Post-Production: Glitterville Gala/Concert

* Tons of people - had a good time; lots of costumes; but ran out of food;
* Concert - well enough

A couple of impressions about last night's KO Glitterville Gala/Concert at the Tennessee Theater:

• There was a ton of people there
• Everybody had a great time
• More hors d'oeuvres next time
• I actually have a voice left with which to sing at church this morning

Seemed like the party/concert idea was a great success. There were probably a hundred or so people waiting when the doors opened at about 6 p.m. And, boy, did most folks dress out! A few "resourceful" folks grabbed Obama portraits off the web to masquerade in. (Rather ironic, since it's usually the politicians themselves that we find that are wearing a mask this time of year.) But the beau, uh... belle of the ball had to be none other than Hillary Clinton, as played by a certain countertenor at UT. Everyone said he looked just like her.

And how about Stephen Brown's decorations! You know, Halloween is really a kind of low-brow holiday. Other than Christmas, it's probably the easiest holiday to make tacky if you're not careful. Wel, duh! Of course, Stephen Brown's going to be careful! Everything just reeked of classiness. (I have to admit, though, that I didn't get to get too close a look at what all was put out.) Amazing that a kid from Rockwood, which, I'm sure Stephen would admit, isn't exactly a cultural mecca, world go on to be fawned over by companies and well-to-dos world-wide for his taste and style in decorating for special occasions. As I'm sure they would say in Rockwood, "Ya done good thar, boy!"

The concert, likewise, seemed to go okay. As is usually the case with these kinds of things, the chorus kind of forgot their dynamics and fell back on the the old habit of loud-louder-loudest. It's always harder to sing very softly when you, as a performer in front of an audience, let the adrenaline run haywire. It does make for a lively performance, though. I think the "Sweeney Todd" scenes had a lot more energy than any rehearsal we had. Kudos to everyone for not letting that energy get out of hand on the fugal sections. Really easy to do that, too, when you're pumped for a performance.

Oh, well. We put that one to bed. But, ever vigilant, we start "Rigoletto" rehearsals next week. See ya then.

P.S. Like a total spaz, I never could remember my camera; however, Martin brought his and filled up an entire 2 Gb card with photos which he's posting on Flikr. When he gets them up on the web, I'll ask him for a link to them.