A couple pics from Friday's 2nd annual Skyway Open, an 18 hole minigolf course designed by terrific architects and setup on platforms, as shown, in downtown Minneapolis. The event benefits the Boys and Girls Club.







An added bonus! Friday was also the kickoff to the weekend-long MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Festival in Plymouth, MN. As D&C are new members of MBOTMA we were excited to partake in enjoying the jamming, in legal areas only, and highlight performances including a group from Madison, Wisconsin. Here's a neat review from Citypages.

My concert band has transformed it's annual holiday concert, typically held in the Hopkins Activity Center, to a benefit for the Hopkins/Minnetonka Family Resource Center. We perform this Sunday at Einsenhower Community Theater at 7pm. For details and free tickets, click here.

Selections include: PATAPAN, RUDOLPH IN WONDERLAND, WHITE CHRISTMAS, I SAW THREE SHIPS, O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM, A CHANUKAH CELEBRATION, SLEIGH RIDE, LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH, and A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.

Come for the trumpet horse whinnies, stay for the complimentary dessert reception.

See enclosure for details on this swingin' concert, featuring music by Stan Kenton, Gordon Goodwin, and a great chart by Bill Holman---a salute to Woody Herman called "Woodrow."

...under the direction of Don Bates (who also conducts the Hopkins Westwind Concert Band);

March 25th, 3PM

Eden Prairie High School Theater.

This weekend is MBOTMA's annual Winter Bluegrass Festival!