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This post covers the weekend.
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FRIDAY
I was up early to do laundry, though I could've probably slept in considering that this hotel has FOUR washers and dryers!!
Breakfast and some research about a tuxedo suit jacket (or just a regular blazer, idk but I'm researching it now because I've got a 6-hour drive to the next city that goes past a zillion malls so may as well maximize that.) I didn't quite know what to do with myself today. Walked to a thrift store and enjoyed looking around, ate lunch, watched anime, and borrowed the car again to go look at suit jackets at JCPenney and Macy's.
Dinner and the mile walk to the theater. Here are some pretty leaves.
The evening show was just fine. Afterward a young man who plays trumpet came running down to the pit to meet us and ask for a photo. How nice! The band doesn't have a fan club like the cast, so we appreciate those who take an interest, especially when it's young folks with a passion for music :)
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SATURDAY
UP at 8, breakfast, packed my stuff to go back in the trunk and dinner/snacks because I plan to stay at the theater between shows. Had a relaxing morning of watching Gachiakuta, took the rental car to get a little bit of gas.
Two of my sisters went to No Kings protests in their respective states. One sister lives in NYC, so hers had the larger crowd pics, but the other sister made her own sign which was pretty awesome.
I couldn't attend anything because we had two shows, though I heard Lansing had a crowd of an estimated 2,000. Which is how many we had in our theater, too! A nice enthusiastic crowd, lots of kids. At the part where Beast is trying to bully Belle into joining him for dinner, Cogsworth tries to get the Beast to be polite and says to him, "What do we say?"
We were amused to hear a chorus of little voices from the audience:
"You've got to say PLEASE!"
"Please and thank you!!"
"PLEEEEEEEEASE!"
"Say PLEASE, Beast!"
Cute!
Between shows I stayed at the theater, ate a packed lunch, wandered around, read my book.
The evening show was fine as well. After Be Our Guest I took this pic of the pink streamers that had landed on the pit, because I thought they were pretty with the stage lighting.
Oh, and I received a compliment from the MD! Specifically, it was on a part weeks ago in Durham where our music supervisor, Koz, gave me a note to play louder and I had a whole internal struggle about it.
Tonight the MD stopped me in the hall to tell me it is sounding "stunning!"
What a nice thing to say! DAR is such an awesome MD for this and other reasons :) I'll put THAT in my pocket and keep it.
As I lay down to bed for the night I noticed that the back of my throat felt dry and also swollen.
Are you kidding me?! Is this another virus or throat infection?!
I JUST had a throat-centric virus a few months ago. This is beyond unusual for me. Right now I can only guess that it has something to do with playing the bass, because that's truly the only "new" factor here. I've been touring for years on tenor trombone, in these same cities and theaters, and have never had this problem. On the bass and perhaps on this particular show score, I have to open my throat a lot bigger and for longer than I have ever had to do on tenor. I think that might be causing my throat to dry out more, leaving it more vulnerable to viruses or irritation. I'm not sure what else might be causing this issue but will think about it. It SUCKS and I don't know what to do about it :/
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SUNDAY
Slept poorly because my throat bothered me all night and I kept having stress dreams about it. It still feels swollen and sore this morning. I can't tell yet if it's a virus or an infection. I'm going to have to ignore it.
Was up early so I could eat breakfast, get dressed, and pack dinner/snacks for the theater, because at 10am I had to go pick up a rental car. Ryu (violin) kindly offered to drive me to the rental car place, which saved me an Uber. In exchange I'm going to transport some food items to the next city for her (she took the company flight but I am driving.) The rental place was shockingly busy, but I had my car within 30 minutes and was back at the hotel in plenty of time to continue packing and etc.
Both shows went well and were well attended. Between shows I ate packed dinner, read a book, and closed my eyes for a bit because I wasn't feeling good. I didn't feel TERRIBLE but just tired and under attack from whatever-virus, and annoyed about it.
After the last show we packed up, which was also very annoying because the pit was so cramped and only had one entrance. This has been a lovely city and the theater is nice, everyone here is great, but this PIT has been one of the worst. I'll be very happy to leave it behind.
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Monday: Driving about 7 hours to Appleton. The drive goes around Lake Michigan and should be pretty this time of year. Hoping to enjoy getting some nice groceries and chilling out at the hotel hours earlier than the tour flight would have gotten me there.
Tuesday: Opening night in Appleton.
DO NOT RESHARE ANY PART OF THIS POST WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION. Thank you.**
This post covers the weekend.
