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Mar. 21st, 2022 11:29 amThat went surprisingly well.
The concert was good, the set-up was not more onerous than necessary, the teardown went well. I bailed on the final leg of gear transport, but I was _very_ clear when they 'hired' me in June that I would *not* do the initial loadin or the final loadout of the equipment trucks -- I'd help with the unloading and loading at the site, but it was someone else's job to get the trucks loaded/unloaded.
Set up went much better than Friday's. We got the percussion moved onstage before we started setting chairs, so that helped; and I had better numbers for setup. I was able to move the trombones back a bit so that they weren't having to aim their slides between the chairs in front of them. DC was tickled that he got a new stand for the concert. :)
I flailed a bit at Nitro - missed a couple of entrances, so I just skipped those phrases entirely. I finally figured out how to count Against the Rain, so that was a relief (it opens with a saxophone choir, and each of the four parts moved at different times...). I *think* we'll be doing it again, at Hill in May (guest conductor, iirc) -- unless that's Wade 'n Water. I'll find out, right?
J played the concert recording this AM, and I realised (again!) how good the FCB is. Many of the things we played on Sunday are things that most community bands wouldn't even *try*! (I did the Sousa march last summer with LCCB, but it was significantly slower.... I will say it was much easier to play at the slower tempo, but not as effective.)
The concert was good, the set-up was not more onerous than necessary, the teardown went well. I bailed on the final leg of gear transport, but I was _very_ clear when they 'hired' me in June that I would *not* do the initial loadin or the final loadout of the equipment trucks -- I'd help with the unloading and loading at the site, but it was someone else's job to get the trucks loaded/unloaded.
Set up went much better than Friday's. We got the percussion moved onstage before we started setting chairs, so that helped; and I had better numbers for setup. I was able to move the trombones back a bit so that they weren't having to aim their slides between the chairs in front of them. DC was tickled that he got a new stand for the concert. :)
I flailed a bit at Nitro - missed a couple of entrances, so I just skipped those phrases entirely. I finally figured out how to count Against the Rain, so that was a relief (it opens with a saxophone choir, and each of the four parts moved at different times...). I *think* we'll be doing it again, at Hill in May (guest conductor, iirc) -- unless that's Wade 'n Water. I'll find out, right?
J played the concert recording this AM, and I realised (again!) how good the FCB is. Many of the things we played on Sunday are things that most community bands wouldn't even *try*! (I did the Sousa march last summer with LCCB, but it was significantly slower.... I will say it was much easier to play at the slower tempo, but not as effective.)
