Chasing Dreams and Curries: An Evening with The Phantom

Sunday, April 15, 2012

An Evening with The Phantom

On 5 April 2012, Megumi and I were treated to the Rotary Bangkok Evening Concert, which was a night to remember. Theatre is something I dearly miss from New York City, and is near impossible to find here in Bangkok. But on Thursday, April 5^th, my dreams were answered. In a special tribute to His Majesty, the Mahidol Philharmonic Orchestra played two sets of music – the first, a collection of His Majesty’s favorites, which mainly comprised of jazz and saxophone – two of His Majesty’s favorites. The second half, were songs from Phantom of the Opera.

Rotary International Ice Sculpture!!!

As Megumi and I sat in the audience, stuffed from the most amazing buffet of our lives (including pumpkin risotto, fresh cut sashimi, shumai, gyoza, pork buns, sausage, fish, lamb and more) I had goose bumps listening to the very young and talented voices from Mahidol University sing my favorite songs from one of my favorite musicals.

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