Tonight I had the joy of seeing and hearing the Fort Wayne Philharmonic perform the sound track of "Star Wars V, The Empire Strikes Back" on the big out door stage of the Foellinger Theater. What made it especially joyful for me was that I was seeing it with my son, as part of his birthday celebration. That brought back a flood of memories. When he was six we took him and his little sister to the very first Star Wars movie. The year was 1977. While his sister slept through most of the movie, my son not only stayed awake but was literally (and I do mean that literally) sitting on the edge of his seat through the entire movie. This began our family's love affair with all things Star Wars , and his love affair with all things space related. Over the years my son and I, and other family members when available, have seen every Star Wars movie that has come to the theaters. The episode we saw tonight was first shown in 1980, a movie that has aged very well, and the philharmonic did a marvelous job with the score. All in all, a delightful experience.
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