Sat Jan 24 Day 14

Windy at night & in morning, it got down to mid 60’s at night and was sunny & clear in the morning with the temp climbing to high 70’s, (25 C++).  Puttered around RV for the morning and Sheila went to some garage sale thing with Dorothy Bullis.  Sheila came back having spent about $15 on some CD’s, DVD’s, a game, Battle of the Sexes and some assorted small stuff.  We had a nice salad for lunch, then Sheila went down to do some lengths in the pool while I stayed to conserve my energy for tonight’s Dance.  After a cpl of minor jobs I wandered next door to visit Les.  Les & I talked about the traffic on hwy 215 leading into Hwy 10 across the north east end of LA and how busy it is – up to 6 lanes at times.  He said he stays of hwy 58 instead of turning down Hwy 395 and continues to Barstow before turning south and that way he misses all the traffic.  I will look it up for next year. Eventually Sheila & Dorothy came back and Kevin & Leslie showed up so we chit chatted ’till suppertime and the light started to fade. After supper we went down to the “Classical Concert” in “Sunrise Hall”.  It was pianists alternating with singers and more show tune & pop numbers than classical music.  It was mostly good.  That ended about 8:30 and we walked next door to “Hays Hall” for the Sat dance.  The music was by Chris Hemstead who played guitar and two pianos which were also synthesizers.  He was really good and did lots of actions such as playing the piano, (briefly) with his feet, so he was very entertaining.  He took requests, so the music was a very danceable mix of mostly 50’s & 60’s music.  Finally at 10 pm we came home.  I was exhausted & went straight to bed.  Sheila wasn’t far behind. Another great thing about this dance was the cost.  Only $5.00 each & that included punch & all the cookies you could eat!  The classical concert was an even better deal—free & they also provided lemonade & cookies!