I spent a delightful hour last Saturday with my friend and her young grandson, hearing and seeing Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf as performed by the Okanagan Symphony and Bumbershoot.
ErÃn Moure's first bilingual dictionary was at the back of her copy of Tarzan of the Apes. It translated imaginary Ape words like bolgani and buto into their English equivalents - in this case, gorilla and rhinoceros, respectively.
Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:00
Kelowna Daily Courier
What do you get when you join in song an eclectic, multi-talented singer-songwriter, a seasoned, soulful jazz chanteuse and a Juilliard-trained, outrageous operatic diva?
Creativity, imagination and humour work hand in glove when the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and Bumbershoot Children's Theatre team up to present a venerable classic.
The energy and dedication are evident as the up-and-coming young music stars gather up their instruments and launch into an intentionally discordant cacophony of sounds.