Community Chorus and Community Band

We went to an evening concert: Such talent, it was nice and in a wonderful setting - the Paramount Theatre ( www.paramount-abilene.org ). Free, but we gave a $20 donation. The community has established the Celebration Singers, Inc. with 501(c)(3) tax deductible donations and The Abilene Community Band. The performers are all free volunteers and the donations support college music majors. This is such a good idea, I wish all communities would do this.
The full chorus performed some Broadway numbers, and then some soloists and three different sextets sang. The band played several songs and one was really a tickle - a tuba and piccolo duet.
The third portion was the chorus and band performing together. This was the first time I have seen two conductors perform simultaneously. At one point, the chorus and band performed the same songs and the band conductor and the chorus conductor stood side by side and each conducted their group at the same time.
The barbequed ribs came out great. The secret is long, slow, low temperature baking. I baked them in a covered clay dish which held in moisture and kept them tender and soft. It's almost impossible to over-flavor this way.
The sauce came out great. I used only three ingredients for the barbeque sauce: hot red pepper flakes, vinegar and sugar. The pepper flakes were so old and musty and flavorless that anyone else would have tossed them, but I thought of the Egyptian mummies buried with plant materials and of how plants were grown from those old seeds thousands of years later. The spirit of the plant is still there. So, anyway, I soaked the old pepper flakes in some warm water and charmed them back into life. The sauce was excellent.
I tried several times to see the movie, "The Last King of Scotland". Last week I found the book at the Salvation Army thrift shop for 69 cents so now I understand that I was meant to read, not see, this story. The book seems very well written and the author, Giles Foden, is a man in his thirties who now lives in London. Can you believe it, this is his first novel!!!
Oh, and by the way! On page 4 of the program for the concert was a full-page ad for Suddenlink (remember my 5-15-09 post on them?). The middle of the page said "Unlimited local and US long distance." $93.00 per month with inet and tv. What rats! Talk about adding insult to injury! I can't wait to switch my phone service.
Today I plan to cook liver and onions. I bought the grass-fed beef liver for $5 a pound at the farmers' market from slowpokefarms from Joy Hedges, our Weston A. Price chapter Leader. I will first slow-fry some thinly sliced onion in butter and when golden I will add thinly sliced strips of liver and salt and freshly ground pepper and will gently fry until done. I love liver, and it is loaded with B-vitamins and nutrients. Some dip their liver in flour, or gently pound it in flour a la Meuniere, but I prefer it plain. Yesterday I toasted raw sunflower seeds in butter and salt, and I may sprinkle them over the liver and onions. Or maybe just a sprinkle of parsley. We'll see.

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www.janicebrenman.com
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www.westonaprice.org
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