Back to work with the ol’ Ball & Chain

Yes, I’m back on Monday. I’ve posted the rehearsal plan. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m very plan-driven. So please do check this every week so you’re familiar with what I set out to accomplish. I know must of you do check it (I look at the page statistics), but the group would benefit so much more if everyone took a look.

Congratulations and thanks to Stan, Ben, Mayr, Ian, Marc, Rich, Bob, Kirk, Scott, and Nate, for their focus, stamina, and musicianship at the Master School commencement exercises on Saturday. There were many compliments for the music!

We’ll be putting out the concert/dress rehearsal schedule this week via a Google Form and asking everyone to reply regarding next season.We want to get everyone’s reply before we break after Caramoor on July 1. I have all the guest artists and most of the major repertoire confirmed, and it’s going to be a magnificent 30th anniversary season.

And we’ve taken steps to insure that TMH is open and ready for us on time this coming Monday. The Board meets upstairs at 6:15 pm, rehearsal begins promptly at 7:30 pm. (Hopefully we now have all the bugs worked out with our new Monday night manager.) See you then.