Beauty and the Beast–LaComedia

August 18, 2017 we enjoyed the musical Beauty and the Beast at LaComedia in Springboro, Ohio.

In my opinion, this was one of their best plays. I think many of the performers, perhaps most, were from the area. However, several including the lead parts were from places like New York and California.

There were 25 of us, however, we did not sell all of the tickets to our Young@Heart people, so I bought several tickets to bring our daughter, her husband and our granddaughter. I think everyone was happy with the performances.

This is our daughter Michele, and Granddaughter Abegael. Isn’t she beautiful. Obviously, she doesn’t get her looks from Grandpa.

Of course, we all go to LaComedia to also enjoy their very good buffet.

Most of you know the story line but to keep it simple, it starts with a prince who becomes a beast because of his poor behavior. Now, someone must love him before the last petal of the rose dies. So, we watch the prince and the rose to see if anyone will love him prior to that last petal falling. 

This was the projected image on the stage curtain

Since they won’t allow photos or video during the performance, I have to rely on photos before and after the performance.

Sorry to say, I also relied totally on my smart phone as a camera, Although it does a decent job in good light, it is not good in the kind of subdued light of the theater dining room. So forgive me for the photo quality of the dining room photos.

The following photo is Belle as she greets the guests after the show.

The next photos were done by our son-in-law, after we exited. They stayed around long enough to get better photos with more of the cast. So this photo credit goes to our daughter, Michele Koerber and son-in-law, Jim Koerber. Michele and granddaughter, Abegael are included in the photos.

Our next trip will be to Scioto Hills for a musical program and fall color drive in October. Be sure to sign up for that one during our next Young@Heart Luncheon on September 12.

Leslie Stratton - Harp

Leslie Stratton, Principle Harpist with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and also the Director of Music at Central Presbyterian Church provided an outstanding musical treat with her harp for our August 2017 Luncheon Program. Leslie has performed for us in the past in a number of settings, including duet with Charlie Pagnard and his Trumpet and also directing and playing with Harps of Grace. She has always provided a delightful musical program. She will return in December with Harps of Grace to give us a beautiful Christmas experience.

In the middle of her program, Leslie gave us a quiz about a number of songs that she played as a medley. I think our group did an outstanding job of picking out the song titles. We got all of them! We have a lot of people with good musical ears!

The following short video gives an example of the performance but the quality doesn't do it justice. Fortunately, we also recorded the entire program and the sound for that is better. You can listen to that HERE!

Following our program, we ate a nice luncheon prepared by Lisa and her talented kitchen and dining room team.

Next month, we will enjoy our favorite twins! The Spittin' Image will return to our platform with their stringed instrument music of an entirely different style! Brian and Blain Swabb are identical twins who play, Banjo and Guitar and Harmonica. As I said, their music is a different style. Come prepared to have a lot of laughs and a good time on September 12.