The Saturday Morning Post: NSO

One of the perks of living in a real city, is having access to world class cultural entertainment.  The Kennedy Center for the Performing arts is about a 20 minute ride from home.  It is home to the National Symphony Orchestra.  We started going in 2018 or 2019, buying tickets for 6 to 10 performances per year.  

Our favorite seats are on the side, overlooking the stage, all the way at the front of the theater if we can, I love that end seat looking down on the musicians. 

The Kennedy Center has several theaters, symphony hall is our regular haunt.  We have seen shows in a couple of other venues, they are all nice, fun.  The style is very much mid-century - last century.  Parts of it are in need of an update.  But it is our venue. 

I have a favorite performer, an oboist, with strawberry blond hair, that for a long time was tied up in a top-knot.  He had his hair cut.  Disappointing, but he can still play well

Parking is plentiful, if a little expensive.  Unfortunately the nearest subway station is a complicated walk, and uphill in both directions. So we always drive. I even drive at night.   

For one of the shows later this spring, we have seats in one of the boxes overlooking the stage.  I think of them as the Lincoln Boxes, when you visit Ford's Theater you will see that was the location of the box the Lincoln's were in that fateful night. Good thing no one if out to get me.