June was supposed to be a month of almost no gigs, and I was going to deal with some home projects and basically do nothing, and then a friend of mine called in the second week and said, "What are you doing for the next ten days? I just tested positive for COVID this morning." So...into the pressure cooker! He emailed me the music for Trading Places , I played through it once, and headed to the Alliance Theatre for the first of a dozen shows! Fortunately, I was sitting next to two of the best woodwinds guys in Atlanta (Sam Skelton and Seth Kuehn), and they, along with the conductor Rick Edinger, gently guided me through. Man, it was a lot of fun! It took me about four or five gigs before I was comfortable with the music and the pace of the show, and then I could relax and enjoy what everybody else was doing. You can see my little monitor for viewing Rick the conductor! Remember all those Christmas themed horn arrangements I was writing (you can check my Youtube page to hea...