Back At the Govenor's Mansion

Once again Lovejoy's chamber orchestra found itself within the confines of the Govenor's Mansion. This time, however, it was by very, ver personal invitation from the Govenor himself for a more secluded affair than the annual Christmas celebration. We were not informed of what the actual event was held for or, for whom, but we were asked to play greeting music!
On this particular occasion we were put in a room right off of the main door and were to play as respectable men and women walked through the front of the house and greeted each other. Unfortunately, one of the highlights of the night, before our performance, including realizing that my stand partner had grabbed the wrong folder before we left the school. Luckily, because Lovejoy is constantly called to play for events and has a general music program for such, we happened to have a few of the pieces that we were going to play in the folder we had grabbed, but not all. Apart from a few seating changes, according to the music, and a piece that the second violinists played straight from memory for everyone else's sakes, the night went spactacularly well.
After our performance, Govenor Perdue himself strode in to acknowledge our musical presense and joyfully posed to take pictures with us. Performing with the most talented kids at Lovejoy High is something I will sure not forget.

4/8/09
Total Number of Hours: 6