I need a tenor sax icon....
maybe. Yesterday was Livingston CB rehearsal, at which I found out that I'll probably be swapping back to barisax for the March concert - the guy who's been playing bari will be out of the country the weekend of the concert, and the section leader would rather have a bari than a tenor if she can only have one.
Still flailing at Sleigh Ride, but getting better. If I actually practice this week (shock!), it will be fine for the concert. There's a passage in "In the Bleak Midwinter" (holst) that I need to work on - the bari part (which I've played before) doesn't have the flying sixteenth notes.... "Christmas Mood is still a bit "special", but the bari and I are slowly getting the altos to figure out this 'swing' thing.
In other news, it was only chilly today, and the leaves were dry enough to rake, so I raked up eleven (!) barrow loads of willow leaves from the side yard. J came out and helped rake up the last few loads. There's still a bunch more leaves that need to be cleared, and if it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll do at least some of them....
And tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have no real plans for a special meal -- it's rarely worth the effort, as J never says anything one way or the other. DB is in Ohio, and needs to be to work at 6am Friday. I do have a ham steak, and there's a bag of potatoes in the basement.
In other other news, SR's birthday is today! She's 30!! How does that happen?
Still flailing at Sleigh Ride, but getting better. If I actually practice this week (shock!), it will be fine for the concert. There's a passage in "In the Bleak Midwinter" (holst) that I need to work on - the bari part (which I've played before) doesn't have the flying sixteenth notes.... "Christmas Mood is still a bit "special", but the bari and I are slowly getting the altos to figure out this 'swing' thing.
In other news, it was only chilly today, and the leaves were dry enough to rake, so I raked up eleven (!) barrow loads of willow leaves from the side yard. J came out and helped rake up the last few loads. There's still a bunch more leaves that need to be cleared, and if it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll do at least some of them....
And tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have no real plans for a special meal -- it's rarely worth the effort, as J never says anything one way or the other. DB is in Ohio, and needs to be to work at 6am Friday. I do have a ham steak, and there's a bag of potatoes in the basement.
In other other news, SR's birthday is today! She's 30!! How does that happen?