“So good to live in a world where there are Octobers.” — Anne of Green Gables
Time to pack your suitcase and take a journey with the Boerne Concert Band, directed by Larry Schmidt, as the community is invited to join the BCB for an afternoon of “Music Around the World.”
On Sunday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m., bring your families and friends to the Boerne High School auditorium, 1 Greyhound Lane, to enjoy musical selections such as Fandango, Latin Celebration, Rus- sian Sailor’s Dance, Hoch Heidecksburg, Armenian Dances, River Trail Expedition, Texas Star, and more.
“Rotti,” by Ursula Hurst, a selftaught pet portraitist, done in pastel pencils. Courtesy photo
For details, see: https:// www.boerneconcertband. com.
• Today’s lagniappe (LAN yap), the Cajun-French word for “a little extra”-- One of the benefits to working in the arts is the occasional blending of audiences who feed their souls by creating-enjoying visual arts, music, books and theater.
Through our communications partner at the Boerne Concert Band, this writer was introduced to a lovely, selftaught senior who now lives in Boerne. Ursula Hurst has had quite the journey: Zimbabwe, England, Boerne.
She finds joy in painting, having taught herself using tutorials in watercolor, oil and, currently, pastel pencils. In her latest favorite medium, she is creating pet portraits for friends, but mostly for her own enjoyment.
When not drawing dogs, she can be found singing with and playing her ukulele with the Boerne Ukuladies. This group practices together at St. Helena Church. As Ursula explains, chuckling, “We regularly serve the community by playing for ‘seniors’ at assisted living facilities.”
Ursula occasionally agrees to paint pet commissions; she can be reached at: baobab1639@ gmail.com.
• Boerne Book Festival is 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, presented by the Patrick Heath Public Library. Caren Creech, event organizer, urges everyone to join fellow book lovers from around Texas for a full day of author discussion panels, book signings and a lot more literary fun. This all takes place on the Heath Library grounds, 451 N. Main St., Boerne. Follow the Book Festival on Facebook and Instagram.
• Hill Country Council for the Arts is happy to sponsor its annual Steinholding competition at Free Roam Brewing Company, 325 S. Main St.
Free Roam is hosting a qualifying event from 2-3 p.m. Oct. 4. There will be a men’s competition and a women’s competition. The qualified winners will be invited to compete in the Texas State Championship at Wurstfest in New Braunfels on Nov. 16.
If you did not make it to compete at Das Festival this year, here is your second chance to bring home honors. For details, contact [email protected]; or call Paula, 210-269-8349. See steinholding rules at www. ussteinholding.com.
Hill Country Council for the Arts is a resource for the arts in our community, promoting arts awareness, encouraging community engagement, and inviting partnerships and collaborations. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and view our website often, www.hccarts.org.
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