The week in review
May. 11th, 2007 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabMonday: the aforementioned bike ride to Bel Air for the Bel Air Community Band awards banquet.
Tuesday: Baltimore Symphonic Band played at Riderwood Retirement Village, in Silver Spring, to a full house. Playing at another Ericsson community next Tuesday.
Wednesday: Montgomery Village Community Band steering committee meeting before rehearsal. Got all the details finalized for May 20, June 3, and July 4 concerts. It's nice having a sponsoring foundation that accepts as right and natural that the band needs a 20 x 40 shade tent and a few cases of cold water at outdoor concerts; you'd be amazed at the number of non-musicians who wouldn't consider that a necessary expense.
Thursday: Drove over to Delaware, where my brother JJ and his wife and daughters were visiting (they live in CA) my folks, who live near Dover. Ate lunch with JJ & Co, went over to folks' house and schmoozed; ate supper with folks. Attempted to leave Dover about 9 PM, found out after the first 65 or so miles of the trip about the accident on the Bay Bridge, had to retrace our route back about 40 miles and take a 50 mile detour from there, thereby doubling the length of the journey. Neither scenic nor fun. Delaware doesn't have a whole lot to recommend it if one is not enamoured of slot machines.
Friday: our 22nd anniversary. We went to the Kennedy Center to see Peter Schikele with the NSO. He's older than he used to be, but still funny! He does crosswords with a pencil. (Go ahead, ask me how one would discover that during a symphony orchestra concert.) The chorus wore robes - bathrobes. It was an excellent event, and we got our money's worth!
Now: exhausted.
Tomorrow: sleep late. Send![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
squirrel_magnet out to pick up mail before PO closes, because I doubt I'll be out of bed in time to do it.
Tuesday: Baltimore Symphonic Band played at Riderwood Retirement Village, in Silver Spring, to a full house. Playing at another Ericsson community next Tuesday.
Wednesday: Montgomery Village Community Band steering committee meeting before rehearsal. Got all the details finalized for May 20, June 3, and July 4 concerts. It's nice having a sponsoring foundation that accepts as right and natural that the band needs a 20 x 40 shade tent and a few cases of cold water at outdoor concerts; you'd be amazed at the number of non-musicians who wouldn't consider that a necessary expense.
Thursday: Drove over to Delaware, where my brother JJ and his wife and daughters were visiting (they live in CA) my folks, who live near Dover. Ate lunch with JJ & Co, went over to folks' house and schmoozed; ate supper with folks. Attempted to leave Dover about 9 PM, found out after the first 65 or so miles of the trip about the accident on the Bay Bridge, had to retrace our route back about 40 miles and take a 50 mile detour from there, thereby doubling the length of the journey. Neither scenic nor fun. Delaware doesn't have a whole lot to recommend it if one is not enamoured of slot machines.
Friday: our 22nd anniversary. We went to the Kennedy Center to see Peter Schikele with the NSO. He's older than he used to be, but still funny! He does crosswords with a pencil. (Go ahead, ask me how one would discover that during a symphony orchestra concert.) The chorus wore robes - bathrobes. It was an excellent event, and we got our money's worth!
Now: exhausted.
Tomorrow: sleep late. Send
squirrel_magnet out to pick up mail before PO closes, because I doubt I'll be out of bed in time to do it.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Staging and attire
Date: 2007-05-13 11:29 am (UTC)