Criminal Masterminds

I heart band!

So I've been on band tour since Tuesday, and I've had the most amazing week. Granted, bus sleeping does not equal bed sleeping, but I've been sleeping a lot because we've had a total of about 22 hours on the bus... and most of that time was dedicated to sleeping. yay! There were a few moments on tour during the concerts where I was listening and the only thing that popped into my head was "wow. This is why I love band. It's so pretty. Jones started getting teary eyed last night during the Gillingham... everything fell into place. it was amazing. Summary of tour:
Tuesday: leave Moorhead, arrive Decorah. Play concert in beautiful hall. Concert went well. Homestay.
Wednesday: leave Decorah, arrive Des Moines. Discover that the truck with the percussion stuff, the dresses, and the music is on the side of the road and has broken down. Wait for truck. Truck arrives. Play concert in crappy hall. Not great concert. Homestay. We get home, and our host sister accidentally burned the hell out of the brownies she was making. Smoke everywhere. Good laugh.
Thursday: Leave Des Moines, arrive Cedar Rapids. Play very good concert. See uncle that I haven't seen or talked to in 9 years. Awkward. But good time. Homestay.
Friday: Leave Cedar Rapids, arrive Stillwater. School is having lockdown drill, which causes slight delay. Beautiful hall, amazing concert. Leave Stillwater for cities. Party bus! (aka, put in CD of dance music, and entire bus stands in aisle and dances all the way to Minneapolis. First college party. I'm pathetic.) Get lost in Minneapolis, eventually find the Hyatt. Check in, do homework, sleep at 1.
Saturday: Wake up at 10:30, out of hotel at 11. Find Caribou Coffee, sit and do homework for most of the day. Phone call at about noon... it's my dad and my brother. Lorne tells me he's engaged. Crystal freaks out for a little while. She's better now. Still ignoring homework, she types this post.

I still heart band.

posted by The Clarinet Goddess @ 1:18 PM