Tuning the Air #182, with the Thornton Creek Kids Circle

A Tuning the Air Journal

Thursday June 10, 2010 – Tuning the Air #182, with the Thornton Creek Kids Circle

Much to process and write about this. For now, just the facts:

Joel Palmer – Improvised preshow music

Thornton Creek Kids Circle:

Enters playing a thrakish call and response, which continues as we march once around the Great Hall, and take our seats at the east end. The Tuning the Air team follows, each taking up a seat near their place in the circle.

• Dirty Water – from our seats. From there on we are on our feet and on the move.
• Whizz – from the north side of the room
• The Blues – Curt in a chair on the west side of the room, blasting out-of-tune blues licks, with Jaxie and the Kids marching around the room doing the accompaniment.
• Spider Web Circulation – from the south side of the room
• La Bamba – standing in front of our original seats on the east side

The Tuning the Air performers move to their positions in the circle and put on their guitars. The Kids take places between the adults.

• Circulation on any note of your choice.

Kids Circle re-gathers at the east end, takes their bow, and exits to the green room.

Tuning the Air:

As Joel begins the opening music for the Tuning the Air segment, the house team strikes the chairs set up for the Kids Circle, and sets Curt’s guitar out. Jaxie and Curt escort the Kids out to join their families in the audience, and we take our places in the TTA Circle.

• Joel Palmer – C Harmonic Minor
• Ringing in C Harmonic Minor
• Voices of Ancient Children
• Cultivating the Beat
• The Children’s Hour (world debut!)

• From the Hat: A Quiet Song

• Pipeline

• Address the Audience – Curt
• Circulating through the audience, as the spirit moves
• Sigh and a Kiss
• A Day In The Life

• From the Hat: A One-Minute Collage, with each player on a 5-note phrase of their choice (with special guest Bill Rieflin in the role of timer)

• Space Zombies! From Outer Space! – with Joel Palmer providing awesomely creepy ambience.

Encore:

TTA team exits. When we return we are carrying guitars for the Kids. We take our places in the circle, invite the Kids back up from the audience to join us.

• La Bamba (Slight Return)