I'm up in Bremerton, WA (near Seattle), this week for the Distinctly Bronze West conference. An annual AGEHR event, there have been 11 DB events on the East Coast in New Bern, NC, south of Raleigh. Last year (2009) was the first one on the West Coast, and was the first one I attended.
It was also the last one directed by Maestro David Davidson, who passed away this past September & who is sorely missed.
This DBW marks the first one directed by Jason Wells, who is so full of energy and vitality that you'd have to be dead to not play your heart out for him. He is not an ambiguous director - he tells you clearly what he wants, not only with descriptive words, but also with his body language.
I am in the front row center, right under Jason's nose. (This prompted my friend Martin Morley to quip, "Poor Jason, blinded by the hair!" LOL!)
We had rehearsal yesterday 2-5pm, then had a 2 hour dinner break, then rehearsed again until 9pm. This morning we were at it again bright and early at 8am. We rehearsed until 10 and now the bass is having their sectional, while we treble-trouble people are on break. Lunch is 12-2 and then we'll have our sectional. We'll all be back together again later this afternoon.
We'll rehearse again all day tomorrow, and Sunday morning, then we'll present a
ADDENDUM: Both of the commenters are correct: the concert is not free; we're charging $5 admission. But we're worth it!!Meanwhile, I have some homework to do. I had to miss all my classes yesterday & have some reading & writing to do for my Dance class, plus have to study for a quiz in eMus, all of which is due Tuesday.
Brian will fly up here tonight & spend the weekend with me. Yay!
Time to get to work!
TTFN!
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2 comments:
I think that the concert costs $5, but it'll be well worth it!
Our 12, 10, and 8 year old are in a local hanbell choir. We are in the Portland area. We are headed up to see you tom. We are all excited to see you performance. Thanks for all your hard work:). I was told it is $5 too.
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