Festival Hill {Round Top, Texas}

On New Years Eve, we (the ladies) decided to do some antique shopping in Round Top.

We piled in the car and headed that way.

As we were driving that way, Aunt Leslie turned and said ~ “oh, you have to see this place!”

We turned into Festival Hill.

Located in historic Round Top, Texas, The James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts and its sole project, the Round Top Festival Institute, were founded in 1971 by world-renowned concert pianist James Dick. Begun with a handful of gifted young pianists in rented space on the town square, the project is now an internationally acclaimed European-styled music institute for aspiring young musicians and distinguished faculty.

From: http://festivalhill.org/about/

Apparently, the graduating seniors from Carmine, Texas are allowed to use these grounds for their graduation each year.

Talk about breathtaking.

Between the music and the grounds, you could be swept away into a fairy-tale land.