On Satruday night, we played two concerts of the same material. Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, and Tchiakovisky's 6th Symphony. A huge undertaking, and I played principle bass with Dr. Mark Morton in the Section along with three other fine bass players from Boulder, Colorado. It was amazing to play Beethoven, I have never had so much fun playing a symphony before. The entire night was introduced by the Mayor of Powell River, a rather Fairy Tale Political type, speaking in three languages and wearing a gold sash. Melissa and I retired to the tent after the concert and woke up early the next morning to catch a bus to Lund, BC (maybe 20min North of Powell River). We rented Kayaks there and happened to meet the conductor of our symphony, Aurthor Arnold. He took us out on the bay for a nice three hour tour. We saw Bald Eagles, ducks, crabs, lots of beautiful inlets and rock formations. This place is worthy of some more exploring. Then we returned to our instruments and practiced for our auditons this morning. All for now.
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