--- --- --- --- --- ---
FRIDAY
I was up early to do laundry, though I could've probably slept in considering that this hotel has FOUR washers and dryers!!
Breakfast and some research about a tuxedo suit jacket (or just a regular blazer, idk but I'm researching it now because I've got a 6-hour drive to the next city that goes past a zillion malls so may as well maximize that.) I didn't quite know what to do with myself today. Walked to a thrift store and enjoyed looking around, ate lunch, watched anime, and borrowed the car again to go look at suit jackets at JCPenney and Macy's.
Dinner and the mile walk to the theater. Here are some pretty leaves.
The evening show was just fine. Afterward a young man who plays trumpet came running down to the pit to meet us and ask for a photo. How nice! The band doesn't have a fan club like the cast, so we appreciate those who take an interest, especially when it's young folks with a passion for music :)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SATURDAY
UP at 8, breakfast, packed my stuff to go back in the trunk and dinner/snacks because I plan to stay at the theater between shows. Had a relaxing morning of watching Gachiakuta, took the rental car to get a little bit of gas.
Two of my sisters went to No Kings protests in their respective states. One sister lives in NYC, so hers had the larger crowd pics, but the other sister made her own sign which was pretty awesome.
I couldn't attend anything because we had two shows, though I heard Lansing had a crowd of an estimated 2,000. Which is how many we had in our theater, too! A nice enthusiastic crowd, lots of kids. At the part where Beast is trying to bully Belle into joining him for dinner, Cogsworth tries to get the Beast to be polite and says to him, "What do we say?"
We were amused to hear a chorus of little voices from the audience:
"You've got to say PLEASE!"
"Please and thank you!!"
"PLEEEEEEEEASE!"
"Say PLEASE, Beast!"
Cute!
Between shows I stayed at the theater, ate a packed lunch, wandered around, read my book.
The evening show was fine as well. After Be Our Guest I took this pic of the pink streamers that had landed on the pit, because I thought they were pretty with the stage lighting.
Oh, and I received a compliment from the MD! Specifically, it was on a part weeks ago in Durham where our music supervisor, Koz, gave me a note to play louder and I had a whole internal struggle about it.
Tonight the MD stopped me in the hall to tell me it is sounding "stunning!"
What a nice thing to say! DAR is such an awesome MD for this and other reasons :) I'll put THAT in my pocket and keep it.
As I lay down to bed for the night I noticed that the back of my throat felt dry and also swollen.
Are you kidding me?! Is this another virus or throat infection?!
I JUST had a throat-centric virus a few months ago. This is beyond unusual for me. Right now I can only guess that it has something to do with playing the bass, because that's truly the only "new" factor here. I've been touring for years on tenor trombone, in these same cities and theaters, and have never had this problem. On the bass and perhaps on this particular show score, I have to open my throat a lot bigger and for longer than I have ever had to do on tenor. I think that might be causing my throat to dry out more, leaving it more vulnerable to viruses or irritation. I'm not sure what else might be causing this issue but will think about it. It SUCKS and I don't know what to do about it :/
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SUNDAY
Slept poorly because my throat bothered me all night and I kept having stress dreams about it. It still feels swollen and sore this morning. I can't tell yet if it's a virus or an infection. I'm going to have to ignore it.
Was up early so I could eat breakfast, get dressed, and pack dinner/snacks for the theater, because at 10am I had to go pick up a rental car. Ryu (violin) kindly offered to drive me to the rental car place, which saved me an Uber. In exchange I'm going to transport some food items to the next city for her (she took the company flight but I am driving.) The rental place was shockingly busy, but I had my car within 30 minutes and was back at the hotel in plenty of time to continue packing and etc.
Both shows went well and were well attended. Between shows I ate packed dinner, read a book, and closed my eyes for a bit because I wasn't feeling good. I didn't feel TERRIBLE but just tired and under attack from whatever-virus, and annoyed about it.
After the last show we packed up, which was also very annoying because the pit was so cramped and only had one entrance. This has been a lovely city and the theater is nice, everyone here is great, but this PIT has been one of the worst. I'll be very happy to leave it behind.
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Monday: Driving about 7 hours to Appleton. The drive goes around Lake Michigan and should be pretty this time of year. Hoping to enjoy getting some nice groceries and chilling out at the hotel hours earlier than the tour flight would have gotten me there.
Tuesday: Opening night in Appleton.
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Date: 2025-10-20 02:47 pm (UTC)Hope your throat settles down after a day off.
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Date: 2025-10-21 01:12 pm (UTC)