Fall finally showed up at our house, and it is certainly welcome. Love the cooler temperatures and the respite from a closed-up, blinds drawn, A/C churning house. However Fall is the time for pecan trees to drop pecans on the roof - and limbs on the driveway. As I write this I am hearing my neighbor dealing with a large, large fallen pecan limb in his front yard (and keeping my fingers crossed in regard to our own tree).
I have handled sound for weddings, funerals, church services, concerts and a lot of other events, but last week was a first - sound for a Symphony Orchestra. There is an organization in Austin named Central Texas Medical Orchestra, made up primarily of - you guessed it - people in the medical profession. They do four or so benefit concerts a season and they like our church building as a venue.
To be honest, it is not hard to handle house sound for an orchestra. Apart from the remarks from the Director and Conductor, all that was in this case was a hand-held mic for the soloist. When they come back in April and feature guests Lloyd Maines (father of Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines) and Terri Hendrix (co-wrote Dixie Chicks "Lil' Jack Slade," among others) with their multitude of instruments, it may be a different story.
My father was known for saying, in his latter years, that he "no longer bought green bananas." Since we know that bananas ripen in hours, if not days, we were amused. But I have a different perspective after buying some really green bananas back on September 16th. This is what they looked like on September 30 - some 14 days later. Still hard as a rock.
I'm thinking these bananas are going straight to petrified - forever green. They're now part of the Estate. Look for them to be noted in the will.
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