Lewisville, Texas (part 3)
Today started late -- woke up early, but I laid around in bed for a looong time. I watched Hidalgo. I answered emails, checked myspace, sent out tweaks to the Chippewa Falls piece, sent out tweaks to WATERCOLORS...
Then I headed over to McKamy Middle School (didn't get lost!) to meet up with Kathy Johnson. It turns out this presentation wasn't for a handful of students (like Durham), or one band at a time (like Huffines) -- it was for ALL the bands at once! That's 300 students!!! I'm used to having a guitar between me and the audience, or at least I turn my back to them (when I'm conducting), so just TALKING to a group this big was pretty wild... but the students were actually really great, and I think it went OK. Afterwards, Kathy and I had a chance to talk about the music. I was particularly interested in her opinions on the movement Raindrops Hang on a Spider's Web -- she'll be conducting it on Saturday night at the premiere.
Then I headed over to McKamy Middle School (didn't get lost!) to meet up with Kathy Johnson. It turns out this presentation wasn't for a handful of students (like Durham), or one band at a time (like Huffines) -- it was for ALL the bands at once! That's 300 students!!! I'm used to having a guitar between me and the audience, or at least I turn my back to them (when I'm conducting), so just TALKING to a group this big was pretty wild... but the students were actually really great, and I think it went OK. Afterwards, Kathy and I had a chance to talk about the music. I was particularly interested in her opinions on the movement Raindrops Hang on a Spider's Web -- she'll be conducting it on Saturday night at the premiere.
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