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Review 1 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Maestro Hans Graf will be deeply missed.

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Posted 05/12/2013

by Anonymous

Location:Spring, Texas

I brought my two daughters with me, ages 9 and 12. We had a wonderful time. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. We are planning to go to the symphony more often. This was Hans Graf's last performance as conductor of The Houston Symphony. I am happy I was able to be there to see him one last time. He will be truly missed.

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Review 2 for Houston Symphony

1 / 5

Less than spectacular Holly Jolly Symphony

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- Fri, Dec 7, 2012 @

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Posted 12/10/2012

by Mike77384

Location:The Woodlands

My wife and I have been to many symphony concerts in the Pavillion. This did not live up to the Houston Symphony's usual stellar performance. The selection of music was poor and had very little "holly jolly" included; the conductor tried to be amusing which he failed at badly, and the dance group distracted from the overall performance. We will not attend this even next year.

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Review 3 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Holly Jolly

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Posted 12/10/2012

by Lindy62

Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! I am from another state and really enjoyed the Houston Symphany. We loved the interaction of the conductor with the audience. I liked the dancers, especially that they were from a program that would help them expand their interest and training.

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Review 4 for Houston Symphony

3 / 5

Holly Jolly was for the most part forgetable

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- Fri, Dec 7, 2012 @

Favorite moment: West Side High School Dance troupe who performed throughout concert. And Santa did a thing or two. Artificial Snow was falling before and after @

Posted 12/09/2012

by JTHollyJolly

Location:North of Houston

Chaotic: people coming and going long after things started; some got up from time to time to buy huge tubs of popcorn and drinks. You wouldn't get away with that at a Broadway play!
Audience: Rude, Noisy. Constant talking and laughing from audience; not turning cell phones off, taking photos when told Orchestra requested it not be so.
Music: very good, but orchestra folded up as soon as conductor left the stage at the end; he didn't return for possible encore. Performance lasted only about an hour and a half; no intermission. On the way out we noted the 'Band Bus' leaving, max 10 minutes after conductor left the stage. They were obviously in a hurry to get out of there.

I wouldn't have been concerned about it all if this was a rock type concert or the like.

Parking: Thought I checked the box for a pass, but after calling TM, appeared I did not. Asked if that could be added, but was told it was not--all filled up. But upon arrival there was plenty room in adjacent Venue garage 25 ft away for $5.

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- Fri, Dec 7, 2012 @

Favorite moment: West Side High School Dance troupe who performed throughout concert. And Santa did a thing or two. Artificial Snow was falling before and after @

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Review 5 for Houston Symphony

2 / 5

Meh

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Posted 12/09/2012

by Vian

It was very difficult for me to enjoy the symphony because the acoustics were sub-par and competing with the noise of the crowd. No effort was really made to keep the audience quiet in order to actually hear the beautiful music. I won't pay for tickets on this ever again. I could have attended for free and sat only a few rows back for the same noise!

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Review 6 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

I LOVE INERTIA

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Posted 12/09/2012

by mdhouston

GREAT MUSIC, GREAT DANCERS I LOVE IT.

DIRECTOR REALLY INVOLVES THE AUDIENCE.

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Review 7 for Houston Symphony

4 / 5

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Posted 12/09/2012

by Anonymous

Overall it was a great time! The conductor was very entertaining, the music was great, and it put us in the Christmas spirit.

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Review 8 for Houston Symphony

3 / 5

Concert great but....

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Favorite moment: Santa sing along @

Posted 12/09/2012

by trinket123

Location:Houston

Only thing we would have liked is more actual familiar Xmas songs for the younger people (kids).

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Review 9 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Great family holiday evening!

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Posted 12/09/2012

by Hollyjolly4

The Houston Symphony Holiday show was wonderful! Everyone including my four year old and my fourteen year old enjoyed it! The conductor was very entertaining and the addition of the West High School dancers entertained everyone during the more classical pieces. I would definitely recommend, especially at such an affordable price!

