Saturday 08/17/2024
Main activity today was to lead the noon tour at the museum. Peter came along. He’s a volunteer on our CH newsletter staff, and is doing a series of articles on residents who volunteer outside. I am the first subject. He already interviewed me, but he wants a picture so he came along to get a picture of me in my red shirt leading a tour.
Afterwards he very nicely said I lead a great tour, which was flattering.
Lots of email back and forth with people who are going to the concert tomorrow, or are dropping out, back and forth.
Before leaving for the museum I used an online site to strip the vocals from the recording of Carole King singing You’ve Got a Friend, and then to transpose it up from A-flat to C. So now we have audio of Carole King’s piano but in the key we want to sing in, for rehearsing to. The shit you can do with audio online is just ridiculous – and all free. Actually I’d be happy to pay that website’s owner, it’s so slick.
Ate supper early and then walked to Rinconada park where there was a concert on the lawn, a local group of women who perform under the name Blues Is a Woman (which is a line from an old blues song I think). Anyway they were ok but I left after half an hour.
Codgerville 