Tuning the Air 173; Closing Night 2009, part 2

A Tuning the Air Journal

Thursday December 17, 2009 – Tuning the Air 173; Closing Night 2009, part 2

The setlist, as recalled by the House Manager, with corrections and verifications from the team:

Tuning the Air 173
Thursday December 17, 2009
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Fall Season Show #11

Preshow:

Joel Palmer Improvisations

Set:

Cultivating the Beat – preplanned
Twilight – from the Hat, called by Jaxie
Touchdown Tornado, improv – from the Hat, called by Jaxie
Brazil – called by Howard
Shostakovich Prelude XXII – from the Hat, called by Taylor
Poker Night, improv – from the Hat, called by Bob
Bus Artist – from the Hat, called by Bob
Circulation in C Harmonic Minor – requested by Bob (after Voices was pulled from the Hat)
Voices of Ancient Children – from the Hat, called by Curt
Jaxie talked
Horn Up Your Ass for Jaxie's Birthday, played standing (all except Jaxie), called by Curt
Kashmir – preplanned
Batrachomyomachy – from the Hat, called by Curt
F major – from the Hat, called by Chris (Joel's choice of Hat--mystery or repertoire)
In My Room – from the Hat (Joel's choice of Hat--mystery or repertoire)
Little Gangsters – called by Jaxie
Wig Maker with swirl circulation – Curt called "one more" from the Hat; performance team extra connection/communication was needed to make sure this began with the swirl rather than right into the Wig Maker, which in Curt's words was "really good"
La Rueda – called by Igor (just as Curt was about to say "Igor's choice")
Thrak – preplanned
Eye of the Needle – preplanned

About forty percent of the audience gave a standing ovation, then folks began to slip out, get coats . . .

Encore:

None this evening