Local Loco's / Concert

Saturday was great, but also kind-of sad since it was the last day that I saw everybody. In the morning we got up and bussed over to the complex for our Mahler dress rehearsal. After rehearsal I had a lesson with Katinka the cello teacher! Here is a picture of me and Katinka after the concert. She had some great comments - I played the first movement of the Eccles Sonata for her.

Oh yeah - They put a picture of me in the loacl paper - the Powell River Peak. Click on the Photo Galery to see it. The festival also finally put up the roster for the opera orchestra. They should be putting up a photo gallery sometime soon, too. They took a bunch of pictures.

After the lesson I met some people at Local Loco's (where I went with some people on Wednesday for open mic night). I brought my bass with me! I had to walk for 20 minutes through the forest with it and a stool. It was worth it, though - I played bass for awhile for the people there. They seemed to enjoy it - nobody had ever heard a solo bass before. I played Eccles and also the Scherzando from David Anderson's Four Short Pieces. Patrick and Jenna also improvised some stuff - it sounded really good! Here they are - someone took a picture of me playing but I never got a copy of it. Maybe they will email it to me and I can put it up?

After I played I walked back to the complex with my bass - I got Patrick to carry the stool for me (thanks!), but going back was uphill so I had to take a bunch of breaks. On one of them I took a picture of my bass in the forest.

After I dropped off my bass I walked from the complex back to the academy to change into my tux. That was a long walk, too! I met up with Hessica and Christine there, who were getting a ride back to the complex, so at least I didn't have to walk back!

The concert went really well I thought. Mark said that he really enjoyed it and thought the basses were awesome. The picture below is the bass section after the concert with Mark. From left to right: Jared, Robin, Mark, Eric, Ray, Me and Kate.

After the concert the festival had a party for us at the Beach Gardens hotel. If I go back to this festival next summer I'm definitely staying at this place! They gave us a free beer and a bunch of food. I danced some - Christine had taught me how to salsa earlier in the week, so I made an attempt at that - haha - I'm not very good at it.Below is a picture of Kate, Mark and Ray at the party.