Madrigal Dinner Flo and I just got back from a Madrigal dinner at UC Irvine. The various choirs put on a dinner (with entertainment) set in the court of Henry VIII. The dinner was distinctly unimpressive, but the music and shows were great

We had planned to go with our next-door neighbors, but a sudden illness changed those plans, so we had two extra tickets. Andy found a couple of friends from his apartment who would like to see it, so we had the company of a drama student and a music student. They were a bit shy, but still good company. The drama student was one of those who built the sets, but he had never seen the show.

Andy as Steward Andy played the Steward and was, of course, very good at it. :-) It was interesting to note that he was acting the whole time, using his hands and his face as though he were in a musical comedy. Most of the singers just pretty much stood there and sang. Somewhere in his heritage, he seems to have picked up a bit of ham.

As an interesting side note, Gregory Benford, a very good science fiction author, was made a Knight of Christmas at the dinner. I hadn’t even known that he was a professor at UCI.