Just Catching Up on a Quiet Friday Evening

Just stopping in on a quiet Friday evening (now Saturday, actually) because I haven't stopped her for awhile. Still no pictures to post, as I don't yet know what I am doing in that department. I know, practice makes perfect, but I haven't been practicing.

I missed nearly an entire week of teaching a couple of weeks ago; oh, I did get sick with some sort of stomach flu, but all that is past now and I am fine. Along with missing a week's salary, ouch, I missed one of the College/Community Choir rehearsals that I usually attend for three hours every Tuesday. We are madly preparing for a November 28 performance of "The Messiah," and I am really loving singing Soprano 1 for a change. Usually, for almost all of my singing life, and that is a LONG time, I have sung alto, because I read music and could help the other non-musicians along in singing harmony. An adjudicator a couple of years ago asked, "Do you know the definition of an alto?" None of the audience knew the answer: "A soprano who reads music!" How true!

I am also organizing the many Christmas events in which my students will perform. That includes the Festival of Trees, our annual Christmas Recital and the Festival of Carols. We will not be singing as the guest choir this year for the November 28 concert, due to the length of "The Messiah." That suits me just fine, as we are really in a rebuilding mode this year and so it is a good time for us to prepare for a guest appearance in November, 2010 instead.

That's about it for now; nothing really earth shattering, but one never knows in this city what tomorrow will bring. But I have 2 days off, so I will be walking on my healing cracked ankle and enjoying the promised fair weather fall days.