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the many moods of Christmas gigging

December 17, 2007 at 1:17 AM

Vacation is getting closer. Three more days with students,one day of staff planning, and I must finish grades tomorrow night. Many gigs have come and gone, with 2 more to go. Today was a 2 gig day. The 2nd one was about an hour away. Google map was great until the final 2 miles. This church had a little cemetery behind it-apparently a confederate one, as several recently placed confederate flags were in evidence. Sigh. There were 2 hours between the rehearsal and performance, and no snacks were provided, so I ended up getting some food at a scary Piggly Wiggly where my cashier had gold teeth.

Holiday Repertoire since Thanksgiving:
Amahl
Messiah
Corelli-Christmas Concerto (the world's slowest rendition EVER)
Hansel and Gretel
L'Arlésienne
Nutcracker Suite
Sleigh Ride
a collection of French Christmas music
Shepherd's Farewell
assorted Christmas carols
Many Moods #1 & #3
several Broadway style cantata pieces (not to my taste at all)
Vivaldi & Bach concerti for 2 violin (played at our church for our rector who has run off to Nevada to become Bishop).

Oh, and happy birthday to Beethoven!



From Anne Horvath
Posted on December 17, 2007 at 12:47 PM
It is nice that you had such a good gig season. It was terribly slow this year here. I think this is the driest gig season since 9/11!

Speaking of, I do believe that our respective Guvners, plus Florida's Guvner, have to get the Feds to sort out who gets the last five drops of water around here. So much for "States Raaaights".

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