My spouse and I have just returned from a delightful two-day visit with family in the Milwaukee area. We had a grand time but I didn't/couldn't blog for two days. We got home this afternoon, and, I must admit, after five hours on the road, and some continued shooting pains from my cracked (but healing) sternum, all I wanted to do was to crawl into bed for a long nap - maybe 'til tomorrow. However, long before we went off to Milwaukee, some friends had given us tickets to the annual Boar's Head Festival at Plymouth Congregational Church here in Fort Wayne and made arrangements to meet us for dinner before hand. So, with some gentle encouragement from my wonder spouse (he had done all the driving after all) I pulled myself together, put on a cashmere sweater so I would feel dressy, and off we went. I am sooooo glad we did. Dinner at Henry's was delicious and just the boost I needed. Then the Boar's Head Festival turned out to be more wonderful than I had imagined. This was the 48th year for Plymouth to put on this production and they did an amazing job. I overheard someone saying that there are more than 300 people involved in the production. Visually the costuming and the tableaus they created (all very Medieval) were simply beautiful. The scenes reminded me of paintings from the middle ages, with angels or Mary and Joseph as the central figures, but then a variety of costumed towns people surrounding them. In the original paintings, various people would have paid, through patronage, to be included in the scene. In this evening's production the participants paid with lots of hard work to pull this all together. The music, woven through all the scenes, choirs and instrumental, was sublime. All in all an excellent experience, and one not to be missed. But tonight's was the last of four performances this year, so you will need to wait until next year at Christmas. Believe me, it will be worth the wait.
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