Band versus weather, 2023: 5-2
Jul. 7th, 2023 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkThe HodgePodge band (they wanted to call us the Amalgamated Band, but the 'bones insisted) gig on Wednesday was... fine.... DM was not wrong, when he said that LCCB people would have no trouble sight reading. The TSax next to me missed key changes nearly every time, and sometimes didn't even *start* in the right key. Entrances were sloppy, etc. And we were very uncertain of balance and layout, so it took a few pieces to get the "listening across the band" figured out. The layout was just plain odd, which didn't help. But it was a nice evening in the park. There is much I could say about the BA and TH bands, but will limit myself to "they mean well" (my kids played in better bands in 8th grade). DM often tells Livingston that we "sight read better than some bands perform", and TH/BA are probably the kinds of bands he's talking about.
(J and I just looked at each other when one of the TH clarinet players (who has just started playing with FCB this summer) said that DM was as demanding as DC. erm, no. Even in summer, DC expects a much higher level of execution than DM. And the audience can tell. J said that he's gotten so used to the FCB that he had to re-calibrate his expectations as audience when HodgePodge hit their first note. If he expected FCB quality music, he'd have been very disappointed. He has to do that when he comes to LCCB concerts as well, although LCCB has been getting better.)
I went into the office yesterday to touch my BoE and QVF accounts so they don't get disabled for inactivity. We also: ordered the Ballot Drop Box (ideally to arrive for the probable November election); noted that the current township drop box needs to be repainted and a new sign; found the whiteboard (and markers!) that used to be in the boardroom so that they don't need to buy a new one; did some random sorting in the process of finding the whiteboard. (MR and I had found the whiteboard last fall when we were sorting out the storage spaces, but we had either misremembered where it was or someone moved it. Either is possible, but we *did* find it.)
Today, I get to weed! The rain has soaked in enough that the weeds will pull out rather than breaking off at the surface. I don't think I'll be able to finish even one garden, but I need to at least start...
(J and I just looked at each other when one of the TH clarinet players (who has just started playing with FCB this summer) said that DM was as demanding as DC. erm, no. Even in summer, DC expects a much higher level of execution than DM. And the audience can tell. J said that he's gotten so used to the FCB that he had to re-calibrate his expectations as audience when HodgePodge hit their first note. If he expected FCB quality music, he'd have been very disappointed. He has to do that when he comes to LCCB concerts as well, although LCCB has been getting better.)
I went into the office yesterday to touch my BoE and QVF accounts so they don't get disabled for inactivity. We also: ordered the Ballot Drop Box (ideally to arrive for the probable November election); noted that the current township drop box needs to be repainted and a new sign; found the whiteboard (and markers!) that used to be in the boardroom so that they don't need to buy a new one; did some random sorting in the process of finding the whiteboard. (MR and I had found the whiteboard last fall when we were sorting out the storage spaces, but we had either misremembered where it was or someone moved it. Either is possible, but we *did* find it.)
Today, I get to weed! The rain has soaked in enough that the weeds will pull out rather than breaking off at the surface. I don't think I'll be able to finish even one garden, but I need to at least start...
