Me and the Mrs. to perform on Valentine’s Day

Laureen F. Guenther
Times Contributor

 

Paul Zacharias and his wife Heather Pattengale Zacharias of Rosebud, who compose and perform as the musical duo Me and the Mrs., are planning “Me and the Mrs. and St. Valentine,” a Valentine’s Day concert for everyone – both couples and singles.
“The human race is one big family really: married (and) single,” Paul Zacharias said in an e-mail. “I think the same things make us all tick. We all have our own struggles and joys and it’s just good to be in each other’s company.”
This concert will give people a chance to do that, he said.
“We’ll be playing a nice mix of material covering a range of subject matter,” he wrote. “So even if you’re not currently ‘attached,’ it’s safe to say you’ll have a good evening filled with laughter, songs, stories and maybe the odd tear.”
It’s appropriate that he and Heather give a Valentine’s Day concert, Zacharias said, because they’re “beekeeping, traveling musicians who are in love,” and St. Valentine, known for watching over lovers and couples, is also the patron saint of beekeepers and travelers.
Concert guests will be served a glass of wine, and will receive a floral arrangement created by hostess Alysa van Haastert, whom Zacharias described as “an artist with flowers.”
“Good news for someone coming with a date, who might also be a little forgetful,” he said, “we’ve got the flowers covered for you!”
The rest of this winter and spring, Me and the Mrs. is “mostly focusing on writing and arranging new songs and some of the business aspects of the working musician that easily get left behind in the business of playing lots last year.”
They’ll also soon begin work on Rosebud Theatre productions: Heather in Outside Mullingar and Paul on The Sunset Ltd.
“Me and the Mrs. and St. Valentine” takes place Sunday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m., in southwest Calgary. Tickets are $70 per couple and $50 for a single. For tickets, directions and further information, contact Alysa at alysavanhaastert@gmail.com.