Tutti Flutti – Chittenden Locks – July 12 2025
Making a commitment to sketch in watercolor is always a tricky choice. For Chittenden Locks, I at least can be assured of spacious seating for my chair environs, and that the paint will quickly dry under full summer sunlight. But I was anticipating a quartet, so when there turned out to be six players I was resigned to accepting the most fleeting flickers of flutist captures. Then to make it more challenging, several of the players switched instruments (there was a bass flute or two) for different selections. Ringleader Parmley MC-ed us through interpretive introductions to the various works, ranging from a Bach fugue to a charming medley of TV-cartoon theme songs (about 10 in all), from Looney Tunes (This Is It) to Flintstones to Simpsons.