three things make a post, late spring....
May. 26th, 2023 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkThere was ice in the birdbath this morning. But there are also irises blooming, and lots of purple lupines, and flowers on the strawberry plants that we moved last fall. (I have cut off the flowers, as we want the plants to put their energy into establishing themselves, not fruiting.)
The FCB's last formal concert of the year was Sunday at a church in Livonia. The space was a bit smaller than we'd expected, largely because there was *both* an electric organ (of the 8'wx6'dx5'h variety) and a grand piano in the 'stage' area. Neither of them could be removed from the stage, and the organ could only be moved a couple of feet. I made up the layout on the fly, and had a couple of "oh crap" moments -- when there were *4* trombone players and they couldn't all fit into the place where I'd thought they'd fit; and 11 flute players showed up. But everyone fit, and everyone could see DC. There were still a couple of places where the band was not together, though -- too many people playing by sound rather than following the director, and with the different layout in an unfamiliar space.... The euphonium soloist was very good. Next up is a couple of rehearsals, then the Stars in the Park at Farmington's Heritage Park. By the time the FCB plays there, I will have played two concerts with the Livingston band. :)
I have been 'released' from work for the summer-- there's no August election, and as DepClerk and I got all of the May election stuff filed, and got the November 2022 election records filed into the storage spaces in the basement, there's no need for both of us to show up. If there's an election in November, I'll get called in sometime in September.
The FCB's last formal concert of the year was Sunday at a church in Livonia. The space was a bit smaller than we'd expected, largely because there was *both* an electric organ (of the 8'wx6'dx5'h variety) and a grand piano in the 'stage' area. Neither of them could be removed from the stage, and the organ could only be moved a couple of feet. I made up the layout on the fly, and had a couple of "oh crap" moments -- when there were *4* trombone players and they couldn't all fit into the place where I'd thought they'd fit; and 11 flute players showed up. But everyone fit, and everyone could see DC. There were still a couple of places where the band was not together, though -- too many people playing by sound rather than following the director, and with the different layout in an unfamiliar space.... The euphonium soloist was very good. Next up is a couple of rehearsals, then the Stars in the Park at Farmington's Heritage Park. By the time the FCB plays there, I will have played two concerts with the Livingston band. :)
I have been 'released' from work for the summer-- there's no August election, and as DepClerk and I got all of the May election stuff filed, and got the November 2022 election records filed into the storage spaces in the basement, there's no need for both of us to show up. If there's an election in November, I'll get called in sometime in September.
