End of Day 9: BP Tour

I tried to post this last night via my phone - as I've been doing every night since we left California - but for some unknown reason, my phone refuses to send any email (although it receives just fine). So, this morning, I connected the phone to my laptop then copied & pasted it here. Sorry for the delay!



Wow, what a day!

First, the weather: not only did it rain buckets & buckets today, but it also hailed & even *snowed* a little!! Mix that in with some thunder & lightning & it was all very exciting.

Kevin taught a 9:30 workshop, "Recoeding perspectives from both sides of the microphone" & I was his lovely assistant. ;-) The class was pretty well-attended with about 8 people there.

After lunch, I had a massage at the resort's spa. Mmmm, it was heavenly! My therapist, Lindsay, was a small person, but very strong! She's the kind of MT who gets up on the table with you so she could really dig her elbows in. I scheduled a 1.5 hour session so she could spend adequate time on my shoulder & arm & then still have time to deal with the rest of my back. Because my left side has had to compensate for my right for the past 3 months, it was pretty sore. Lindsay was great, though, & I feel 1000% better!!

After my massage, I had a 30 minute reflexology session on both hands & feet, which was also awesome. Neil has such a pleasant chair-side manner & I came away feeling great!

After dinner was Deborah's concert. Wow, wow, WOW! She is so incredible! Because the show was for a harp audience, it ended up being really interactive, with sing-alongs & lots of laughter. At the end, she invited all the week's performerd up for photos & then we all marched around the room singing a song (the name of which I can't remember right now). She said to us after, "Thanks for being in my parade!"

After her concert was the ceilidh, in which I played in the "Prelude for Peace" ensemble, plus I played solo. I began by putting on my Thespian Voice - it was a big dining hall with the A/C going. I told the story of the young Japanese man who proposed to me in Tokyo, as well as the Dunblane clotted cream story before I played Christine's 6iH solo "Noel Nouvelet". Fun!

Kevin & I stayed to the end of the ceilidh, which was after midnight, which means it's time for me to hit the hay.

Good night!


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