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Apr. 25th, 2023 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigan716Well, last week was pretty busy. We rehearsed Monday, Thursday, and Friday nights for our big concert with the Symphony on Saturday, including a long rehearsal Saturday afternoon. We didn’t actually rehearse with the orchestra until Friday night.
The night before the concert, Michael and I had an argument because he threw a big fit when he found out the concert started at 7:30 because he figured it would be over late, and that would cut into his doing nothing time because Saturday night is the only time he gets to do nothing, blah, blah, blah. I told him this concert was important to me, something I was proud of doing, and it kind of needs an audience, and it frankly hurt that the person I love the most is annoyed as hell that I want him to be there. He was unmoved really but agreed to attend anyway. I think maybe I need to get a boyfriend on the side just to take with me to events who is actually excited for me and happy to be there, brings me flowers afterwards, etc. But I digress.
The night of the concert, Michael and Zoe did attend. Zoe actually went willingly. My mom didn’t go because “$30 is too much for someone living on Social Security”. I decided not to remind her about the $200 dinner she had no problem affording, but I digress again. Alex and Lisa couldn’t make it, but I let them slide for multiple reasons. Michael got in for free, and Zoe for $10.
The concert itself actually went amazing. We performed Orff’s Carmina Burana, which we have been trying to perform since before COVID and finally managed to pull it off. It’s one of the most famous and most difficult choral works out there. It was a much better performance than Mozart’s Requiem. We actually only made one small mistake, and the audience probably didn’t notice. (Hell, the audience didn’t notice that we sucked at the Requiem either, but that’s another story.) I was told a recording was made, and I can’t wait to hear it. This concert was almost up there with Legacy Choir as far as awesomeness.
I didn’t sing with Chancel Choir on Sunday, and I probably won’t for a few weeks. I have a lot of stuff going on for the next few weekends. That is a good thing.
The night before the concert, Michael and I had an argument because he threw a big fit when he found out the concert started at 7:30 because he figured it would be over late, and that would cut into his doing nothing time because Saturday night is the only time he gets to do nothing, blah, blah, blah. I told him this concert was important to me, something I was proud of doing, and it kind of needs an audience, and it frankly hurt that the person I love the most is annoyed as hell that I want him to be there. He was unmoved really but agreed to attend anyway. I think maybe I need to get a boyfriend on the side just to take with me to events who is actually excited for me and happy to be there, brings me flowers afterwards, etc. But I digress.
The night of the concert, Michael and Zoe did attend. Zoe actually went willingly. My mom didn’t go because “$30 is too much for someone living on Social Security”. I decided not to remind her about the $200 dinner she had no problem affording, but I digress again. Alex and Lisa couldn’t make it, but I let them slide for multiple reasons. Michael got in for free, and Zoe for $10.
The concert itself actually went amazing. We performed Orff’s Carmina Burana, which we have been trying to perform since before COVID and finally managed to pull it off. It’s one of the most famous and most difficult choral works out there. It was a much better performance than Mozart’s Requiem. We actually only made one small mistake, and the audience probably didn’t notice. (Hell, the audience didn’t notice that we sucked at the Requiem either, but that’s another story.) I was told a recording was made, and I can’t wait to hear it. This concert was almost up there with Legacy Choir as far as awesomeness.
I didn’t sing with Chancel Choir on Sunday, and I probably won’t for a few weeks. I have a lot of stuff going on for the next few weekends. That is a good thing.
