Big finish to the summer-- more plays!

I am currently one week into rehearsing "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" at MSMT. I am at the rehearsal space 6 days a week running music, staging and singing. If I didn't like Brunswick before, I now have a reason to explore enough of it to fix that feeling. Luckily, I am glad that MSMT is near where I normally work, and that the community is quiet and accepting of the arts.

Nothing has been put on hold as I lead a roughly 10-6p daily schedule for this play. I still have found a way to work around this schedule, and my one off day at the theatre is spent teaching lessons at the center. Some days I leave at 9am and return by 9pm. I can handle that for a month. I was also able to land a second play through MSMT that happens between performances of Seven Brides (which will be 8 times a week). I will be playing for Godspell (again) to make a little extra while I am in the area.

The month of July belongs mostly to the banjo for me. I am playing my grandfather's 1930's Bacon Co. Gordon "Rajah" Irish tenor banjo. I had to fix it slightly, and it still is not quite up to specs, but it looks interesting and carries along some history with it. I may want something louder, but this is working well for its size and mix with the other instruments. The point is, I owe it to my grandfather (who passed in the mid 1990's) to play this banjo on stage again.

At the end of July, the theatre season doesn't end for me. I will be playing bass for CLT's production of "Hairspray".

  I have an EOS gig during the production that I don't intend missing, so I have a bass sub for me on opening night. Unfortunately, opportunities don't arise as much as they should, and conflicting schedules makes knowledge of local musicians useful. I am glad to know so many!

I will return to this blog at the end of the month to weigh in on how things have gone-- hopefully with pictures.

Thanks!