more of the same, really.
Nov. 23rd, 2023 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlk- have made plans to visit Mum before Christmas. I haven't seen her all year - we've talked on the phone, but we were so busy this summer that I couldn't get away when she was home.
- I have made no plans for Thanksgiving. I may be moved to do something (there is a tube of crescent rolls in the fridge, and some ham steaks, and I can probably rustle up some potatoes and veg), but I'm just not feeling it this year.
- one rehearsal until the Livingston concert. *my* B-flat was not the problem -- somebody else in that chord was playing a wrong note. Rehearsal this week was pretty much just a run-through to see if there were any problems with concert order -- there were more people absent than usual, so DM didn't feel that he could do much. OTOH, the concert is less than two weeks away, so he shouldn't have a lot of big things to work on.
- three rehearsals until Farmington's concert. It's a much more ambitious program, and there's a lot to work on. DC has added our tuba cues to a piece, even though there are five very good tubas back there. He wants the sound of more people playing mezzo-forte rather than the sound of fewer people playing forte+. KB is a very different director than DC or the other guest conductors from within the band, and it took us a bit to get used to her directing. (She's also doing the piece in slightly different style/tempo than the only version available on youtube, so some people were confused by that.)
- we deployed the heated birdbath over the weekend. I pulled a 2" thick "pizza" out of it the morning *before* we plugged it in. Of course, it's not been that cold since. :) They tell us it will get quite chilly on Friday night, so I will be glad that it's plugged in. Doesn't look like it's going to get/stay cold for a while, so I think the pond pump will stay in. I really should go out and run some more water into the pond if we're going to leave it running for a while. I should do that today, actually, as it's sunny and 40+.
- I have made no plans for Thanksgiving. I may be moved to do something (there is a tube of crescent rolls in the fridge, and some ham steaks, and I can probably rustle up some potatoes and veg), but I'm just not feeling it this year.
- one rehearsal until the Livingston concert. *my* B-flat was not the problem -- somebody else in that chord was playing a wrong note. Rehearsal this week was pretty much just a run-through to see if there were any problems with concert order -- there were more people absent than usual, so DM didn't feel that he could do much. OTOH, the concert is less than two weeks away, so he shouldn't have a lot of big things to work on.
- three rehearsals until Farmington's concert. It's a much more ambitious program, and there's a lot to work on. DC has added our tuba cues to a piece, even though there are five very good tubas back there. He wants the sound of more people playing mezzo-forte rather than the sound of fewer people playing forte+. KB is a very different director than DC or the other guest conductors from within the band, and it took us a bit to get used to her directing. (She's also doing the piece in slightly different style/tempo than the only version available on youtube, so some people were confused by that.)
- we deployed the heated birdbath over the weekend. I pulled a 2" thick "pizza" out of it the morning *before* we plugged it in. Of course, it's not been that cold since. :) They tell us it will get quite chilly on Friday night, so I will be glad that it's plugged in. Doesn't look like it's going to get/stay cold for a while, so I think the pond pump will stay in. I really should go out and run some more water into the pond if we're going to leave it running for a while. I should do that today, actually, as it's sunny and 40+.
