Vermont Youth Orchestra Concert

Troy Peters and the VYO outdid themselves this afternoon at the Flynn Theater in Burlington. Playing to a full house, the VYO kids were outstanding in their renditions of Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, Tchaikovsky Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Cecile Chaminade's Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Daron Hagen's Emmanuel Fugue and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation."

The VYO is an incredible assemblage of talent, skills, hard work and desire to do well. It's such a blessing to have the leadership and the philanthropy to keep it healthy and thriving.

I'm thankful, too, that my two grandsons have been part of it. Today, because of heavy snow and near white out conditions in southern Vermont, Estlin didn't make it. It would have been better with him .