Item #36 - Play my first solo concert on the bells

Tonight I played my first concert on the bells at Knox Metropolitan Church!

Over the last few months I put together a program of pieces I've been learning. Each concert begins with a Psalm, ends with an Amen, and is made up of pieces we've been working on over the last year. Here is my concert program:

1. Psalm of Approach
2. Jesus Loves Me
3. Ar Hyd Y Nos (with Carol)
4. Regent Square
5. Gwalchmai
6. Franconia
7. Walton
8. Maryton
9. Interlude #20 (with Carol)
10. Paderborn
11. Hymn of Joy
12. Lafferty (duet with Carol)
13. Royal Oak (with Carol)
14. See My Fingers
15. St. Denio
16. Jacob's Ladder (with Carol)
17. Mozart
18. Jankoy
19. Oranges and Lemons
20. Popeye Theme
21. Amen

Because my shoulders and neck have been bothering me quite a bit this year, there were some songs I had help with. Carol has been the one teaching and overseeing my bell ringing and has been a great help to me getting to this point. It's been a lot of fun!

Item #33 - Climb Wascana Hill in Douglas Park and watch a sunset

Friday the 13th was a beautiful day... 30 above in mid-September??? We'll take it!

As I drove home from work, I noticed there were wispy-looking clouds all over the sky and I thought this could be 'the' night to watch a sunset from Wascana Hill - perfect weather and a great set up (cloud-wise) for something spectacular!

I arrived and walked up the hill about 15 minutes before the sun actually set and started snapping pictures. I had time to look around the city and surrounding area from my vantage point, which did appear to be the area of highest elevation around - other than the landfill, of course.

I was treated to a very nice sunset after which the remaining clouds all went pink. It was a beautiful night!

 

Item #38 - Go fly a kite!

I crossed a second item off my list over the Labour Day long weekend - I flew a kite!

Now this may not sound grand and exciting, but the truth is I haven't flown a kite since I was a kid and my dad always got it going and then let us hold the string when it was up and stable. I wanted to fly a kite because it looked like fun and because my childhood memories of doing so were fuzzy at best.

I did have a couple of crashes, but also prevented a few too. I got my kite as high up and the string as short as I dared. It was a fun, relaxing and enjoyable experience, and I'll have to do it again sometime soon!

Item #39 - Play a mini golf course I haven't been on before

Well, not only did I play mini golf on a course that I haven't been on before... my whole family did!

'Twas the Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend and we decided to head to the Nipawin Regional Park for lunch down by the river. Unfortunately, the restaurant was full right at noon, so we headed back to the park entrance for a round of 'Nipawin-themed' mini golf to kill some time and whet our appetites even more.

The mini golf course is a fun and fairly new course that highlights things you'd see in and around Nipawin such as the water tower, Newfield Seeds elevator, the old CPR bridge, and so forth. We all enjoyed 'touring' the town as we played, and Daren won the round.

Item #39 - done!