Years ago Karen’s Dad regularly marched with a Scottish Pipe and Drum Corps, playing the drum and twirling his mallets. He knew that his paternal ancestors were Canadian Irish but as he learned more about the Scottish Clans we wondered if perhaps his family might have roots in Clan Gunn. This evening we gathered on the lawn, some of us wearing Gunn regalia, as a Highland piper played a salute to Dad. It was a solemn and festive moment!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
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