A lovely evening

This evening my sister Mary Ellen and I spent a most unusual evening together. We went to the Mount Gretna Tabernacle to hear a Celtic concert by The Brandywine Harp Orchestra.

First of all, WHAT A PLACE!! The tabernacle was part of a Methodist camp meeting from the late 1800's. Surrounding it were camp sites on which eventually cottages were built. It is now an incredibly beautiful little community of quaint houses and huge trees and beautiful flowers. In other sections of the town are the Mount Gretna Playhouse, a lake, an old fashioned roller skating rink, a famous eating place called The Jigger Shop, and - tourists!! I forgot my camera, but took a few shots with my camera phone.

Secondly, WHAT WEATHER we had - again! Mary Ellen and I got there early enough to stroll about the community. The warm, non-humid air made our walk even more enjoyable.

Thirdly, WHAT A CONCERT! All the girls and ladies in this harp orchestra were exceptionally talented, not only on the harp, but vocally as well. They added humor also and a wonderful variety of songs - from old traditional Irish folk songs to Irish dance songs to classical to Christmas to Irish hymns tunes to American patriotic songs. Every minute of the concert was absolutely delightful.

We got a good laugh before it started. When Mary Ellen and I got back to the tabernacle from our stroll and sat down, there were many people already seated. We had saved ourselves seats with our water bottles. I picked up my cell phone to silence it. I said to Mary Ellen, "Boy, it's a good thing my phone didn't ring while we were gone." Mary Ellen gave me a blank look. Then I remembered that I had carried my phone with me - in fact, I had taken pictures with it. My senior moment just struck our funny bones and we had to try hard to behave. Besides, there were so many old people there that we felt quite young. We didn't want them to think we were young AND silly. Ha, ha!