Record time
The long-awaited Case Gala concert weekend has finally passed and is now over. Overall I had a good time with the concert and it was a special one for me because it marked the last time I would have to work on music staff for a Case music group!
The weekend started off with Adam's and Molly's parents coming to visit for the concert. The Case-Milford CWRU (haha get it!? it's a play on words!) were treated to dinner at the Cheesecake factory on Saturday. The food was delicious of course and we even learned about why the lights get dimmer over the course of the night (rather we learned that we weren't crazy and that it was getting darker in the restaurant over the course of the meal, almost to the point that it was difficult to see. Apparently the restaurant continues to dim the lights even after numerous patron complaints).
Early that afternoon the four of us had met with Mrs. Shearer at Arabica. We discussed Disney, the band, politics, and Case. It was nice to catch up and was an enjoyable meet up.
Finally on Sunday came the Gala concert. The hall was the fullest I've seen for a student concert so far. It was nice to play for a sizable audience. I thought that all three groups did a good job and although my playing in Symphonic Winds had been better during rehearsals, overall we sounded awesome (could have been due to us performing in an amazing concert hall).
Even more amazingly, after the concert we were able to clean everything up and bring it back to Denison in record time. It probably helped that we didn't have to tear down video screens, projectors, and multiple keyboards, but I was still astonished at how fast we were done with everything.
Even though this was the last Case concert I had to help out in, there are still some CYWS concerts coming up next week. There's also the orchestra concert that I'm looking forward to attending this week because I like the pieces they are performing this semester and I don't have to help out that night (I can enjoy the performance like a regular person!).
The weekend started off with Adam's and Molly's parents coming to visit for the concert. The Case-Milford CWRU (haha get it!? it's a play on words!) were treated to dinner at the Cheesecake factory on Saturday. The food was delicious of course and we even learned about why the lights get dimmer over the course of the night (rather we learned that we weren't crazy and that it was getting darker in the restaurant over the course of the meal, almost to the point that it was difficult to see. Apparently the restaurant continues to dim the lights even after numerous patron complaints).
Early that afternoon the four of us had met with Mrs. Shearer at Arabica. We discussed Disney, the band, politics, and Case. It was nice to catch up and was an enjoyable meet up.
Finally on Sunday came the Gala concert. The hall was the fullest I've seen for a student concert so far. It was nice to play for a sizable audience. I thought that all three groups did a good job and although my playing in Symphonic Winds had been better during rehearsals, overall we sounded awesome (could have been due to us performing in an amazing concert hall).
Even more amazingly, after the concert we were able to clean everything up and bring it back to Denison in record time. It probably helped that we didn't have to tear down video screens, projectors, and multiple keyboards, but I was still astonished at how fast we were done with everything.
Even though this was the last Case concert I had to help out in, there are still some CYWS concerts coming up next week. There's also the orchestra concert that I'm looking forward to attending this week because I like the pieces they are performing this semester and I don't have to help out that night (I can enjoy the performance like a regular person!).
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