The Christmas concerts are behind us. The two “A Carol of Joy” shows were crazy successful no matter how you measure it. So let’s measure it, shall we? You can look at the nuts-and-bolts pieces: More than 740 people attended (and that despite the other shows out there on Friday night – Willie Nelson, multiple […]

From my all-time favorite comic strip… Calvin: “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.” Hobbes: “What mood is that?” Calvin: “Last-minute panic.” If you were there then you already know. The concerts were epic. Seriously epic. Makes me proud to be a part of it […]

Does anyone remember our season-starting open house back in September? How about the initial runs through the Christmas repertoire and our reactions to them? As usual, those reactions have morphed, evolved, bent and stretched and that first impression has been lost in the blur of rehearsals and the increase of our knowledge of the pieces. […]

Concert week is arriving (with the sound of screeching brakes) so I thought I’d step away from music this week for a couple of things to be shared with people I like…the Blogmeister loves to experiment in the kitchen and these two attempts turned out tasty, give them a try. There’s plenty of information out there about […]