the anxious time
There’s still a lot to do for the Peter Mayer concert this Saturday, but at this point I have limited ability to change anything that might affect turn-out … I just have to wait and see how it goes.
Good news … Pete will be performing live on WUMB at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully some people will hear him and decide to come to the concert.
Bad news … I’ve had no energy for going around and putting up posters. But then, I’m not sure how often people come just because of a poster. Last year I spent eight or so hours putting up posters, and a couple volunteers also put in hours. Then my cynical voice wondered whether we’d get more than four additional audience members from all that effort. This year my cynical voice has won. But my accusatory voice feels like I haven’t done justice by the concert because I haven’t put up posters.
A friend who was there last year, and bought tickets for this year, reminded me of something I’d lost track of in all the practicalities of the concert and the distractions of grief and so many other demands on my time, attention, and emotions. Peter Mayer is amazing in concert. His CDs are good, but there’s more of a difference between recording and concert for him than for many people. So making a concert possible really is a gift.
I’d known that, long ago, when I signed up to do this. But I’d forgotten. The reminder was very much appreciated.
Good news … Pete will be performing live on WUMB at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully some people will hear him and decide to come to the concert.
Bad news … I’ve had no energy for going around and putting up posters. But then, I’m not sure how often people come just because of a poster. Last year I spent eight or so hours putting up posters, and a couple volunteers also put in hours. Then my cynical voice wondered whether we’d get more than four additional audience members from all that effort. This year my cynical voice has won. But my accusatory voice feels like I haven’t done justice by the concert because I haven’t put up posters.
A friend who was there last year, and bought tickets for this year, reminded me of something I’d lost track of in all the practicalities of the concert and the distractions of grief and so many other demands on my time, attention, and emotions. Peter Mayer is amazing in concert. His CDs are good, but there’s more of a difference between recording and concert for him than for many people. So making a concert possible really is a gift.
I’d known that, long ago, when I signed up to do this. But I’d forgotten. The reminder was very much appreciated.