Personal Narrative: My Visit To Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall

I recently visited Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall to view the Songs for the season. This was my first time ever attending a show. My first experience was great and I really enjoyed it. To begin I would like to say the production and the displays were magnificent. When I walked in even before the show began they gave the perfect lighting with the snowflakes projected on the closed curtains. They also projected a Christmas tree and sat nutcrackers on each side giving a great winter theme. As it began to fill up I noticed the diverse crowd, there were people from all ages and races attending the show. As the show started the lights went dim and the curtains opened showing the Santa Fe Singers and Musicians. The show contained a host of Christmas …show more content…
Kelli was very active during this performance; she was involved in three different solos: “Bashana Haba’ah, Gesu Bambino, and Hanukah Holiday”. In my opinion, I believe she did a great job handling those songs. The show included audience participation when they performed “Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy”. It was a nice opportunity to have a moment of bonding of sorts between audience and performers. “The Christmas Song” was performed next which I really enjoyed. It’s a song that’s always played at home so I really had an ear for that song. The song “All is Well” was accompanied by a solo dance performed by Emma Wendemeyer. To me this was a moment that shared a somber but peaceful mood as she danced in a dim setting with a spotlight on her. She handled the spotlight well as she danced with such grace and elegance. They finished the show with two of the most common songs of the holiday season “Santa Claus is coming to town” and “A merry carol of bells”. I felt that they performed these songs at the perfect time. After sitting through nearly two hours of songs that I wasn’t really familiar with it was nice to hear two very familiar songs at the