I realized today, with a bit of a shock, that I haven't written a new note in nearly a month. Even worse, the last note I wrote was the rather dismal one about my harp smashing into a billion pieces.
By a billion I mean like two.
Anyway, what has been going on in the past month?
In the past month, I decided to record a "solo album" (with several special guests) and now am in the throes of pre-recording madness. We found a new recording studio in Lancaster which is run by John LaVausser, who has excellent equipment, good advice, and most importantly, makes a great cup of coffee. I am set to record the bulk of the album in the next few weeks, so please keep the project in your prayers. Hopefully it will be out this August! The songs range from classics such as "Amazing Grace" and "Over the Rainbow" to "Karjalan" an obscure Finnish song about primevel forests and bear-wrestling, so hopefully there will be something for everyone.
Seasons also added some new gigs, such as Artsfest, Concerts on the Corner, and also possibly a concert at Italian Lake (if the funding goes through) some new songs, new instruments, and new members. Mary-Clare has been playing with us more and more, and also is cladestinely working on Galway Piper in order to play it faster than either me or Peter.
Seasons is also going to be working on a new CD this summer, which will probably have alot of our original material, such as River Song, Sailor's Lullaby, Angelo, and who knows what else.
Recently, Seasons performed at the WJTL talent contest at the Sertoma Chicken Barbeque. In true Lee fashion, we went to the barbeque and did not buy chicken, because you couldn't buy just light meat, and the only vegetable for a side dish was potato chips. Other talents featured were a four-year-old hula hooper (seriously, this kid was awesome, the way her mom gave her hand signals from the front of the stage made me think of SeaWorld) several jugglers (though unfortunately the one who juggled fire went first, which made the others rather anticlimactic), a breakdancing team, and a couple other musical acts. While we didn't win (the Breakdancers brought their entire church along to vote for them) we had a great time performing and catching up with Lisa Landis from the Kids Cookie Break and other members of the WJTL family. Also, the Martin family showed up, so we dragged all our camping chairs across the park to sit by them and catch up! Honestly, we count a sucessful performance as one where the audience refrains from throwing things at us, so by Seasons standards this was a fantastic show!
On Wednesday Peter and I went to Elysburg to perform at a Carmelite Monastery, but this experience was so awesome that it deserves a note of its own, which will hopefully come along tomorrow!
This weekend Seasons is playing a whopping four gigs, in a variety of places:
Mary-Kate--Canada, playing music for a Medieval play at the University Toronto
Mary-Teresa--playing a wedding and two private parties
Mary-Grace--with Teresa at the parties
Peter--one private party and directing the choir.
After this we all plan to collapse on Sunday night, eat pizza, and hopefully watch Lord of the Rings.
Well, after we all fight over what movie to watch, hopefully I will win and we will watch LOTR.
