Hi Everybody, yesterday was the Parry Sound Dragon Boat Festival I think this was something like the 7th year we have done it and I’m not kidding every single time rain has been an issue, including yesterday. On Friday the forecast said 60-70% chance of showers and a thunderstorm was suppose to hit at 11 AM, right in the middle of our first set. If you have been following my blog you have probably figured out that rain is the enemy, especially when we have a new pans. The quality of these instruments are absolute top notch and we are very careful with them so the last thing we want is for them to get soaked. Well anyway back to yesterday. When we got there it was slightly rainy and very misty, turns out we didn’t have to worry about a thunderstorm we were in the clouds, well a fog cloud that is. Set-up went OK although it makes it a little bit more work when you can’t set the cardboard boxes that we transport the pans in on the wet grass for obvious reasons (they’re cardboard after all).

When it was time to perform there wasn’t to much of an audience but as soon as we started it seemed to attract people because soon we had a decent sized crowd. I have to admit there wasn’t as many people as there have been in past years but there wasn’t as many people at the event over all. I suppose most were put off by the forecast and usually people show up to the beach in the afternoon when it gets sunny but seeing as it never did…It was kind of chilly out so we got a chance to break out our new fleeces. This past winter some anonymous person donated fleeces for the entire orchestra…AWESOME. I guess they have seen us shivering on cold days so they decided they could help us out. Thank you who ever you are!

All Smiles

NICE Fleece

9 Bass at Work

Almost Done

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