March 10, 2005 at 7:35 PM

*Hrmph* Well, the stand partner’s back.. and she had time to practice over reading-week so she was in fine form and playing with confidence.…. which is nice, really. She, like many of the people in the first-violin section, is an asset to the orchestra…..I just suspect I’d be better able to appreciate her better from afar. I wonder how can I swing it so that my stand partner misses the concert? Does Tonya Harding does consultation-work?… nothing serious….just something along the lines of an inflamed hangnail or an infected violin hickey would do just fine. Maybe some well-placed paper-cuts? Hmmmm. Or I could just sabotage her violin. Think she’d notice a big old wad of plastic wood on her bridge?…perhaps if I just stole… er temporarily commandeered.. her soundpost.

This being the last rehearsal before the dress, we did a complete run-through & then some. It was a little rough at times, but there were a few new faces in the winds, so I guess that’s to be expected. I put in some good work during my practice sessions & I’m feeling good about my grasp of all of the pieces. Any problems will most likely be technical ones… or I should say the technical one & I can’t solve that over a couple of days. Hopefully in the near future I’ll make good on my plans to go back to basics (or ‘Basics’.. as in Fischer’s, along with Sevcik) and try to build a better bow-arm.

From Sue Donim
Posted on March 11, 2005 at 1:35 AM

Lol! Christina, this entry made me howl. Perhaps we could persuade Laurie to install a Hitmen Directory on the board?

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