Sunday morning e-mail from daughter Melissa:
Our Saturday... Madison and I were invited to see Beauty and the Beast at the Fox Theater. It was wonderful!!
Madison was in a state of awe most of the time we were there. Maybe it had to do with the crab legs she had at Red Lobster on the way down there or the fabulous seats we had, the rose she was given, or the t-shirt to wear to school next week. We had a fabulous time!
Yesterday on the way to piano lessons:
(Granma Susan - official piano lesson chauffeur): Madison, tell me about your trip to see Beauty and the Beast.
(Madison): Well, it was a long trip, to downtown Atlanta, at the Fox Theatre. I had never been there, it was neat. When we sat down, Mommy said to stand up in my seat - so I did, and there was a ditch down there with people in it...
(Granma Susan): Thats the orchestra pit. Your great-grandmother (my mom) used to go there to the Fox to watch movies, it used to be a movie theatre, and the orchestra would play the music for the movies - you know how movies have music in the background, well back then they didn't and the orchestra would play the music while the movie was showing.
(Madison): Yeah, they were playing music, but you couldn't see them very well. I mostly watched the people doing sign language. The girl did it for the songs, and the man did it for the talking. They were very fast.
We got popcorn. I told Mommy that I would like to work there someday, I could sell popcorn! (you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl...)
(Granma Susan): Have you practiced your piano and do you have all your books, etc. Did you think about the question the piano teacher asked you last week - "Madison, why do you want to learn piano? What do you want to do with your music?"
(Madison): I know! I could play piano at the Fox Theatre!
Mighty Mo Pipe Organ at the Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre, an Atlanta landmark since the 1920s features Broadway productions and concerts.
