Last weekend the UVA Symphony Orchestra from the McIntire School of Music at UVA performed at the amphitheater for the public – for free. Called the Symphony under the Stars, it began a little past 7pm and had an amazing line up of music. Highlights included selections from the West Side Story, Carmen, ET theme music etc. A bunch of us went that evening and sat on the grass for a sky deck view of the stage. The weather has been cool in the evenings these days and the setting was perfect. We walked past the Lawn apartments on our way, built by TommyJ to promote more interaction between students and their teachers at UVA, now home to selected students.
The day after, on Sunday, Nobel Prize Winner Professor Mohammed Yunus of Grameen Bank spoke at U-Hall, on the topic Solutions To Poverty. A bunch of us attended this one and it was well worth the time! Professor Yunus is an inspiring orator and his story of how he founded the Grameen Bank and his motivations were very interesting to hear. I made up for not taking my camera to the Symphony and took a bunch of fuzzy pictures.
Yesterday the Marketing Forum at Darden and I had a great afternoon listening to the big names of CPG talk about successful marketing campaigns. On grounds were DuPont, General Mills, J&J (and their fantastic Olympic campaign called “Thank you Mom”), Frito Lay and Heinz. And today is the India vs Pakistan cricket match and Darden’s South Asian Community is all ready for the madness. We’re screening the match live in one of the classrooms. For those who can’t bear to walk to school on this rainy morning, we’re watching the match on the projector in the home of a second year with parathas and beer. I’m wearing my Team India tee and blogging live from the venue. Cheers!
U-Hall; seen here is Prof. Yunus.
5 comments:
We lost to pakistan nd raine dear played spoilsport with Aus, now hoping our dear team beats west indies by a huge margin nd pakistan beats aus, so tht we can be in the semi finals atleat - both of which seem to be a humongous task to me - Hoping all goes well........
Its so strange...No. 1 team in the world SA...was first to go out and no. 2 team "India" might follow the suit ....
Love your quote from U2's Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, one of their finest songs of recent years.
I didn't know you're a cricket fan!
@Smee far from it! can't stand cricket - but it was more about the fun of watching all the men curse and swear ;)
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