I'm glad it went well, Chela. I had a little trouble downloading the music at first, --there was some error at the site, but finally it was fixed. I've got it now and unzipped it. I plan to listen tomorrow started earlier this evening but I had to download some a more recent i-tunes so it would sound better. welcome back Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] I'm Back Now > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@freelists.org > Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12:23 AM > > > > > > > > I'm back now, > didn't end up playing the jazz tunes > nor taps so I didn't have to stress about playing the > song, "Night And Day" > which was on my mind all day today, only played Amazing > Grace with my buddy and > my solo at the end of the program, Fanfare For The Common > Man God Bless The USA > which made people applaud loudly, cry get really emotional, > then I and my buddy > played softly while a live high school jazz band played > several songs for the > dancing, and no one noticed us playing because the band was > loud, but we noticed > and it sounded fantastic, by the way, I was wrong about the > ship name in San > Francisco, it is the SS O'Brien and it is huge! Good > thing I didn't get lost in > it all, the food wasn't good though, hope you all > are doing fine and good > night. > On my solo to end the > program before the dancing, I > planned to play what I heard a trumpeter do on the music > minus one trumpet > version of "God Bless The USA," but instead I > jazzed it up a bit and instead of > ending it with the low note, B flat for trumpet, I found > myself going two > octaves high, not on purpose, I assure you all, oh wow, > what a night oh and they > all got a chuckle when I told the maestro, "Hit it > maestro!", because I didn't > know how else to signal him before I ended the fanfare for > the common man, so > did it before playing the last three notes then when he > played the music from > the CD, it came in on time, how perfect that > was! > Well, I'm off to bed > now, > -------------------- > "To me, music that breaks > your heart is the music that stays with you forever. > It's one thing to be > melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated, but when you > get the two of them > together in a way people can relate to, then I think > you're on to something. You > want the sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, > the beauty of the > arrangements, and the quality of the > performances."—Trumpeter Chris Botti---- > > -------------------- > Chela Robles > E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.