I had planned to update this blog tonight – something which is long overdue, considering that I managed to update it just about every day in January and a good many in February – but I got home from work, practiced my tuba (something else that was long overdue), started watching some Netflix, and generally lost track of time.
I’ve got rehearsal tomorrow night, so don’t expect much in the way of an update then, either. Maybe Wednesday.
By way of catching you all up, I played with the band at the closing ceremonies of the Southeast Regional Tuba & Euphonium Convention in Chattanooga on Saturday – I’ll try to get some pictures up (maybe even a video) when I next update this. The main story from that event was – who else? – Bob. He decided near the end of the dress rehearsal that the band was taking too much time rehearsing….so he walked out, and took one of his minions with him.
You heard that right. He left 10 minutes before we were done rehearsing because, according to him, “it didn’t look very professional” for us to be having a dress rehearsal so close to the start of the closing ceremonies. Apparently, it looks more professional to the few people who had straggled into the auditorium to see 50% of the band’s tuba section walk out of rehearsal.
Betsy Jones and I floated a petition around to see about having him officially censured by the board or made to apologize to the band or something. Maybe nothing will happen, but I’m bound and determined to have the board at least discuss the incident so that it will be written up in the minutes.
Walking out of a dress rehearsal? Are you kidding me?
The concert itself seemed to go okay, though we had a near-disaster during the first number – Candide (had it lasted 5 more seconds, I fear that we would have had to stop in the middle of the piece). Interestingly, that was the piece that Bob decided not to rehearse with us….
I also spent some time at the confederate cemetery while I was in Chatty, and will hopefully get some of those pictures up here, too.
And now, friends and neighbors, I’m going to shut off my light and try to get some sleep.
TWD