Hello everybody! Is everyone looking forward to Monday? You know, the journey this band has been on has been a great one, from our first rehearsal almost four months ago (can you believe it?) to a nearly full band now, looking at charts for the summer, and looking to the first performance, which is next Sunday, April 11th.
I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication, and to ask them as humbly as I can to keep it up, for we will only get better and have more fun making great music together. Malaguena is really starting to peak and maybe back in the sections or in the recordings stuck in acoustically-odd rooms (is that a nice way of putting it?) you cannot hear so well just how well this piece does sound. What a closer!!! When we get outside, all that hard work in dealing with the acoustic difficulties and focus and concentration to be precise will pay off big time. In the Stone is strong and so are Samba Ti Kaye and Ride the Wind, and the parts only require some cleaning to be more than decent.
And we made it from meas. 35 to the end The First Circle without crashing. That's really quite something. The saxophones worked hard at a small sectional during practice, and I'm sure everyone could hear that. There are some seriously cool powerhouse players in that section.
Oh, and the trombones had their third sectional on Friday night. Again, it's the energy and dedication thing. I am so absolutely happy with this.
Anyway, I wanted to send this message out tonight as I will be out all day tomorrow, and I don't want to update the blog last minute on Monday. So in the meantime, check the blog for call-time for Sunday, but expect it to be at about 6:30 PM at St. Paul's on the 11th (french horns can come in at 6:45), and you can hope to be out by about 8:15. I will post a blog message just about that gig as the date rapidly gets closer.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate it in the band, and looking forward to Monday night. Moving right along... and coming soon... the Duck Deli...
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