no kidding

It's not a good sign when my 42 x 30 britches feel tight . I have been doing crunches for the last few days so I at least look a little less blob-like. I actually thought about walking home from my gig yesterday, but 90+ minutes in the sun without sunscreen did not seem like a brilliant idea. Besides, I had already been on my feet for three hours playing solo douçaine at the Saturday market. That was a fun gig! I found myself wanting to do more medieval music and Danish national song treasury while being annoyed at most of the handful of pop tuness that I brought. I only had about a dozen pop tunes but did not play them all. I thought I would enjoy the Abba more. I had Chiquitita and Fernando, for heaven's sake! I was also not playing much of the Icelandic stuff, and I brought a lot. I do, however, love playing that stuff with Jen as Darkwood Consort. Bass Clarinet and viola takes a little of the cuteness out of it tonewise, but the quality and entertainment value are definitely there. Our Icelandic program is actually one of our favorites, so I was surprised to be so annoyed by some of the same material yesterday. I guess the difference with the Danish tunes is that a lot of them go back to the 15-16th century when the douçaine was still around. my early ornamentation skills work really nicely there. Even in the 19th century Weyse, they seem to work and I love them on the douçaine.