Cache of the Day - Another Treasure!

I LOVE this! I LOVE playing with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, an organization I have been participating in for the past eight years.

I play flute and piccolo and we just had our rehearsal last night for the upcoming "Night in Old Vienna", a GLORIOUS evening of food and dancing held in an opulent venue. More info on that can be found on our web site http://www.bloomingtonsymphony.us/.

How did I get so lucky? How did I know, when I decided to play the flute a gazillion years ago, that I would end up in the best place in the orchestra? Not only do I get to play an instrument that can be coerced to express the innermost feelings of the player, but this instrument is positioned in the MIDDLE of the orchestra. Talk about surround-sound!

I can barely concentrate on my playing when I'm surrounded by the strings in front of me, the rest of the winds behind me, and the composition of Strauss, "The Waltz King". I get made fun of a lot because I can't sit still when I play. It's not good to be so "distracting", but the music touches me to the point where I can't help myself. The music for NIOV is particularly this way....I just want to get up and dance!

Playing with a symphony orchestra is truly a treasure in my life and one that I discovered early in life. This is a cache I love finding over and over!