Me, I have to work on some music, pick up other music, run a couple of errands, and — finally — get me to the outdoor theeder to see my friends’ Music Man this evening. It closes tomorrow night, and in three weeks this has been my best chance, weather wise and schedule wise, to get over there.
Will there be a band? How many players?
You flatter them, sir. This venue is small, and they're lucky to cram a few players into the band tent. I think I heard that for this show they've got 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 reed, 1 violin, bass, drums, piano/conductor.
I was just told that they're planning on constructing a real band pavilion in another year or so. Don't know what kind, or how large. But they've just rebuilt their rather large stage since the original one from the mid-1980s finally got wiped out in a storm a couple of years ago. And that was a blessing, that it got sufficiently damaged to be replaced. It was long overdue. But they've got the city's attention better than before, and it's good to see things starting to happen.
