catching up....
Mar. 1st, 2022 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkpacking paper arrived, so I spent a few hours yesterday afternoon repacking a 90 year old 12-place setting of china plus serving dishes into a couple of Not Too Heavy boxes. Ideally, I will be able to hand them off this summer, if the surface border to/from Canada opens and Sis can drive down. Otherwise, they'll sit in the basement for a while longer.
Livingston CCB concert was Sunday. They really are a pretty good band. Not "pitch optional", like a lot of community bands; the director is very good at selecting music that is within their technical abilities, and isn't afraid of giving the band new things to play. J _was_ able to come to the concert - he left right after the applause ended for the last piece to go pick E up at the airport.
Yesterday's FCB rehearsal was hard. You'd think we had a concert coming up or something. (two rehearsals lef - one of which the maestro will miss - and a stage rehearsal which will mostly be layout and sound check.) We'll be at the Farmington Community Arts center, which is a stage many of us have played on, but they have folding chairs and only 50 stands. And they want the band to base themselves there? Yeah, it's got the biggest bandroom and stage in the school district, but they don't seem willing to invest in infrastructure. The band is still observing all the safety protocols put in place in September, but that may change after the board meeting on Wednesday.
I should probably go pick up branches today, but my back is cranky. They tell us it will be warmer tomorrow, so I think I'll wait. (I should go to the gym, too; but see prior comment about cranky back. Again, tomorrow. :) )
Livingston CCB concert was Sunday. They really are a pretty good band. Not "pitch optional", like a lot of community bands; the director is very good at selecting music that is within their technical abilities, and isn't afraid of giving the band new things to play. J _was_ able to come to the concert - he left right after the applause ended for the last piece to go pick E up at the airport.
Yesterday's FCB rehearsal was hard. You'd think we had a concert coming up or something. (two rehearsals lef - one of which the maestro will miss - and a stage rehearsal which will mostly be layout and sound check.) We'll be at the Farmington Community Arts center, which is a stage many of us have played on, but they have folding chairs and only 50 stands. And they want the band to base themselves there? Yeah, it's got the biggest bandroom and stage in the school district, but they don't seem willing to invest in infrastructure. The band is still observing all the safety protocols put in place in September, but that may change after the board meeting on Wednesday.
I should probably go pick up branches today, but my back is cranky. They tell us it will be warmer tomorrow, so I think I'll wait. (I should go to the gym, too; but see prior comment about cranky back. Again, tomorrow. :) )
