Cultural Corner with Rosie

I think even Patrick has agreed that you can't hike or bike 24 hours a day. So here is the update of cultural activities we've done to balance out our physical activities.

World Premiere of this documentary:

My parents were friends of the original Stagecoach band members and still go to dance to the band's music on Sunday nights. The infamous family story is that the band used to serenade my mom with "Good Night, Irene," as their last song. Pat and I've been to the Coach for Sunday night fun, too.

Here's the film's great preview:

The Stagecoach Bar: An American Crossroads - Promo from Jennifer Tennican on Vimeo.

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra performances on Friday nights

Clearly not our picture--it's from GTMF.org

The first week featured opera singers performing selections of Wagner's Die Walküre--amazing! Also amazing to have a symphony orchestra practically in our backyard.

Concert on the Commons in Teton Village: The Black Lillies

Nice Americana/country band. Studio photo from their website.

Annual Hootenanny at the Center for the Arts 

Pat says they should call it a Superhootenanny. It's the one time a year that the Hoot travels from its home at Dornan's to a theater with advanced ticketing. It sold out in advance.

Photos courtesy of Irene Mellion.

The Hoot's like a Jackson Hole (or national, even) Who's Who. 

Here's ski legend Bill Briggs, playing the autoharp. 

 Singing is author John Cooke (son of Alistair Cooke.) And when do you actually hear a washboard or a single-stringed broom handle supported by a bucket being played? 

In other groups, a woman played a melodica and a man played a dobro. Its "hubcap" as my mom called it reflected light all the way to the theater ceiling.

 No one famous (yet) here. 

The architect who designed the theater/Center for the Arts also played (but he's not pictured.)

 Most of the performers, Hoot boardmembers (including my dad), and Center for the Arts staff members played several beautiful final numbers as a farewell for co-Hoot-founder Dick Barker. He had passed away that morning of cancer, and the Superhoot was dedicated to him.