Quintet Road Show - The Final Chapter

The APU Faculty Woodwind Quintet did it's final road show for the semester Thursday morning.

Today we were at Don Bosco Tech in Rosemead.

Here's Rufus finishing his breakfast as he exits his car:

He also treated me to an impromptu vocal rendition of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning".

You just can't beat that.

Here's my post:

We played for a room full of polite, attentive young men:

I really appreciated the remark made by one beaming young man as he left the concert.

He was grinning from ear to ear as he said, "Thank you so much! I feel so inspired now!"

You can't beat that.

I love my job.

Still to come: News from Siam (but not until tomorrow night)

Quintet Road Show Part 2: The Carpool is Leaving When?????

"The carpool is leaving the Myrtle Avenue Park and Ride in Monrovia at 7am."

What?

Did I mention that I'm not a morning person?

The APU Faculty Woodwind Quintet hit the road for Part 2 of it's roadshow early this morning.

I left the house at 6am.

Ouch.

We were grateful to escape wall to wall morning commute traffic to something more scenic:

We had a 9:40 concert at Bakersfield Christian High School.

Mr. Cross, director of the school's excellent band, welcomed us:

The bleachers went from this:

...to this:

This was my post for the morning:

After the concert I got to meet the wonderful and talented Bakersfield Christian High flute section (Hi Ladies!):

I even rubbed shoulders with "Frederick" and "Mabel", stars of this weekend's school production of "Pirates of Penzance".

Before heading home we hit the best burger place anywhere:

We needed to fuel up for Quintet Road Show Part 3.

But first, I'm back in "Siam" tonight.

I really love my job!

Quintet Road Show

The APU Faculty Woodwind Quintet hit the road today.

We visited Valley Christian High School to play for their orchestra class.

Nathan is the band and orchestra director.

He is an APU grad currently working on his Masters:

Here are Rufus and Jenny before the concert:

Stephanie always sounds great:

Jane is ready to go:

I'm still a little hazy from last week's work:

We've got a few more road shows coming up.

I'll keep you posted.