Event

We would love our patrons to have a chance to look at the Sun prior to the Sunday 3 PM concert. Information about the Concert: This Earth, Wind and Fire concert will focus on the earth, our community, and our diverse world with the integration of poetry. Featured pieces include the "Windstar Fanfare" by William MacDavis, Haydn's "Fire Symphony," a Virginia Beach premiere of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" with words by Robert Frost and music by Virginia composer Catherine Fields, and a performance of Earthrise, by renown Virginia Beach composer Adolphus Hailstork featuring up to 150 singers from the Symphonicity and ODU Choruses plus a local gospel choir.

Date: Sunday, March 5, 2023

Time: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern

Location: Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
201 Market Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:
We would love our patrons to have a chance to look at the Sun prior to the Sunday 3 PM concert. Information about the Concert: This Earth, Wind and Fire concert will focus on the earth, our community, and our diverse world with the integration of poetry. Featured pieces include the "Windstar Fanfare" by William MacDavis, Haydn's "Fire Symphony," a Virginia Beach premiere of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" with words by Robert Frost and music by Virginia composer Catherine Fields, and a performance of Earthrise, by renown Virginia Beach composer Adolphus Hailstork featuring up to 150 singers from the Symphonicity and ODU Choruses plus a local gospel choir.

 

Location Details

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
Members set up solar-filtered telescopes outside Sandler Center and had about 30 visitors. George set up a display of the Starsense raffle telescope on the inside of Sandle Center and had at least 30 people come by. Fifteen raffles tickets were sold, with the proceeds going to the Georgie June Scholarship Fund.

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