Sakon Nakhon LIVE "Dinner and 20th century Classics"

From 090207 Chinese New Years Dinner 2/7/09

I've lived in Sakon Nakhon since early 2003. Life here has been most enjoyable. 
It's the people of this region, friendly and pleasant, very family and community orientated.

BUT... there are a few things you do miss.  
Foremost for me it's the arts. There are no art galleries, no concert halls.  
All you can do is listen to a CD of classical music to revive memories, and dream.

Part of that dream was fulfilled yesterday.  A new cherished memory. 
I had been invited to a Chinese New Years celebration.  Please come at 6 p.m.
I arrived 15 minutes early and realized they meant "Thai time," (add at least one hour).

Nearby was an outdoor bar, I settled in for a drink.
Then I heard it.  Music from a decades old German song coming from the temple.  
I was overjoyed.  Then hungarian rhapsody, and more classical music.  

20th Century music. 
For the first time I didn't mind 'Thai Time.'

People began to arrive.  The place was packed. Lot of who's who of Sakon Nakhon.

I heard someone say it's a nine course dinner. The food was superb, but by the sixth course I had to politely decline.

When I wasn't eating or photographing I was "dancing in my chair" and many times singing, wistling or humming along: German songs, Jewish songs, Thai music, Chinese music, classical music.  I was probably making a bit of a fool of myself.  But I didn't care, I was having the time of my life.

Brief video clip 090207 Chinese New Years Dinner vdo