jennlk | Band versus weather 2023: 10-3

Sticky and hazy in Hartland Tuesday night, but the concert went on. It wasn't hot, but quite humid under the pavilion. The lights came on while we were still playing -- don't know if they changed the settings (or turned the lights on manually) or if it was that dark where the sensor is. Usually the lights come on either as we're playing the last piece or as we're tearing down. Concert went pretty well. I only got lost once -- I miscounted a multi measure rest with a meter change in the middle of it -- and flailed a lot less than I have been (amazing how much difference it makes going in to a performance not already tired). :)

Yesterday I got a phone call from the shop in ELansing where I'd ordered a new bari. "Your horn is in!" whee. So J and I went up there yesterday afternoon to pick it up. And then stopped at Meridian Winds on the way home to get a new shoulder harness and an instrument stand for it, as the ones I have for Esme won't work with the new horn and the shop in ELansing didn't have anything appropriate. (to be fair, it's not like they (or anyone) sell a lot of bari saxes.) Right now, I'm waiting for a callback from the insurance agent so we can add the new horn to the policy; then I need to noodle around on it for a while so that I'm not really flailing next week. Because next week is Band Camp at Interlochen, and since I have a new horn I should take the new horn, right? J took a couple of 'hero shots' of the new sax glittering in the sun. :)