I had quite a journey last week and was torn away from my blog to tend to some work related issues. All work and no play as it were.
Glad to be back.
For anyone who hasn't traveled down around Windsor and southern Ontario, it is definitely worth the trip. I was there in a snow storm and it was gorgeous.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were full of meetings, and sales calls. However Thursday I was slotted for a 6 30 flight that became a 9 45 flight... Which led to a very fast run through Toronto Pearson Airport to find out Air Canada had bumped me as I was two minutes late for my connection. Next flight was Friday morning so I over-nighted in TO and hopped back on first thing in the morning.
Of course they lost my bag for several hours... cause they're Air Canada.
Bumped in to two good buddies on Friday night. Friend of the band George Hamilton was in attendance at the King's Head Pub and we had a good visit. I also enjoyed a great visit with my good friend Nate Mitchell. I always like catching up with good buddies.
All in all a quiet weekend. The PPBAM Indoor contest will go ahead on March 16th so I've been brushing my solo students up. With the two new students from Transcona I'm pressing our luck getting them on new scores for a new contest, but it's important I get them set up in my development system where I want them.
While I was hunkered down in this snow storm I also got some time to edit some scores. I'm trying to fight my way back to the style that got me a qualification at the world's and a 1st in drumming in the Maxville Medley. I also want to be able to play as cleanly and expressively as possible, so this requires opening some stuff up and letting the music breathe a bit.
Look forward to a little bit more structured Saspb drum corp in the future contests. I think I've got my finger on the pulse of what I'm trying to do. So hopefully things will work out.
Talk tomorrow,
Sean
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