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| A Concert-ed Effort |
Well, tonight is the night of our orchestra’s most
prestigious concert to date…
The Mayor will be in attendance. The Press will be there.
Members of top professional orchestras will be there.
Maestro has applied increasing pressure to polish our
performance to the highest level possible.
Orchestra members have been feeling the strain.
There have been more and more displays of tension as the
big day has approached.
It may be imagined that the stress of the occasion would
raise concerns such as:
“What bowings should be used for this passage?”
“What will the acoustics be like?”
“Has everyone got the correct dynamics marked down?”
“Where should we store our instrument cases?”
But no, rather the concerns raised have been:
“I haven’t got a white top!”
“Can I wear comedy cufflinks?”
“What? Black and white only! I always wear my lucky red
bow tie for concerts!”
“What about waistcoats? Can we wear waistcoats?”
As Benny Goodman said, “To
this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to
look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play
special.”
Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteAnd stick your comedy cufflinks and lucky bow ties down your black trooooooosers
I knew you wouldn't let me down:) Thank you. I like the advice from Benny G - no comedy cuff links tonight - it's the black onyx and gold ones. Hair done, suit pressed, shirt ironed, shoes polished final bow and blow in a few minutes, then it's all in the lap of the gods. See you later, yay!!!
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