Symphony Do-Dah

The Meridian Symphony Orchestra hosted an event for children this past weekend called "Symphony Do-Dah". The whole event had a Disney theme. My sister and my niece, Carly, came along with us. Also, several of our good friends went too. It was a very fun night!

The first part was a meet and greet with some of Disney's most popular characters. My son was only interested in Mickey! Most of the other characters there were Disney princesses and he said that they were for "gurls" and he did not want to meet them. So we hung out with Mickey and gave him tons of hugs and told him we would be seeing him in November!

The symphony also had an instrument petting zoo set up. The children were able to go around and try out many instruments. This was John Turner's favorite part! This boy LOVES everything about music! I seriously see a musician of some kind in his future!

After meeting the characters and trying out some of the instruments we headed to our seats to get ready for the symphony! We had fabulous seats! John Turner was completely in awe of the whole thing! It was held in our newly built Riley Center. This place is absolutely breath taking! John Turner couldn't get over the beauty of it! The orchestra was warming up when we arrived at our seats. He loved watching that part.

The symphony started and it was wonderful! They played songs from Disney movies that the children were familiar with. They also had the characters come in and clap and sing along with some songs.

The Meridian Symphony really outdid themselves with this event! I can't say enough good things about it! John Turner had a great experience at his first symphony concert. He is looking forward to attending another one soon. He has requested to sit up high in the balcony next time!