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another week gone
May. 11th, 2024 10:51 ameven less to report, really.
Both bands are in the final stretch toward concert -- Livingston's is actually *tonight* (the only Sunday in May that they could get the venue was Mother's Day, and nobody wants to do a concert on Mother's Day, so Saturday night it is). Farmington's is next Sunday, in a venue we've played at before, but I do not like doing setup in. Hopefully this year we'll have a better handle on exactly How Many People we'll have - last year we had four or five people show up at the last minute, and it was very stressful trying to wedge them into the setup. And then people had the nerve to bitch about sight lines - folks, I'm doing the best I can with limited and weirdly shaped space. If you think you can do better, you are welcome to show up early and help.
J went off to Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo yesterday to help friends move the weird shaped stuff that the movers don't want to. The chorale he sings in is also in the final leg toward concert, so he's off at an extra rehearsal this morning. Next week, he'll be gone with chorus stuff every night but Tuesday.
I do *not* have jury duty next week -- this pleases me, because I really didn't want to get up at 6:30 every morning (to be downtown by 8:15).
We saw some fairly boring Northern Lights last night -- people north of us were getting swirls and colors and dancing curtains. We got a lot of red sky glow and occasional streaks of green. J tried taking long exposures (15 sec) and all he got was red skies. And there were clouds moving in from the north and west, so by 11pm we were completely clouded in. And it's raining again.
Both bands are in the final stretch toward concert -- Livingston's is actually *tonight* (the only Sunday in May that they could get the venue was Mother's Day, and nobody wants to do a concert on Mother's Day, so Saturday night it is). Farmington's is next Sunday, in a venue we've played at before, but I do not like doing setup in. Hopefully this year we'll have a better handle on exactly How Many People we'll have - last year we had four or five people show up at the last minute, and it was very stressful trying to wedge them into the setup. And then people had the nerve to bitch about sight lines - folks, I'm doing the best I can with limited and weirdly shaped space. If you think you can do better, you are welcome to show up early and help.
J went off to Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo yesterday to help friends move the weird shaped stuff that the movers don't want to. The chorale he sings in is also in the final leg toward concert, so he's off at an extra rehearsal this morning. Next week, he'll be gone with chorus stuff every night but Tuesday.
I do *not* have jury duty next week -- this pleases me, because I really didn't want to get up at 6:30 every morning (to be downtown by 8:15).
We saw some fairly boring Northern Lights last night -- people north of us were getting swirls and colors and dancing curtains. We got a lot of red sky glow and occasional streaks of green. J tried taking long exposures (15 sec) and all he got was red skies. And there were clouds moving in from the north and west, so by 11pm we were completely clouded in. And it's raining again.
