Our performances (and yes, me on the exercise chair) are now up on the Video page. Mrs. Halladay did a great job recording and y'all did a great job performing! We will definitely be able to use these for our Disney Community Arts application next year.
I had a blast on Friday night and hope you all did too. Besides playing well, I think adding opening narration to Sleepy Hollow and a lightsaber battle really entertained the audience. This was one of the most fun concerts I've done as a director. I felt really confident in our preparation and it showed in our performance. JWT turned out really well! You can hear the melody well and the transitions were clean. I felt that the accents in the background part were a little dull because of the size of the performance hall, but dynamics were good throughout.
The Symphonic Orchestra pieces were pretty rough, but not so rough that the audience would notice. The parts we rehearsed on Friday morning went great, but there were awkward sections where people were lost. Still, no one panicked and everyone stayed with me and we got back on track. During the shaky sections I felt confident that an entrance was coming up that would set us right. The strings were definitely watching and following so I tried to give obvious cues. The soloists nailed their parts - Jaime on trumpet, Sarah on flute, Mia on bassoon, Christine on clarinet, and Christina (of course). I'm glad Mr. Samson and I were able to give you that experience.
I'm off to practice - practice making cookies!
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