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Elanor
March 22, 2007

Symphony Under The Stars

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This is my layout for the March Imperfect Lives Challenge - 'life goes on'. I had originally intended to use a black background with lots of fireworks, etc etc... I didn't have any fireworks paper though, and somehow it became something quite different. So this is what I've ended up with. Not sure I like it. It's a bit boring??
Anyway, there you go.
Journalling says: "In 1994, I went to the first ever Symphony Under The Stars with my family. Held in the Auckland Domain, with free entry, all we had to take was a picnic dinner and some blankets to sit on. We drove down from Tomarata, picked up KFC in Orewa and had a really fantastic night. The following year, my then-boyfriend, Jason Bridgford, went with us and so did our next-door neighbours, the Hancock family. We went earlier this year to save a better seat. Dad dropped us off at the Auckland Domain and we entertained ourselves until shortly before the concert started when Dad arrived back with dinner....KFC of course.
And so it went on... Every year we went. We all ended up getting folding picnic chairs for Christmas presents over the years, specifically to use at the symphony!! Hancocks were there pretty much every year with us. Dad and Ken always sing along really loudly to Land of Hope and Glory... Sometimes I think Ken goes just to sing that song! Over the years we’ve all learnt the words, and it’s a family favourite now. A touch of our British heritage, I guess.
In 1997 I took my then-boyfriend Cameron Wall. And in 1998 I even performed as part of the Massed Choir, in front of over 200,000 people!! In 2001 I took my fiancé, Steven Schroder. I was about four months pregnant. That year was the first year (and only so far!) that my father hadn’t been able to attend – he was in South Korea. They played the Pearl Fisher’s Duet, one of Dad’s favourites. In 2002 I took my son, Jayden, to his first symphony at age six months. We were living in Thames then, but we still drove back to Auckland especially to attend the symphony. By now the sponsorship had changed and it was called the Skycity Starlight Symphony – but my family has always called it Symphony Under The Stars, and I think we always will.
In 2006, my daughter Caitie joined the family tradition...she was seven months old. Even the cannons from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture didn’t scare her. In fact, we all love them. That song is definitely one of our favourites, and they play it every year. It’s just about the last song of the night, and they let off the cannons, set off the fantastic fireworks display and do the Mercury Energy Laser Light Show. It’s brilliant. We love the fireworks, we love the cannons and we love the music.
Every year they play a waltz and it’s usually the Blue Danube and everyone dances along, especially Mum and Dad. I do wish they still played Jerusalem... They haven’t played that one the last couple of years. That was another Maud favourite.
It’s 2007 and I’ve attended the free symphony concerts in the Auckland Domain every year without fail since the very first one in 1994. I haven’t missed one yet. This year was the first one that Mum and Lynda missed – Mum was in South Korea and Lynda was in London.
I went when I was 13 years old and single...just starting my second year of high school. I took my first boyfriend in 2005 and my second in 2007. Consider yourselves privileged, boys, to have shared in what has become a very special tradition! This year I went as a wife and mother of two, with my husband Steve and my children, Jayden and Caitie. Life has changed a lot since I was that 13yo girl... There have been good times and bad times in the past fourteen years, but I’m relieved to see that there are some things that stay constant... More than any other day of the year, the day we attend the symphony we’re united, we’re happy and we’re family. I love you guys! I hope I can continue to share the Maud tradition with my children for many years yet."


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