Strong, the Force is with this one...

Have you ever wanted to get your kids to the symphony? To try to get a little culture in their music listening habits instead of that constant thumty-thump droning on and on with the same mind-numbing chorus over and over and over... but enough about me! Maybe this is a way to spark some real music appreciation in your house, maybe even in you. Imagine this, watching Star Wars - Return of the Jedi on a big screen, with the entire movie score played before your very ears by a live symphony orchestra... (insert stupid-grin here) now we're talking.

My dad instilled an appreciation for the classics in me from a very young age, from Bach to Beethoven, Mozart to Gershwin, in fact, Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue is still my all-time favorite. When you move into the more modern composers, there's no question who the top dog is, with movie scores at least, John Williams. The 5-time Oscar winner has composed the scores to over 100 films, most of which you have heard of, like;

Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones
Schindler's List
Jaws
Superman
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Saving Private Ryan... Just to name a few.

All of the Star Wars movies are on that list including, of course, Return of the Jedi. So if you have never been to a movie and suddenly a symphony breaks out, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is giving you the chance.

When: October 18 & 19

Where: The Robinson Center in Little Rock, Arkansas

What Time: Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM.

Cost: Tickets start at $29. Call the ASO Box Office at 501-666-1761, or shop online.

So, break out your Wooky suite and get ready to feel the power of the dark side with ASO under the direction of Geoff Robson on October 18 & 19 in Little Rock. Guaranteed to be a musical experience you will never forget.

By the way, keep your ears peeled here in Texarkana as well, they have done this same sort of thing at the Perot before, I'm going to try and catch it next time.