Cultural Outing: Chinese Pavillion at the Botanical Gardens

Thanks to Josette Wecsu for these enchanting photos. A few words from Josette:

I thought you might be interested in hearing about our cultural outing on Tuesday, October 25th.

This year our visit to the Chinese Pavillion of the Botanical Gardens was especially inspiring. As we strolled through the gardens, the exhibition of the of the First Emperor Qin and his Cavalry lit our path. I tried to capture some of the beautiful colors of the luminescent lanterns on camera for our WASM members. This was a perfect type of excursion for a cool autumn evening.

Our group (from left to right): Sharon Galligher, Marilyn Bridgeman, Josette Wecsu, Bridget Howlett, Frances Balough, with Ruth Pidduck standing in front.

Cultural Outing -- Chinese Lanterns at the Botanical Gardens

Josette Wecsu was kind enough to provide photos of last Tuesday's cultural outing, along with this note: "The cultural outing to the Botanical Gardens yesterday was great fun. We saw the magnificent Chinese lanterns and I took a few pictures for WASM. Although only 5 women attended, we had a very enjoyable lunch there and we were very impressed by the beautiful lanterns.
In the photo of our group: Audrey Hanf, Josette Wecsu, Jane Wigglesworth, Annette Wolfstein-Joseph, Jackie Rae.

Cultural Outing: Opera de Montréal

Our second cultural outing, beautifully organized by Louise de Tonnancour, was a backstage tour of the Opera de Montreal. General and Production Director Pierre Dufour led our visiting group through the labyrinth workshops, sets, and costume racks behind the scenes.

Thanks to Louise for the wonderful photos, captions...and of course the memories.

General Director Pierre Dufour begins the tour

The costume workshop, a real Alibaba's cavern

A smiling Pierre Dufour has plenty of reasons to be proud.

"Producing an opera is a very long procedure. It can take up to five years."

Sometimes, new fabrics get to be aged, in this little corner

Costumes everywhere!

Props. It takes what it takes!

Isles and isles like this one..each well identified. Rest assured we did not loose anyone.