In general, we’ve learned that everyone in our area should have access to drive to TMH for the concert tomorrow, but we’d like to be sure. Please click here to respond to a quick form confirming your attendance tomorrow. I’ve spoken with several members today, and everyone seems to be very excited about tomorrow!

Marge drove to Tarrytown today, and sent the following message about the parking lots. If we’re lucky conditions will improve by tomorrow, but this is important information to keep in mind. Leave early and leave plenty of time so you arrive safely around 12:30-12:45 pm, so we can set up and be ready to start at 1:00 pm.

Marge writes:

The roads are good, though the smaller streets are really small now with most of the cars still plowed in, and most of the parking lots are OK, but not great.  The one behind the bank seems very clear, the big one on Washington Avenue has a lot of snow but people are parked there.  The small one on the west side of Washington is looking like it will be OK by tomorrow.  The small one on the west side of Broadway south of Main Street has a lot of snow.  The one behind the theater is a mess, but again, there were lots of cars there and Tom was out shoveling, so there’s hope.  Beyond that, the municipal lot a block north of Main Street on the east side looks good, and I notice that there is parking behind the Chase Bank.  There is also parking behind a large doctors etc. building on the west side of Broadway south of Main Street which looks totally clear and should be pretty empty on a Sunday.  Finally, the lot by the Washington Irving school is clear.

We’re down to just two rehearsals: Monday and the dress on Wednesday. I need to ask for your flexibility to work until 10:00 pm on both evenings. We have to recover some time lost due to the weather last week. The rehearsal order for Monday and Wednesday is posted.

Here is the choral version of Rest, which I promised:
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I hope you can find a few moments of quiet time to listen to this and reflect on it.

It’s going to be a great week — fire up!

First of all, thank you to everyone who braved the elements and came out on Monday night. The most difficult part of the trip seemed to be getting from the car to the school entrance! I assume everyone got home safely (I’ve heard no reports of any problems.) It was a great rehearsal, even with the absences. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Emily Threinen and I discussed her trip on Monday and decided that it simply was not wise. She has sent Chester errata — I don’t think I’ve posted these before. There are not many. Please download and add these to your parts before Monday’s rehearsal. She also asked me to pass along this message:

Dear Westchester Symphonic Winds,
I write with great anticipation for our next two times together (Dress Rehearsal and Concert)!  I am so sorry to have missed many of you this past Monday evening.  A huge thank you to Curt for rehearsing Chester in my absence. Attached is a list of part errata that would be very much appreciated if you can take a look at before our next rehearsal.  Also, for those who are diligent practicers :), I am taking the ‘fast’ section at 160. And, even though it is scored vertically and fragmented, please find the “song within the dance” and approach each gesture with a lyric and long-lined sense of phrasing (working hard to avoid compressing the sixteenths within the beat).
Thank you to all and I am so honored to have this opportunity!
All the best,
Emily Threinen

I’ll post the Monday rehearsal and Wednesday dress rehearsal schedules later in the week. Monday will definitely include the DelBorgo, Bellini, Sousa, and some detail work on the Shostakovich, plus our first run-through of Posy.