Maestro Albert Moehring

Join us for an exciting outdoor musical performance by the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra.  This annual performance has become a grand tradition in Blowing Rock. 

Lead by Maestro Albert Moehring, a native of Amsterdam, the Charlotte Philharmonic is a professional seventy piece orchestra.  Maestro Moehring trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.  He has worked and studied with renowned conductors such as Walter Susskind, Leonard Bernstein and Leonard Slatkin.

Chetola Resort will once again be serving the Symphony Picnic Buffet with a wide variety of hot and cold items including hot sandwich plates, hamburgers, veggie burgers, grilled chicken, salads and more. The Symphony Prix Fixe Dinner on the Patio overlooking Chetola Lake and the Symphony is a complete dining experience offering four courses.  A sampling of entrée selections include Grilled Beef Filet with a Gorgonzola Crust, North Carolina Grouper Filet Mojito, and Stuffed Jumbo Prawns. This dinner option includes your tickets to the Symphony and prime seating for the entire concert and fireworks display. This dinner sells out quickly so make your reservations soon to secure prime seating. The complete menus for the Picnic Buffet and the Symphony Prix Fixe Dinner are listed below. 

A spectacular fireworks display will conclude the evening.  Tickets are available at Chetola's front desk or at the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce.

Musical Program

Symphony by the Lake - 2009

The Star Spangled Banner

George M. Cohan Salute

I Could Have Danced All Night

From My Fair Lady - Featuring Guest Singer Christina Saffran Ashford

This Nearly Was Mine

 From South Pacific - Featuring Guest Singer Norman Large

Hooked on Classics

The Hills Are Alive

From The Sound of Music - Featuring Guest Singer Christina Saffran Ashford

If Ever I Would Leave You

From Camelot

Anything You Can Do

Featuring the Broadway Duo Singers

Intermission

Love Scene from Winds of War Medley

Medley from Chicago

Featuring Guest Singer Christina Saffron Ashford

Music of the Night

From Phantom of the Opera

Medley from The Titanic

All I Ask of You

From Phantom of the Opera - Featuring Artist Norman Large

The Prayer (Golden Globe Award 1999)

Radetzky March

Symphony Picnic Buffet

Adults: $12

Kid's Menu: $8

*Price Includes Tax

*Iced Tea is Complimentary with Picnic

Symphony Prix Fixe Dinner on the Lakefront Patio

$95 per person

Includes admittance to the Charlotte Philharmonic performance.

Tax and gratuity not included.

*Limited Seating

*Reservations Required

Symphony Admission Tickets

Adults: $25

Children, 12 and under: $8

Picnic on the Lawn

Hot Sandwich Plates

Served with Pasta Salad, Whole Fruit, Chips, and a Cookie

Condiments include cheddar and swiss cheese, smoked bacon,

lettuce, tomato, onions and roasted red peppers

Grilled Angus Burger

Veggie Burger

Grilled Pesto Marinated Chicken Breast Sandwich

Smoked Salmon Pastrami and Brie Cheese on a Butter Croissant

Southwest Vegetarian Wrap on Flour Tortilla

Cold Salad

Served with Whole Fruit and a Cookie

Chetola Summer Spinach Salad with Chilled Shrimp

Kid's Plate

Served with Chips and a Cookie

Hamburger

Hotdog

Assorted Sodas  $2

Cookies  2 for $2

Adults: $12

Kid's Menu: $8

*Price Includes Tax

*Iced Tea is Complimentary with Picnic

Symphony Prix Fixe Dinner

On the Lakefront Patio

 ~Sold Out~

Appetizers

Grilled Diver Sea Scallop

with chocolate mango mole'

Cold Smoked Salmon Pastrami,

micro greens, brie cheese,

and a melon cilantro salsa

Goat Cheese/Grilled Vegetable Ravioli

in a pesto cream sauce

The Solo

Fresh local mixed greens with marinated heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, enoki mushrooms, sweet roasted pecans, and dried cranberries

Strawberry Caesar Salad

Spinach and romaine caesar salad with fried leeks, croutons and strawberries

Entrees

Stuffed Jumbo Prawns

with pacetta bacon and crayfish topped with tasso hollandaise,

served with white bean and red pepper hash and lemon orzo

Grilled 8oz Filet of Beef

with a gorgonzola crust, shitake mushrooms

and an apple and bacon port wine demi sauce,

accompanied by roasted shallot mashed potatoes

Carolina Grouper Filet Mojito

lightly blackened, topped with fresh raspberries and a mint lime glace,

served with lemon orzo

Maple Leaf Duck Napolean

sage seared duck breast on fried eggplant and sun dried tomato,

finished with marsala cream,

served with wilted swiss chard and roasted shallot mashed potatoes

Crab Stuffed Chicken Roulade

Chicken breast stuffed with succulent crabmeat,

topped with tomato marsala sauce

and served with lemon orzo

Desserts

Chocolate Triple Finale

Tiramisu, Chocolate Decadent Torte, and Grand Marinier Truffles

Caribbean Splash

Largo Key Lime Pie, Mango Ice Cream with Caramelized Pineapple,and Vanilla/Chocolate Truffles

Lakefront Patio Dining: $95 per person

Includes admittance to

The Charlotte Philharmonic Symphony Performance

followed by a Spectacular Fireworks Display.

Tax and gratuity not included.

*Limited Seating

*Reservations Required