dress rehearsal
Dress rehearsal today at the church. I think my program is still too long, but what can I do now? If the concert were a week away, I'd probably cut the Satie. Even cutting the 10 Irish songs down to 6 seems awfully long, but I'm committed to those 6 now--they're my babies, I can't throw them out! Not that attached to the Satie. Oh well. The acoustics of that church are so nice, I just need to float on that and keep open and relaxed. I get tied up in the breath, so tight from singing a long phrase that I can't get a good inhale afterwards. The memory is good--just a few spots to shore up tomorrow. And speaking of tomorrow, I need to find out if we're actually having our last monologue class tomorrow night. I don't want to drive downtown for nothing. Oh yeah, and I have massive crud in my throat. I don't feel like I'm getting sick. Karen says it's nerves. I hope she's right!
Before the rehearsal, I ordered more 8x10s of my head shots--Ritz had a coupon for $2.99 8x10s! At that price, I really should have gotten 10 but trying to save $$. Right. I also dropped my programs off at Kinkos to get printed. After rehearsal, went back to the mall for dinner--I haven't taken myself out for dinner in ages. I felt I deserved it even if I can't really afford it, and I could avoid trying to drive home during the height of rush hour (although, now that it's summer, people start rushing around on a Friday as soon as school is out, to get up to the lake or something). Picked up my photos, got a gift for my dad at the store (scrub brush for the grill), then Marshall Fields was having a sale so I looked around there and walked out with an $80 black skirt. So much for saving money. Sigh. But it's formal and will serve me well for choral and solo gigs. By fall, I will need to find a long sleeve black top to go with it. And it's VERY cute, just have to be sure I don't gain any weight so I can wear it for years and years. On my budget, that shouldn't be a problem.
And I've gotten into this really fun novel. I wrote about buying it last November--The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe. I was so excited to find it because Harriet Smith is obsessed with this book in Emma and I didn't know it was a real book. Anyway, I've finally been reading it and for a while was quite obsessed with it myself! Now our heroine is out of danger and having some more Jane-Austen type adventures. But early on it was much more of a thriller. Maybe it will get exciting again. I'm glad it's calmed down though, because I was getting worried this would become quite a distraction from my recital preparation!
Grosses bisous a toute! Think of me Sunday at 4PM CDT! I shall then be singing my little heart out!
Before the rehearsal, I ordered more 8x10s of my head shots--Ritz had a coupon for $2.99 8x10s! At that price, I really should have gotten 10 but trying to save $$. Right. I also dropped my programs off at Kinkos to get printed. After rehearsal, went back to the mall for dinner--I haven't taken myself out for dinner in ages. I felt I deserved it even if I can't really afford it, and I could avoid trying to drive home during the height of rush hour (although, now that it's summer, people start rushing around on a Friday as soon as school is out, to get up to the lake or something). Picked up my photos, got a gift for my dad at the store (scrub brush for the grill), then Marshall Fields was having a sale so I looked around there and walked out with an $80 black skirt. So much for saving money. Sigh. But it's formal and will serve me well for choral and solo gigs. By fall, I will need to find a long sleeve black top to go with it. And it's VERY cute, just have to be sure I don't gain any weight so I can wear it for years and years. On my budget, that shouldn't be a problem.
And I've gotten into this really fun novel. I wrote about buying it last November--The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe. I was so excited to find it because Harriet Smith is obsessed with this book in Emma and I didn't know it was a real book. Anyway, I've finally been reading it and for a while was quite obsessed with it myself! Now our heroine is out of danger and having some more Jane-Austen type adventures. But early on it was much more of a thriller. Maybe it will get exciting again. I'm glad it's calmed down though, because I was getting worried this would become quite a distraction from my recital preparation!
Grosses bisous a toute! Think of me Sunday at 4PM CDT! I shall then be singing my little heart out!