The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89103   Message #1718893
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
15-Apr-06 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
Subject: RE: BS: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
And Ron: I understand the phenomenon of being too wound up to go right to sleep after a concert. There's something abnormal about having people focus all of their attention on you for a couple of hours, and you're trying to get through it without making a mistake. For me, two hours of not making a mistake is daunting, and ultimately very tiring. That's even more exagerated when I am doing a concert alone, or with the Messengers. In a 40 man Male Chorus, there's room to hide. That's not true with the Messengers. If you mess up a harmony, people are going to hear it. I don't get tired preparing for a concert, no matter how demanding the practices may be. Hey! You're expected to make some mistakes in practice. But after a concert, I am worth nothing for awhile...

Tell us how it went... sounds like it was a good night for you.

Jerry