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jennlkand many more to come.
Saturday afternoon the FCB was ...encouraged... to play at the Harrison Closing Ceremonies. It was OK, I think. There was a major fail in that there was no monitor speaker, so that those of us (you know, the musicians!) behind the speakers' podium could hear. We heard lots of voices, but very few actual words. Many people seemed to think that it was a good ceremony. It helped a lot, I think, that the guy running it was not the superintendent of schools or the principal, but the varsity football coach. He is very well spoken, well thought of in the community, and is not enamored with his voice or his thoughts, so things progressed well. During the ceremonies, a strong thunderstorm passed by -- we could hear the rain on the gym roof. I hear that there may have been a tornado watch as well.
This upcoming Sunday, many FCB peeps will be playing the pieces from the Closing Ceremonies at Harrision's final Graduation Ceremony. At the hockey arena in Plymouth. At least it's closer to me than Farmington. The dummkopf barisax players at Harrison have managed to lose *all* of the barisax parts for Pomp & Circumstances, so I have to transpose the Tuba parts. I don't care enough to actually transcribe them, so I'm going through and writing in accidentals and octaves so it's easier to read.
Monday was a "don't panic, but we have two rehearsals until the first concert of the summer" rehearsal. Much reading of music, most of it either stuff we've played in the last few years or straightforward adaptations of popular music. And no transposing!
Tuesday I made my saving throw, and will be playing bari in the Livingston Band - two baris is more useful than another tenor. The director got final say on that one -- the section leader asked. The fact that there are seven french horn players probably helped with that decision, as tenor sax & french horn often play the same parts. That was another two hours of running music. Again, much of it I've seen before, or it's pretty easy to pick up. And he's a lot less picky about things than DC is.
In garden news, it's still raining often enough that I can't step into the garden to weed. I managed to get in to the seaholly bed Saturday morning before I left for the gig, but that's been pretty much it. I can't do any real weeding on rehearsal days, especially Mondays when I know I'll have setup/teardown to do. And just as the gardens get dry enough, it rained again. We got about .8cm of rain this morning, so there goes my plans of getting into the daisy bed. I'll be able to work around the edges of it, but that still leaves about half of it unweeded. :( And the strawberry beds need to be done, and I still need to finish going around the pond.
But the irises are flowering - the white ones open first, then the bronze & purple ones, then the deep purple ones (that stain shirts!). The bright pink daisies will probably pop this afternoon, and the peonies look like they'll open in the next few days.
Saturday afternoon the FCB was ...encouraged... to play at the Harrison Closing Ceremonies. It was OK, I think. There was a major fail in that there was no monitor speaker, so that those of us (you know, the musicians!) behind the speakers' podium could hear. We heard lots of voices, but very few actual words. Many people seemed to think that it was a good ceremony. It helped a lot, I think, that the guy running it was not the superintendent of schools or the principal, but the varsity football coach. He is very well spoken, well thought of in the community, and is not enamored with his voice or his thoughts, so things progressed well. During the ceremonies, a strong thunderstorm passed by -- we could hear the rain on the gym roof. I hear that there may have been a tornado watch as well.
This upcoming Sunday, many FCB peeps will be playing the pieces from the Closing Ceremonies at Harrision's final Graduation Ceremony. At the hockey arena in Plymouth. At least it's closer to me than Farmington. The dummkopf barisax players at Harrison have managed to lose *all* of the barisax parts for Pomp & Circumstances, so I have to transpose the Tuba parts. I don't care enough to actually transcribe them, so I'm going through and writing in accidentals and octaves so it's easier to read.
Monday was a "don't panic, but we have two rehearsals until the first concert of the summer" rehearsal. Much reading of music, most of it either stuff we've played in the last few years or straightforward adaptations of popular music. And no transposing!
Tuesday I made my saving throw, and will be playing bari in the Livingston Band - two baris is more useful than another tenor. The director got final say on that one -- the section leader asked. The fact that there are seven french horn players probably helped with that decision, as tenor sax & french horn often play the same parts. That was another two hours of running music. Again, much of it I've seen before, or it's pretty easy to pick up. And he's a lot less picky about things than DC is.
In garden news, it's still raining often enough that I can't step into the garden to weed. I managed to get in to the seaholly bed Saturday morning before I left for the gig, but that's been pretty much it. I can't do any real weeding on rehearsal days, especially Mondays when I know I'll have setup/teardown to do. And just as the gardens get dry enough, it rained again. We got about .8cm of rain this morning, so there goes my plans of getting into the daisy bed. I'll be able to work around the edges of it, but that still leaves about half of it unweeded. :( And the strawberry beds need to be done, and I still need to finish going around the pond.
But the irises are flowering - the white ones open first, then the bronze & purple ones, then the deep purple ones (that stain shirts!). The bright pink daisies will probably pop this afternoon, and the peonies look like they'll open in the next few days.
