Thursday 03/28/2024
AKA “an extra-value day” as Bill Pawek used to say. Tidied the house, watered the plants, off to Shustek to put in a few hours cataloging buttons (see 5.104). Left early so as to be back by 3pm, because I had been invited to be part of a photo shoot: assorted CH residents to be photographed in the dining room being served meals graciously while we smiled and oozed sophisticated charm.
From that, at 4pm, I joined AV team mentee Alice in the auditorium where she was setting up for a talk by Deana Wulff, organizer of Unite The Parks, an organization she created to promote the idea of a new national monument, Range of Light. It would comprise the present Sequoia National Forest and a few other forest lands, and connect Yosemite NP with Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP into a single unit.
I helped Ms. Wulff get her computer connected to the projector and set up the mics. And had a glass of wine and some snacks from the rather generous snack table Alice had set up. All that had to be cleared out by 6pm, and it was. Because at 6:30 a jazz trio were coming in to set up for a 7:30 concert.
This was Thu Ho, a local vocalist. She’s performed at CH once before. The real draw for me was that here accompanist was pianist Adam Klipple, who I’ve heard before in SFJazz concerts. Just a superb pianist, who took long extended solos that were very inventive. This event was run by Ian, who handled it easily.
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