Night time events

After some busy days of checking various missionary apartments this week, it was fun to attend several night time events.

Our first event was at the Grandin Building, where the Book of Mormon was printed  in 1830. Mark (who does this for a hobby) demonstrated the tedious process of how the books were originally sewn together and bound.  He is making us a leather bound replica of the original Book of Mormon.

Here he is sewing sections "(signatures") of the book together. 

 

 

The following evening, at the Palmyra Inn, we attended a lecture by Rod Meldrum (the event wasn't church sponsored), where he told of the compelling evidence for the "heartland of America" theory of where the events in the Book of Mormon took place. Take a look at his interesting website.

Rod signed copies of his book, "The Book of Mormon in America's Heartland".

                          

 

 

Friday afternoon found us in Rochester, where we decided to spend our date night at the world famous Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre. Built by George Eastman, the founder of Kodak, this opulent, magnificent concert hall, which opened in 1922, is the primary concert hall for the Eastman School of Music (on same level as Julliard School of Music). This historic venue originally contained 3,094 seats. Some of the world's greatest musicians  and conductors have shared its stage with Eastman students.

 

 

We were treated to a breath taking,  world class performance, by the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra and the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.2 in C Minor, "Resurrection."

Admission was free. All the seats were filled. The standing ovation lasted 15 minutes.

 

 

 

Mother Nature is putting on quite a show around here too. This is across the street from our local Wal-Mart, where we are constantly buying items needed for missionary apartments.