Les and I flew to Minneapolis on Thursday June 13 after having dropped of the kitties at the vet for boarding. We requested that all three have their nails cut. Before we left, they brought Ella out saying that one of her nails was broken. The attendant suggested that Dr. Effie take a look later in the day. She called and said that other nails were shredded. No one could figure out how that might have happened. They gave her antibiotics and soaked her paws. They were going to do that again. It’s Sunday June 16. We will pick the kids up tomorrow morning. I hope Ella is on the way to full recovery.
Ella is just fine, thanks goodness. She is just about her old self. She used the scratching post. The photo on the left is Ella when she showed up. The one on the right is just so evocative.
This is Rufus. This is Sophie.
We flew from Dallas to Minneapolis on American and both legs of the trip were nightmares. We had a gate change on the way to Minneapolis and then almost at the last minute we had a terminal change! On the way back to Dallas we were three hours late due to weather.
We stayed with the wonderful Margaret and Dan Shulman on Pillsbury Avenue. It is truly like our Minneapolis “home”.
We had some great meals, Thursday at Bar La Grasse Friday we had dinner with Dana Holstad, Joanne Horn Spencer at Cafe Lurcat (it used to be the Loring Cafe). We had lots of drinks. Les had the watermelon gazpacho and I had an amazing pot roast with mashed potatoes. Mariusz Olszewski showed up late for a glass of wine.
Saturday night was the big gala performance and reception. Lots of former Zenon dancers wee there and, I’d say, the entire dance community. Song Awakened was the last piece on the program. They asked that I speak on stage before the performance.
The reception was in the lobby. So many people to remember. Les and I did quite well.
Christine Maginnis
Heidi Kalwait
Jane Shockley
Andre Shields
Devin Carey
Keith Thompson was there as well as Mary Harding, Greg Waletski, Amy Behm, Erin Thompson and Denise Armstead. Linda Shapiro, dance critic Camille LeFevre were there as well as Gary Peterson, Zenon’s former Executive Director and Mary Jo Peloquin, his assistant, Tom Kanthak, director of music at the Performing Arts High School and Joanie Shapiro and Neal Cuthbert, formerly of the McKnight Foundation and Louise Robinson.
It was a most festive evening. In my speech I remarked that this might be the last time I would see Song Awakened performed. Keith Thompson just got anew position as Chair of Dance at the University of Arizona. He wants me to set Song Awakened there. I told him that I would need an assistant since there is a lot of movement I cannot do any more. He said no problem. Mary Ann Bradley said she would love to do it. We just have to coordinate schedules. Ah, Mary Ann.
