We had a "Downtown Day" last weekend because we had tickets to the last performance of the season with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra's series of Sundays and the Symphony for Kids. The show was Roald Dahl's version of Little Red Riding Hood where Little Red ends up taking care of the wolf on her own without the need for rescue by anyone else! Although still a little morbid in the typical style of old-time fairy tales (she marched around in her wolf-skin coat), changing the message of girls needing to be rescued to girls can figure it out on their own is a step in a better direction, in my opinion!
We had some fun downtown first before the show along with my 5 yr old niece, Kennedy, who preferred to ride the C-Train up and down as the highlight of the day! We also took Kennedy and Rowan to see one of my favorite downtown statues of the Famous Five http://www.heroines.ca/celebrate/statuepersons1.html - the women who were part of the Suffrage Movement and who helped women obtain the right to vote.
Here's a shot of us with Nellie McClung and Irene Parlby.
Once at the symphony the kids took part in the musical petting zoo where they held and played a violin! We ended with lunch on the patio and a trip to the park - a lovely way to spend a Spring day!
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