wellborn my hometown

Friday evening, January 30, 2009, in the College of Fine Arts, School of Music Building at University of Florida soprano Joy Geiger sang her Graduate Voice Recital.
Attending from Wellborn were her parents, Maurice and Ann Geiger, sister Alice Geiger and sister Marcia G. Roe with brother-in-law James Roe. Family friends, blessed with knowing Joy all of her life, enjoyed the evening together with the proud Geiger family: Janice Underwood, Izzy Wolff, Jinny Wilson, Cathy Townsend and David and Doris Coney. Newer friends from Wellborn at Joy's concert were Judy and John Husocki and Myrtle Principatio, Carmen Hernandez, Jim Messer and Linda Young.
Newest friends of all were the fellow students and faculty who came because they had to :-)
EVERYONE WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF JOY'S FINAL RECITAL at U of F..
"How many hours does it take in preparation?" I asked Carolyn Reaves, Joys piano accompanist. "We have been working together on some of the really challenging ones for a year." she admitted. The program was presented in two segments, each one divided into three entrance and exits done with a dramatic flare, truly beatifully. We appreciated Joy's training and her easy stage presence. We felt her own involvement in the music she had memorized. And of course the evening held auditory ecstacy.
Joys voice soars. There are many octaves between her low and her high notes and she easily runs through the gamut.
She sang in Italian, German and French and English, a total of 13 selections. My favorite was a whimsical piece about a serpent who felt compelled to sing.

Both before and after the professional perfomance we saw Joy looking like we see her around town. Beforehand she was dressed in college kid clothes and stood in the spotlight and checked out the sound system and the piano placement was adjusted minutely.
After the concert it is Geiger tradtion to wind down at ChickFillet

Between these two ordinary life scenes, she metamophisizes hereself into an accomplished operatic star!
It is awesome!

The audience had been transported to loveliness. When it was over, we landed back on this earth to make a standing ovation and vigorous applause. Picture taking , orchid presenting and more picture taking followed. Fellow students wanted a picture with Joy. It was all such fun. The afterglow lingers yet.