great night. Thank you Bob and Lucy for the memorable night.