The winner of the Twitter an Opera Plot contest is giving his prize to a Washington DC based music teacher.
Canadian music writer invents contest; Oregon-based Brit wins it; Washington music teacher gets prize, ball gown, Cinderella night.
Priscilla Barrow, who has taught music in D.C. public schools for 22 years, learned Monday, out of the blue, that she will be going to the final performance of “Turandot” at the Washington National Opera on June 4 and, the next night, the company’s annual Opera Ball at the German Embassy. In a ball gown provided by the opera’s costume shop.
It’s nice when good people get what they deserve, isn’t it? Read the whole story here.