We went upstairs to set up and soundcheck after rehearsal, and the flutist plopped her music on my stand and literally boxed me out of playing onstage. Uhhh, now what? I guess I wasn't meant to play on this one! Kind of a weird situation--I played saxophone for the opening, walked off, she played flute, then went back to the choir and I played flute.
Anyway, this left me with significant down time during their performance, which I utilized by taking pictures of myself just off the side of the stage.
This happened for two services. For the second service, I went upstairs and listened to everybody else. It sounds really good--nice work, Matt! Difficult to stay whether or not my offstage clarinet part would have improved things. I did get a nice picture of director, flute, and myself together. I bet if I'd had a blue shirt, they'd have let me play.
After all the fun, I went home and worked on charting out Bill Champlin/Chicago songs for a Yacht Rock rehearsal. My hatred of Chicago 17 returns twenty-nine years later!
The PM church gig was pretty decent. I had a nice mix going (and no further complaints from the rhythm section), and my soprano playing was pretty good. Flute was just OK. It probably would've been better if I'd played it more in the morning.
After supper, it was back to the Champlin charting. Up all night!
