What a beautiful morning it was, only to be replaced with cloudy skies and rain in the evening. Luckily, we took advantage of the ocassional sunny bursts in the morning to visit Box Hill to watch a community show of ballet, dancing and acapella singing.
It was held at the Box Hill Town Hall in the afternoon. There is a side area in the town hall for Artspace, which is an art gallery currently holding an exhibition of photos of the local scenery and people titled 'I wish we knew these were the happy times when we were in them'. There couldn't be a better title for the exhibition. I love the title for everyday life as well. We often take things for granted, until it's gone.
The tall and imposing pillars of the Town Hall above. This is the first time I have gone through the doors. It would have been the most grand structure in 1923. I do wonder why there is a 1994 chiselled into the render. Was it the year it stopped being the official council office?
We had gone shopping earlier in the morning at Box Hill Central. It was a wise decision to come earlier in the day because there were still some on street parking to be found. We managed to park for free! The centre had undergone a face lift which was very much needed. It was busy, but not shopping carts over feet busy yet. When we were leaving at about 10.30am, it was starting to get really crowded.
Brunch was at Grain Asian Cafe (no pictures because we only had half an hour before we had to move the car). I ordered pork strip's on crispy noodles and Gaz had wonton noodle soup. They were $17.50 each, which I suppose is on par with other eateries. There were also breakfast sets like lor mai kai with congee and choice of tea or coffee for $18.50 or bacon, egg, baked beans with toast and choice of tea or coffee for $16.50 but none really appealed to me at the time.
Since we had half an hour before the performance starts, we paid a visit to the library. There are games and books to borrow, newspapers to read (the day's paper can only be borrowed in exchange for a Whitehorse Manningham library card) and a chess set to play. Too bad, or maybe luckily, we ran out of time to finish the game so neither of us could say one or the other is smarter. Though we both know Gaz is the smarter one..
When it came to scoring on street parking for free, it was definitely my street smarts that helped us. Just round the corner from the library are all day parking bays (for the weekend) so we did not havebto move the car in the middle of the 2 hour performance.
Young and old alike danced during the folk and ballet performance. They are not exactly Australian Ballet corps but it was quite enjoyable to listen to the music and watch their steps. The acapella was sung by older gentlemen who had perfect pitch. I enjoyed their performance very much and Gaz who has a tendency to fall asleep at seated performances, did not disappoint. Soon, he was having a bit of a shut eye mid way through the singing. At least I did not have to pay for him to be sung to sleep this time.
What a wonderful day it was today! We bought lots of food to enjoy during the week from Box Hill Central, enjoyed a tasty brunch and was serenaded by talented performers in a historic building. It is a good day indeed.
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