Smells like mothballs, sounds like John Williams

This morning I got up and I put on my concert-going Sunday best - jeans and my Boba Fett musical t-shirt. Why? We just got home from seeing the Stamford Symphony's production "Themes and Screams". It was all music composed by John Williams, which was the big reason that Barbara asked us to go along. It smelled like mothballs because there were a lot of elderly (perhaps the regular concert going) people there. One individual stood out to me - he agreed in his deep voice a lot with what the conductor was saying and commented on a lot of the music played. I looked over at one stage to see what he looked like - wait, what?! Elderly woman?!

The Connecticut garrison of the 501st Legion had a presence there, with a female Sith (very unorthodox costume), Boba Fett, an AT-ST pilot and 3 stormtroopers (1 in desert gear) there.

The music was really well performed. They played, in rough order:

• Star Wars Episode IV opening
• Across the Stars (Episode II love theme)
• Jaws theme
• A song from The Patriot
• Jurassic Park
• The Olympic fanfare
• A song from The Cowboys
• Schindler's List
• Superman
• Duel of the Fates (no vocals), and encored with
• Indiana Jones

Harry Potter music was listed in the program but wasn't performed, which was a little disappointing. I would have enjoyed hearing it.

One of the good things about the performance, apart from how well they played the music, was that the Music Director/Conductor would give an explanation and introduction to the songs that they were playing. I understood what he was saying in words, but don't understand conductor movements. That's probably why I always lost the Mario Party "Mario Bandstand" mini game...