Wednesday 05/06/2026
Four of us hiked in the Baylands in the morning. Then I spent the rest of the day in my room, reading, a little guitar, practicing my song for tonight.
Also reading fan mail. I modestly quote two emails, one about my talk Monday,
HI Dave,
Your talk on Monday was Wonderful: interesting off-the-beaten-track topic, informative and amusing, with clear slides and delivered with your easy, relaxed style.
You clearly enjoyed what you were doing — and so did your audience. It sparked many mentions, and two long, enjoyable mealtime conversations.
And one about my duet with Mary yesterday afternoon,
You two sing tunefully and in sync despite singing counterpoint ,which has to be extremely challenging, can’t wait to hear you again tonight!!!
Modest blush here.
Ate a sandwich and an orange in my room, then went down at 6 to join the other cast members to set up for the Channing House Spring Concert. First up was three numbers by the harmonica group. Then three numbers by the Chorus. And two numbers by the Jazzy Trio, that’s Arlene on piano, Kay on flute, Stew on drums. Finally the big event of the evening, our pocket version of The Music Man. I had two parts, because one person dropped out. Grouchy towns person. Then a quick change of costume and I joined Mary in a duet. She sang “Will I Ever Tell You” and on the second verse I came in and sang “Lida Rose” in counterpoint. Big applause, and at the reception after, lots of people said it was great.
So now my big performing week is over. It was weird having two performance obligations in the same week. But it feels like a huge load off my mind to have the talk and the stage show behind me.
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