Elvira?? (catching up #3)

Back on Sunday, Jan 6, 2008, Sonos gave a "Twelfth Night" concert in Walnut Creek, CA.

We had just returned from Japan on Christmas Eve & hadn't rehearsed since then - and there was no time to rehearse or warm up or anything before the concert; we barely had time to setup before the audience arrived! Plus, while KatRyn from Los Angeles was able to come to Japan, she wasn't available to play this concert, so Patti (a local Sonosian who couldn't come to Japan, but was available on Jan 6) played those parts. PLUS, Tess had sprained one of her feet in Japan and sprained AND broke the other one, so she played with a cast on her foot (and had a rolling stool upon which she propped the cast while she played!), so some of the "floaters" played for her and Melissa Rossi (another local Sonosian who couldn't come to Japan) played Tess' part in "Leyenda" since it used to be Melissa's part.

But even with all of those strikes against us, the concert went really well! I think all of us were really focused because we knew the chance of disaster was really high, plus, well, we're all really good! ;-)

The audience really enjoyed the concert and came up to our tables not only at intermission, but also after the show to look at the bells and to shower praises on us!

At our next rehearsal, Patti brought in a clipping from an East Bay newspaper that showed pictures from our concert and had info about our upcoming concert with the Diablo Symphony - of course, some of the info is wrong, but what can you do? *sigh*

Here's the whole layout:

Jason took one look at the picture and started calling me "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"! I mean, do YOU see any resemblance?!? LOL!