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Band camp was fun. Lotsa work, and lotsa sight reading, which is *not* my forte at all. OTOH, in theory the more you do it the better you get, but it's a long slog to get decent at it.
The sax section did two pieces at the participant chamber recital, and I got picked to be in the quartet (rather than the septet). The quartet (also here) we did (we discovered *after* we selected it) is the first saxophone quartet ever published. It was actually published before Adolph Sax patented the instrument! The composer was a friend of his, and told Msr Sax that he should develop a family of his new instrument and voice them Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Baritone -- "I'll write music for them!" -- so Msr Sax did and Msr Singelée did. And yes, we learned it in four days; presenting it on Day 4. Whee. :) (OK, we did the second part a bit slower than is usually done, but still....)
It was sticky (but not horribly hot) at camp this year, so that was good. It rained hard a couple of nights, but we didn't get more than a light drizzle when we actually were outside. The uniform shirts were horrible (cheap poly polo shirts), but we only have to wear them once or twice.
And now I'm back, and catching up on chores and laundry. And coming down with a cold, I think. And skipping the funeral that's today. I got accused of trying to shirk my duties as a Bereavement Committee member by "only working funerals when it's convenient", and she tried to tell me that being out of town for a week was the same as her working full time. Um; no. I don't particularly *want* to be on the committee, but it's a thing that needs to be done and I can do it. Maybe now I won't have to. One can hope (I keep telling them that I'd really like it if they could find someone else to do it, but they haven't yet).
The sax section did two pieces at the participant chamber recital, and I got picked to be in the quartet (rather than the septet). The quartet (also here) we did (we discovered *after* we selected it) is the first saxophone quartet ever published. It was actually published before Adolph Sax patented the instrument! The composer was a friend of his, and told Msr Sax that he should develop a family of his new instrument and voice them Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Baritone -- "I'll write music for them!" -- so Msr Sax did and Msr Singelée did. And yes, we learned it in four days; presenting it on Day 4. Whee. :) (OK, we did the second part a bit slower than is usually done, but still....)
It was sticky (but not horribly hot) at camp this year, so that was good. It rained hard a couple of nights, but we didn't get more than a light drizzle when we actually were outside. The uniform shirts were horrible (cheap poly polo shirts), but we only have to wear them once or twice.
And now I'm back, and catching up on chores and laundry. And coming down with a cold, I think. And skipping the funeral that's today. I got accused of trying to shirk my duties as a Bereavement Committee member by "only working funerals when it's convenient", and she tried to tell me that being out of town for a week was the same as her working full time. Um; no. I don't particularly *want* to be on the committee, but it's a thing that needs to be done and I can do it. Maybe now I won't have to. One can hope (I keep telling them that I'd really like it if they could find someone else to do it, but they haven't yet).
