Zero for Two

Well, I can't seem to play in a concert. After two and a half years of not playing in a band I was so excited to be able to play in a community band again. Practices and rehearsals led up to a March concert- and I got sick.

Well, along came more rehearsals and more practicing and what promised to be an even better concert, playing some different and fun arrangements. We got all set up, ran some warm-ups, and were all set. For an outdoor concert. When the lady comes running out of a nearby apartment telling us there's a tornado warning.

Some of us (including a couple storm spotters) looked around and realized that the storms were southeast of us and moving to the northeast. Not a problem. So we quickly started the concert and finished the first song. And yes, the tornado warning was supposedly for the city and we should quit.

Looking at the radar when I got home I am not sure the warning was for the whole city, especially since no sirens went off. But we wouldn't have been able to finish the concert anyway since rain came along.

So now I'm zero for two on concerts. Next will be a repeat of today's concert in a nearby town as part of a community band festival. Maybe someone should warn them that I'm coming.

But, mother nature does seem to have allowed summer to arrive. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.