Usually, our yearly experience gifts are spread out throughout the year. But this year it seems like all of them have been in April. Nathan’s trip to Texas, Matthew’s band tour to California, and Malia’s parallel trip to Cali have all been this month. And this evening was another of Malia’s experience gifts.
Malia has been a long-time fan of the movie “How to Train Your Dragon.” She spent several years very focused on Toothless, the main dragon character. She watched the movie over and over and over again. She dressed up as a dragon rider for Halloween one year. She even had a “How to Train Your Dragon” themed birthday party. And she still has framed art from the movie hanging on the wall in her bedroom. So, when I saw that the Utah Symphony had added this particular flick to their films in concert series, I knew we had a winner on our hands.
Malia said this evening’s performance was amazing! The music was wonderful, and the audience was actively engaged in the film, cheering at all the appropriate moments, etc., which makes things so much fun. Some years back I took the boys to see “Singing in the Rain” when the symphony played and we loved it, so I understand her enjoyment of the experience. We’ll keep our eyes on the schedules so we can see what other wonderful live soundtrack movies we can catch!
