Tuning the Air 166

A Tuning the Air Journal

Thursday October 15, 2009 – Tuning the Air 166

Up in the pitch black dark for the morning sitting. Happily, the weather seems to have abated somewhat. Tuesday was blustery and rainy, and yesterday was borderline torrential at times. I have no solid, quantifiable, evidence that rain keeps people away from the show, but it does feel like it would be a deterrent. In truth, it seems that really good weather, especially in the spring and summer when the sun doesn’t set until late at night, is more demonstrably bad for attendance. But maybe it is all entirely in my imagination.

Good lesson with Mary Beth, working on playing all of the parts of Eye of the Needle. She is pretty much there, and even the parts she is less proficient with, she at least knows how they go and understands how they work with the other parts. After the lesson we headed over to Fremont Abbey Arts Center to hang the banner and set out the sandwich boards.

Now home, doing some cooking so that I will be able to have a solid midday meal before heading out for the show. Practicing as well. One lesson coming up in the early afternoon.

Rumor is that there is a birthday in the team today. If it is true, Horn Up Your Ass will likely make an appearance in the encore. If not, I don’t imagine Christina’s cake will go uneaten. We’ll just have to find a different reason to celebrate.

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Tuning the Air 166
Thursday October 15, 2009
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Fall Season Show #4

Preshow:

Joel Palmer Improvisations

Set:

Entrance and Zither - F Harmonic Minor
Tuning The Air - F Harmonic Minor
Zither - F Harmonic Minor: double reverse
The Wig Maker (Gibson)
Sigh and a Kiss (Williams)
Cultivating the Beat (Williams)

Prelude XXII in G Minor (Shostakovich)
Circulation in C Harmonic Minor
Voices of Ancient Children (Kabusacki/Nunez)
Batrachomyomachy (Geballe)

Aquarela do Brasil (Barrosa)
Circulation in C Major
In My Room (Wilson)

Address the audience

Tuning The Air - KfaD scale
Mevlevi Greeting - KfaD scale
King for a Day (Jensen)

My Precious Dream (Binder)
The Bus Artist (Abuladze/Metcalf)
Kashmir (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham)
Twilight (Williams)

Encore Potential:

49 Notes (Golden)
Eye of the Needle (Fripp)
Lament (Geballe)
Little Gangsters (Little Gangsters) (Abuladze)
Music for a Found Harmonium (Jeffes)
Thrak (Fripp)