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Shakespeare by the sea
Aug. 10th, 2008 03:27 pmI went to a free outdoor performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream last night, put on by
these folks:
What a fun time! I can't tell you how nice it was to be watching Shakespeare from a lawn chair in beautiful surroundings and fresh air while having a picnic. The performers were mostly young, very enthusiastic, and most were top notch performers. And they got over 1100 people there last night! So gratifying that they had such a good audience on their last performance. They were psyched.
It took place at Point Fermin Park. I could wish the Chamber of Commerce had provided a better picture. This misses the whole vista of the sea which sits a few yards from the picture they've used. The park sits up on the bluffs of Palos Verdes peninsula, right on the tip, and so looks down on a gentle cove there. I'll not soon forget the sight of the fourth quarter moonlight (half, waning) on the dark water, and the pale phosphorescence of the waves gently breaking on the beach. Exquisite. Beyond words or even the best photography. Experience of the natural world is the greatest treasure, can't be reproduced.
ETA: I forgot to mention the gigantic, ancient fig trees surrounding the stage and throughout the park. Perfect for Midsummer's Night.
Hmm. The moon may have been waning, but I appear to be waxing, so I'll move back to the central premise of this post.
They do warn people that even if it's hot inland it gets rather cold at night right on the sea. I've lived semi-near the sea all my life so I know this can be so, but if it's hot enough it can even be rather balmy by the sea. It was definitely hot yesterday, and because of that at least two of us didn't take the temperature warning seriously enough, so I and one of my companions wound up at the concessions booth buying one of these, and in addition I bought one of these.
I didn't mind at all, since the sweatshirt is pretty, well-made, and half price (last night of the season) and the money goes to a good cause. SBTS puts on free performances all over Southern California from June to August on what they can scrape together from grants and donations. They ended the year $60,000 in debt so I will probably be tithing to them whenever I can. I hope others do, too. I want to do this again next year!
Oh, and we dined on homemade veggie pizza (delish, if I do say so myself), salad, fancy cheeses, and vanilla pudding with fresh fruit. Yum!
these folks:
What a fun time! I can't tell you how nice it was to be watching Shakespeare from a lawn chair in beautiful surroundings and fresh air while having a picnic. The performers were mostly young, very enthusiastic, and most were top notch performers. And they got over 1100 people there last night! So gratifying that they had such a good audience on their last performance. They were psyched.
It took place at Point Fermin Park. I could wish the Chamber of Commerce had provided a better picture. This misses the whole vista of the sea which sits a few yards from the picture they've used. The park sits up on the bluffs of Palos Verdes peninsula, right on the tip, and so looks down on a gentle cove there. I'll not soon forget the sight of the fourth quarter moonlight (half, waning) on the dark water, and the pale phosphorescence of the waves gently breaking on the beach. Exquisite. Beyond words or even the best photography. Experience of the natural world is the greatest treasure, can't be reproduced.
ETA: I forgot to mention the gigantic, ancient fig trees surrounding the stage and throughout the park. Perfect for Midsummer's Night.
Hmm. The moon may have been waning, but I appear to be waxing, so I'll move back to the central premise of this post.
They do warn people that even if it's hot inland it gets rather cold at night right on the sea. I've lived semi-near the sea all my life so I know this can be so, but if it's hot enough it can even be rather balmy by the sea. It was definitely hot yesterday, and because of that at least two of us didn't take the temperature warning seriously enough, so I and one of my companions wound up at the concessions booth buying one of these, and in addition I bought one of these.
I didn't mind at all, since the sweatshirt is pretty, well-made, and half price (last night of the season) and the money goes to a good cause. SBTS puts on free performances all over Southern California from June to August on what they can scrape together from grants and donations. They ended the year $60,000 in debt so I will probably be tithing to them whenever I can. I hope others do, too. I want to do this again next year!
Oh, and we dined on homemade veggie pizza (delish, if I do say so myself), salad, fancy cheeses, and vanilla pudding with fresh fruit. Yum!