So, we'll rehearse Escape Wisconsin this afternoon, to get it ready for the 11/26 "Winter's Eve" concert at Commerce Bank. I've cut the cello part back still further; when I watched the video from 10/18, everything started to sound scrabbly starting at "Ecstatic," which is where I think we need to cut back on who is playing what...

I've been working with Farrah and Brian individually on "Hallelujah," and I think the first movement is finally starting to come together. Brian is in Hong Kong all this week, but he promised to show up on Sunday at Steinway's to rehearse with Farrah and me this coming Sunday night, post-turkey. We're going to aim to play it at the end of the Winter's Eve program, just to give it a test drive.

Ira Mowitz and I talked on Saturday, and the issue we're most concerned about right now is sound set-up, most of all for the "road shows" we'll be doing at four area public schools, provided that we get the MTC grant (we'll know December 1st). Also, he really wants Ramin to play upright bass, so I need to see if it's feasible...

And finally: I need to get moving on getting Noelle's excellent logo onto some t-shirts...

That's all for now. -j