Adventures (Saturday)
May. 18th, 2015 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kayreA longtime online friend (LJ, then FB) posted about a concert that would be held at her church-- a fundraiser for restoration of their 130 year old pipe organ. It was about 2 hours away (at least by the direct route), and the weather looked promising, so I decided to go!
Of course I didn't take the direct route; I went wandering through the Berkshires, bought asparagus and jam, and took pics which I will eventually process and post, and arrived at the concert a few minutes late. But I only missed the opening bits, and throughly enjoyed a concert of not only organ music but also other local talent.
Afterwards all were invited to come see the organ and even go into the surprisingly large pipe room, and of course I did. After my turn among the pipes, I hovered around the console while another audience member made many comments and asked many questions and took up the prime spot behind the console. The organist who was demonstrating finally asked if he would like to play, at which the visitor said "Oh, no no no" and backed off... so I said "I'd love to, if I may!" So I scooted in and started checking it out. The person guiding folks through the pipe room leaned out, looked startled to see me there, and then asked, "Could you play something on the manual please?" So I did, and then on the pedals, and then operated the swell pedal, and in short did the entire demo, and had a blast doing it. What a treat!
Then my friend and I had dinner together and a nice chat, and I headed home by the faster route (after plucking a parking ticket off my windshield-- oops!).
Of course I didn't take the direct route; I went wandering through the Berkshires, bought asparagus and jam, and took pics which I will eventually process and post, and arrived at the concert a few minutes late. But I only missed the opening bits, and throughly enjoyed a concert of not only organ music but also other local talent.
Afterwards all were invited to come see the organ and even go into the surprisingly large pipe room, and of course I did. After my turn among the pipes, I hovered around the console while another audience member made many comments and asked many questions and took up the prime spot behind the console. The organist who was demonstrating finally asked if he would like to play, at which the visitor said "Oh, no no no" and backed off... so I said "I'd love to, if I may!" So I scooted in and started checking it out. The person guiding folks through the pipe room leaned out, looked startled to see me there, and then asked, "Could you play something on the manual please?" So I did, and then on the pedals, and then operated the swell pedal, and in short did the entire demo, and had a blast doing it. What a treat!
Then my friend and I had dinner together and a nice chat, and I headed home by the faster route (after plucking a parking ticket off my windshield-- oops!).
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Date: 2015-05-19 10:21 am (UTC)