Cross-sizing

I stopped going to LaFayette Concert Band rehearsals when Heather started working Tuesday nights. She no longer does, but I haven’t gone back. Between the dojo and Kenny’s piano lessons I’m out three evenings a week plus Saturday late morning / early afternoon, and that’s enough for right now. (For similar reasons I still am [...]

Bit of an update

We had our first concert of the season Tuesday, in LaFayette. For the second year in a row the outdoor venue was rained out and we played in our usual rehearsal location, the elementary school cafeteria (which has a stage). Based on past experience and the high heat we’d had that day I expected it [...]

Miscellife

[Edited for better reference to morris team -- 19 Apr 2006]
The new morris team had its second practice last week, impeded a bit by the fact that Fred, who’s teaching, had badly sprained an ankle. On the other hand, we had two dancers more than at the first practice. It’s coming along okay.
Band was supposed [...]

Or maybe not

I signed up to bring bread to the band dinner. Sunday night I fed the sourdough starter. Monday it was not looking especially lively, though not dead either. Monday night I made up bread dough with the starter and some yeast…
And it didn’t rise.
Tuesday morning I stopped in at Columbus Bakery and bought two loaves [...]

Not with a fff

Monday evening Kenny kept saying Tuesday would be a snow day, and I kept telling him I didn’t think so. Tuesday I got up and found out it was a snow day. We got 8.4 inches, or rather, the airport, where Syracuse’s snowfall is measured, did. Then again, the airport got 5 inches Saturday and [...]

The clarinet report (edited)

Edited the next morning to clarify a few points.
I did it again. Bought a clarinet on eBay. I can’t possibly pretend I need another one — I have three soprano clarinets already, and I’ve only used one of them the past several months. This one I bought pretty much out of curiosity. [...]