Last fall, early in the semester, I fell woefully behind with this blog though I did keep up on You Tube and on Facebook with all the events I usually highlight here. I will now begin the process of catching up, so you see a mixture of dates and events for the next few months.
I have for years enjoyed the Madrigal Singers' spring show at which the brightly-dressed singers entertained with Broadway songs. This May concert proved to be one of the last of the musical events Tom Ediger directed. As the photographs indicate, the students enjoyed themselves wonderfully well. They looked sparkling and sang beautifully. I uploaded two recordings. The first features performances by the Madrigal Singers.
The second video
offers two individual performances from the evening. Unfortunately, I
managed during all last spring's madness to misplace one of the videos
of all the group in song.
Near the end of April, I stopped by the president's house to take a couple pictures at a reception at which the Peru State Rotoracts served as hosts.
I always enjoy working with this active group of excellent students.
After talking with folks a while, I went across the street to see the students and professors in the Fine Arts Recital Hall that featured poster sessions by PSC Honors' Students.
On the way to the Kansas City airport to catch a flight to Orlando for the annual ICFA Conference, I stopped at Squaw Creek to see the Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, and other birds. My attempts to take video of the mass Snow-Geese mass met with drained batteries. As I have in the past few years, I arrived a day early to the conference and drove in the morning to Merritt Island to drive through the sanctuary.
Low water made the bird watching less exciting than in the past couple years; however, I enjoyed the warm weather and like this area near the Kennedy Space Center.
That Saturday, I and a group of other IAFA folks went early in the morning to see the birds at Gator Land. The previous year, I had gone along but this time enjoyed myself much more with a group of folks, including Nedi, one of the conference's featured guests. While Nedi did not enjoy the gators all that much, she and the rest of us marveled at the nesting birds on a beautiful morning. Last
year, mist and rain greeted me. I look forward to seeing both areas again this spring in Orlando.
I returned this April to Harlan, NE, for the White Pelican Festival, where, once again, I enjoyed myself.
And I appreciated all the more how hard the folks in Harlan work to put this festival on the Nebraska map.
This time around, I showed slides and talked with adults about birds. Next spring, the organizers hope to get some youngsters to attend, for I enjoy introducing them to the birds in their area.
I got out for an excursion on a pontoon boat and enjoyed getting close to the groups of White Pelicans that dot the area around the Harlan County Reservoir dam.
Lots of other birds also populate the area, from Red-eyed Grebes to Baffle Heads.
Each spring for the past at least ten years--we have lots count--Chet Harper and I take our Green Eggs and Ham entertainment to Tarkio Elementary School. We read from Dr. Seuss books and watch students enjoy various activities before Chet and I perform our special version of "Green Eggs and Ham" for the students.
We always enjoy these special visits that end with the kindergarten and first graders enjoying green eggs, ham, and cupcakes to conclude the annual program. Give the collection of photographs a look to capture some of the joy Dr. Seuss continues to generate.
I have for years enjoyed the Madrigal Singers' spring show at which the brightly-dressed singers entertained with Broadway songs.
As the photographs indicate, the students enjoyed themselves wonderfully well. They looked sparkling and sang beautifully.
I always enjoy working with this active group of excellent students.
On the way to the Kansas City airport to catch a flight to Orlando for the annual ICFA Conference, I stopped at Squaw Creek to see the Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, and other birds.
My attempts to take video of the mass Snow-Geese mass met with drained batteries.
While Nedi did not enjoy the gators all that much, she and the rest of us marveled at the nesting birds on a beautiful morning. Last 
I returned this April to Harlan, NE, for the White Pelican Festival, where, once again, I enjoyed myself. 
This time around, I showed slides and talked with adults about birds. Next spring, the organizers hope to get some youngsters to attend, for I enjoy introducing them to the birds in their area.
I got out for an excursion on a pontoon boat and enjoyed getting close to the groups of White Pelicans that dot the area around the Harlan County Reservoir dam.
Lots of other birds also populate the area, from Red-eyed Grebes to Baffle Heads.
We read from Dr. Seuss books and watch students enjoy various activities before Chet and I perform our special version of "Green Eggs and Ham" for the students.
