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Isabella Wins 2011 Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship

kidadoblog — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:15:10 +0000

For the second year in a row, Isabella has won first place in

Darlington Arts Center’s Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship.

Congratulations Isabella!

The Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship Fund
Through the generosity of our friend and late benefactor Sally Paxson Davis, Darlington will provide a vocal scholarship to a deserving young singer. Sally Davis, imbued with a love of vocal music from her mother and grandmother, had led the board of the Academy of Vocal Arts, a tuition-free opera training school in Philadelphia, since 2001. (Darlington Arts Center Website)

Isabella as Good Witch of the North

kidadoblog — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:54:36 +0000

Here is Bella as the Good Witch of the North in the high school production of Wizard of Oz.

Ana Sings!

kidadoblog — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:25:05 +0000

FINALLY, a video post from one of my favorite artists, my daughter, Ana. Don’t forget to check out her other youtube videos!

Isabella’s Voice Recital

kidadoblog — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:22:25 +0000

Here is our 15 yo Bella singing Bill from the musical Showboat at her Spring 2010 voice recital at Darlington Arts.

Winner 2010 Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship

kidadoblog — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:47 +0000

Isabella Jayme, 2009 Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship recipient

Congratulations to Isabella Jayme for winning this year’s Sally Paxson Davis Memorial Vocal Scholarship. Isabella is a student of voice coach, Stephanie O’Dea at Darlington Arts Center in Garnet Valley, PA. Isabella’s song choices were Handel’s Bel Piacere and Goodnight My Someone from Music Man. Accompanying Isabella on piano was Dawn Stevens.

Annual Sally Paxson Davis scholarship auditions are held at Darlington Arts Center every fall and is open to voice students ages 14-20 in the Delaware Valley region. The scholarship covers voice lessons at the center for the Spring 2010 semester.

Following in the footsteps of her mother, Adele Warden Paxson, Sally was currently serving as chairman of the board of The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Founded in 1934 by Sally’s grandmother, Helen Corning Warden, The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) has become known as the world’s premier full-scholarship opera training program. (excerpt taken from AVA website)

Congratulations and thank you to Stephanie, Isabella and Dawn.

Finally, Two Restaurants To Brag About

kidadoblog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:01:29 +0000

Ahhh! Having left the Land of Enchantment a little over two years ago, my husband and I and litter of four were in search of the nearest and most authentic mexican restaurant that could match those we frequented in sunny Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe. Alas, one after another, mediocrity led to major disappointments within a 15 mile radius. In desperation, any restaurant with the word “el”, “tortilla”, “cantina”, “burrito”, “taqueria” became our destination. Finally, this weekend my husband and I en route to Starbucks caught site of a little restaurant called the Red Sombrero sandwiched between your typical strip mall storefronts. Yes, the Red Sombrero. We’ve seen it before but nodded it off as just one of those 5 pounder stuffed with rice in thai peanut sauce burrito joints. But that it is not. I went for the $2.29 taco with pork, onions and cilantro with lime nicely seasoned. Perfect. My husband’s chicken enchilada plate was superb. Finally. Whew!

And while the kids were off to grandma’s, we took a drive into Philly and visited our old neighborhood at 10th and Locust. Not much has changed other than a few restaurants down the block. For lunch we stepped into Kanella, a Greek restaurant that served undeniably delicious, fresh and real food. They had a great wait staff not shy to have interesting conversations with you and still stay on top of things. We met the owner who told us about their evening fare. Very nice. BYOB. Kanella’s is our new favorite Philly place to eat.

Reality Is Finding Home

kidadoblog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:33:18 +0000

My relationship with the blogosphere has been spotty at best lately. The latest entries came quite easily, exploiting our sudden and voracious appetite for live concerts.

Dare I go deep…but all this frolicking around having a smashing good time means nothing without a family and a home to return to. We keep each other on track, bittersweet at times, but in the end we feel better about ourselves and about each other. It’s a bit of a generalization. Not all families are good for each other. I know, I see it all around me. And it can be quite sad.

Music Blurb: Keane at Tower Theater, Philadelphia

kidadoblog — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:39:21 +0000

Richard

Quick pictures from a splendid evening. I’ll recap later cuz there’s so much to tell….especially after you meet the band!!

Keane, Tower Theater

Tim

Tom Chaplin

Daughter Wins Athena Scholarship

kidadoblog — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:19:18 +0000

Congratulations to Isabella for winning the senior division at the 2009 Athena Scholarship competition at Darlington Arts Center. Isabella’s current voice teacher is Joshua Graves.

Her two song choices were: Nina by Pergolesi and I Attempt From Love Sickness by Purcell. A word about the Athena Scholarship at Darlington Arts Center:

In honor of former director Athena Sophocles, this scholarship is awarded for private music lessons at Darlington and is granted solely on the basis of ability and talent to Middle and High School students. Auditions are held in the spring of each year.

Thank you to Joshua and Dawn Stevens (accompanist) for their talents, time and guidance.

Obama Art in Barcelona

kidadoblog — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:51:09 +0000

We found this interesting pic art of Obama as we meandered down a narrow street near our hotel. BTW, the graffiti art in Barcelona was amazing.

If you can interpret this, please do.