Friday 8th of August, 2003
...ooh, I'm full.
7:00 am Rise
7:30 am Sitting
1:00 pm Lunch
8:15 am Breakfast
4:00 pm Tea
9:30 am GP w. Shinku
Back to basics - A string, 1, 1/2, 1/3 etc, then 4th primary, all the time Shinku watching like a hawk. I'm disappointed to discover that I'm still making essentially the same mistakes I did at the beginning of the course.
10:30 am Big Circle dress rehearsal
12:30 pm Quiet time
2:30 pm Soundcheck.
6:00 pm Housework
6:30 pm quiet time
8:00 pm Big Circle performance
Something seemed to collapse. Partly this was due to the audience being late (due to a delayed train exactly as on the night of 'my' performance for Christian. The tension was palpable. Having so few things to play, I am able to look each potential disaster in the face. Goes alright but not gloriously: no note bummers in the circulation, but two timing bloopers (one early, with me stealing a note from Christian, another late). My part in Munsters goes glitchless but passion-free. The Courante circulation is attempted twice and twice collapses somewhere to my right. I have one bummer the second time round. I drop out a couple of notes of Peach Tree. But there was a feeling of struggle. Playing one note in this context is always more stressful than playing hundreds of notes in a normal gig.
8:45 pm Feast dinner buffet
Potatosaladandricesaladandgazpachosoupandlittlepastrythingsandotherlittlepastrythingsandlotsofyummythingsonbreadandcakesandchocsand...
...ooh, I'm full.
10:30 pm Circle (recording)
