Concert Weekend

Wow. I survived the very stressful and busy week!

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights we had rehearsal, then Friday night and Saturday night we had our Bells on Temple Square Inagural Concerts. It went really well and we are so glad it’s over!! Friday as I was playing, I thought, “What would happen if I just passed out? Would they stop? Would they just kick me under the table and go on like nothing ever happened?” Luckily, I did NOT pass out, so I was so relieved! At the end of the performance, we all just felt like giving a big WHOOP of joy that we all had actually made it through. We are not perfect–we all made mistakes (some bigger than others), but we lived through it. Saturday night’s concert also went well. I was pretty much a nervous wreck until after I made it through the song I had had the most trouble with the night before. Once that song was under my belt, I felt a lot better and was pretty confident I would make it through to the end.

Sunday morning we performed with the Tab Choir on Music and the Spoken Word. We did two songs with the choir and one by ourselves. I was about 8 feet from Craig Jessop, and he is amazing. He’s working so hard to get the choir (and orchestra) to stay together and sound their very best, that he’s sweating all over the place. Sweat (and spit) fly from his face! In fact, after the run through the stage manager comes and hands him a towel to wipe his face. He doesn’t put on his tux until after the run through, either. So, as we’re standing there warming up, Maranda (who plays right next to me), says, “Watch out, you’re in the spit zone.” I did not get wet, but my bells did get a few spots on them.