Last night I went to a screening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on the big screen at Abravanel Hall with the magnificent score by John Williams played live by the Utah Symphony. It was one of the coolest things I've ever done! Apparently this is becoming a really popular thing to do because I remember the guide at the Sydney Opera House mentioning that Raiders of the Lost Ark was being screened with a live orchestra that night. When I got a notification about this concert, I was already planning on calling the box office that same day to get opera tickets so I decided to get a ticket for this at the same time. The agent told me that there were very few tickets left so I'm glad that I acted quickly. In fact, they added another concert on January 3 because the first two shows sold out so quickly (go here for tickets to the January 3 show). I absolutely loved this! It has been a long time since I've seen the Harry Potter movies (I feel a marathon coming on over the break) and I had forgotten just how enchanting Harry's first year at Hogwarts was! Harry, Ron, and Hermione were so little in the first movie! Having the Utah Symphony play the music live made the movie come to life and the audience definitely responded! They cheered when every major character was introduced, when Harry and Ron defeated the mountain troll, when Gryffindor won the Quidditch game against Slytherin, when Ron sacrificed himself in the wizard's chess game, when Harry defeated Voldemort, and when Gryffindor won the House Cup! It was so much fun and I am glad I was able to get a ticket! I've heard a rumor that they will eventually show all of the movies with the Utah Symphony and I certainly hope they do. I highly recommend this experience for the whole family!
Note: Yesterday was just about the perfect day! I slept in scandalously late then spent most of the day with Sean going to lunch and shopping. We draw names for stockings and Sean drew my Dad. He needed some assistance and we ended up going all over for one essential item! I decided to go downtown for the concert really early to avoid the crazy traffic and got there so early that I ended up going to see the lights at Temple Square (pictures coming soon).
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