Citing the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and referencing parking lots and garages Bach Festival Society artistic director John Sinclair advised the crowd in Steinmetz Hall on Sunday afternoon, “If I told you how we rehearsed for today’s concert, you wouldn’t believe me.”
When we think of Scandinavia, generally it’s cold weather we picture. But the sound generated by the Bach Festival Society orchestra on Friday night was full of warmth.
The former president of Rollins College, in a guest column, says using the area's abundant arts venues as an attraction, and bringing more people to them via SunRail or other methods, should be seen as a positive and not a detriment.
The name most often associated with Orlando is, of course, Walt Disney. Few of the annual visitors to the area, which numbered nearly 76 million in 2019, realize that central Florida also has a special connection to a very different kind of children's entertainer: TV pioneer Fred Rogers.