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Review 10 for Houston Symphony

2 / 5

Sadly mediocre

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Favorite moment: Santa was great @

Posted 12/09/2012

by KrazyStar

Location:Beaumont Tx

This event did not meet my expectations and certainly wasn't worth the long drive from Beaumont to the Woodlands. The extras prior to the show were nice enough but the show itself was disappointing compared to similar events I've attended in San Antonio and Washington DC. I'm still trying to figure out why the big finale was a number I've never even heard of--Caribbean Sleigh Ride. Also, while I love the Pink Panther theme, I find it hard to believe that there are so few good Christmas songs, they had to resort to non-Christmas music. What was up with that? And, even though I grew up watching the Pink Panther movies and cartoon, I'm not really sure it even resonates with the children of 2012.

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Review 11 for Houston Symphony

1 / 5

Great Music, Stupid Contest

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- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The end of the Harry Potter Music Contest @

Posted 10/14/2012

by Anonymous

As usual, the music was very good. It might have been great but the Harry Potter Music Contest was a real distraction.No one but the director enjoyed it. Also, there was a real look of disappointment on the winning contestants faces when they found out their prize was lunch with the director. They clearly wished they had lost, like the rest of the audience.

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- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

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Review 12 for Houston Symphony

4 / 5

The Houston Symphony was great.

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- Thu, Sep 6, 2012 @

Posted 09/08/2012

by Faz68

Location:The woodlands, Tx

Felt it was over too soon! But the guitarist, Jason Vieaux was amazing!

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Review 13 for Houston Symphony

4 / 5

Show ok but not the pavilion

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- Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Everything @

Posted 07/30/2012

by Drako6969

Location:Houston

The shows was ok but the pavilion is to expensive also I spend 30 minutes just to get a corn dog

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- Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @

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Review 14 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

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Favorite moment: All the kids laughing! @

Posted 07/30/2012

by Suzy007

Location:Tomball

Very funny, good family fun! Affordable! Should move to an early time, though we understand the sun needs to set to see the screen.

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Review 15 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is a MUST!

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Posted 07/29/2012

by Yulaya

We all enjoyed it so much, the kids were laughing all the show, we will definitely do it again next year!

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Review 16 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Awesome

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Posted 07/28/2012

by Eath123

Location:Spring, Texas

We went for my daughters 13th birthday, she loved it and so did my ten year old Autistic little girl. My husband and I enjoyed seeing cartoons from our childhood. It was great.

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Review 17 for Houston Symphony

5 / 5

Warner Bros + Houston Symphony Orchestra = MAGIC!

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- Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @

Posted 07/28/2012

by WEEJWEEJWEEJ

Location:Houston, TX

This show was absolutely BRILLIANT! Took me back to my childhood with my favorite cartoon character. The Orchestra was perfect! The Woodlands Pavilion is always the perfect outdoor venue for a show, even in the middle of the summer. My favorite part of the show was the cartoons - - I am 40 years old and I STILL watch Looney Tunes on a regular basis, and this show almost seemed to bring the cartoons to life! Can't say enough about it - - I HIGHLY recommend it to kids of ALL ages!

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- Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @

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Review 18 for Houston Symphony

4 / 5

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- Thu, May 24, 2012 @

Posted 06/14/2012

by Anonymous

I thoroughly enjoyed it. They were sensational!! Awesome.

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- Thu, May 24, 2012 @

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Review 19 for Houston Symphony

4 / 5

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- Thu, May 24, 2012 @

Posted 06/14/2012

by Jack43

Location:Ford Park in Beaumont, TX

My guests and I enjoyed the show. I was surprised the Houston Symphony "sat back" mostly and turned the show over to the Cubans but the show was most entertaining and well produced.

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- Thu, May 24, 2012 @

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Review 20 for Houston Symphony

1 / 5

Left early

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- Fri, Oct 28, 2011 @

Favorite moment: None @

Posted 11/01/2011

by Anonymous

I've been meaning to attend this event for a few years and finally made it work. We love Halloween and were very excited to take our 6 year old. While it seemed to be marketed to kids, there was very little for him to engage in, including the pre-concert activities which seemed more like advertising than activities for kids (outside of the instrument petting zoo). Pretty lame actually. Then when the concert began, while the music was of course wonderful, it was clearly not geared toward kids with the lengthy descriptions of the pieces and very little connection to a kid's world. There's so much that can be done with Halloween as a theme, and there were even musicians who did not dress up. We attend the Houston Symphony family series and were hoping this would be similar but was not. We left early, won't go again.

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- Fri, Oct 28, 2011 @

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