Waytes Captain
Now that it has been announced on the guild's mailing list and in Council, I suppose I should record it here: As of July 1, I will be Captain of the Waytes of Carolingia. udalrich did it for ten years; I have a much more modest term in mind. Nobody but me seems surprised. I guess I had really, really hoped somebody else would do the music direction and leave me with just the behind the scenes shouting and pushing things around I have been doing, but it was not to be. I intend to clean up the library over the summer and pass the role of librarian to somebody else (and I do have volunteers). This is going to change what I can do as an individual player since I'll have to be paying attention to a lot more than my own fingering. I guess I should make a point of keeping up my outside musical involvement if I want to keep up what proficiency I have.
I'm not going into the job cold. I've led the occasional small local gig (never comfortably). I've been handling much of the business side for more than a year now. I have the backing of the musicians. I wish I knew more about period music style than I do. I wish I did not still get stage fright. We'll all muddle through anyway.
I'm not going into the job cold. I've led the occasional small local gig (never comfortably). I've been handling much of the business side for more than a year now. I have the backing of the musicians. I wish I knew more about period music style than I do. I wish I did not still get stage fright. We'll all muddle through anyway.