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Saturday, April 18th, 2026            

I woke up this morning with a cuddler - Tara's dog Harlee was laying on me!

Tara's House


 

Harlee laying on Rodney in bed.

 

 
Tara made plans to surprise me with a Candlelight Concert tonight, a Candlelight: 90s Unplugged concert at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Denver. Our setlist for the night was the following songs:
  • Everlong - Foo Fighters
  • Don't Speak - No Doubt
  • Zombie - The Cranberries
  • Ironic - Alanis Morrissette
  • Wonderwall - Oasis
  • High and Dry - Radiohead
  • Enter Sandman - Metallica
  • Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
  • Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
  • Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

The songs were performed by the String Quartet - Range Ensemble. The ensemble consists of four string musicians: two violinists, one violist, and one cellist. Each of our four musicians, two males and two females, took turn speaking to the audience between songs.

The venue, the Trinity United Methodist Church, was built in 1888 and was, when built, the tallest building in Denver at a height of 183'-7 1/2" from the ground, and was at the time of construction, one of the tallest stone towers in the United States. The church is built in the modern Gothic style. The pipe organ that is seen in many of the pictures cost $30,000 in 1888 and 18 months to build. There are 108 visible pipes with an additional 4,167 behind, for a total of 4,275 pipes. At today’s estimation of over $2,500,000, Roosevelt Opus No. 380 is one of the largest Roosevelt-built organs of the 19th Century still in operation.

The concert was certainly enjoyable, but I mostly enjoyed my company and the atmosphere. I would certainly consider another Candlelight Concert, depending on the music selection and the venue.

We had plans for dinner afterward, but Tara wasn't feeling the best (possibly food poisoning that affected her all weekend), so we instead headed back to her house and picked up some pizza on the way. Not the dream ending, but enjoyable nonetheless!


Candlelight Concert


 

Tara & Rodney inside the Trinity United Methodist Church in Denver before the start of the Candlelight Concert.

 
 

A look at the front of the Trinity United Methodist Church and the Roosevelt Opus No. 380 pipe organ.

 
 

Some views of the front of the church as the concert gets underway...

 
 

 

 
 

...along with a closer look at the String Quartet - Range Ensemble performing tonight.

 
 

One of two stain glass rose windows that are in the church. The rose windows are identifiable by their twelve spokes, which symbolize the 12 apostles and the 12 tribes of Israel. Since the installation of the windows in 1888, the Watkins Stained Glass Studio of Englewood has repaired and maintained Trinity’s stained glass artwork.

 
 

A couple more shots of the String Quartet - Range Ensemble performing tonight...

 
 

 

 


 

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