stopping to smell the roses

So I stopped for a minute last week to consider a few things. Here's what I came up with.

Last Monday was Columbus Day. Columbus was far from a hero during his lifetime. He was imprisoned prior to his 4th voyage to the new world and was nearly a cripple during said voyage. Ironic.

All 3 of the marching band shows that I wrote qualified for State Finals several weeks ago. Very happy about that and for those students and their staffs. Hoping this will increase my business. Also noted that when the last of the 3 qualified, they were only the third Class C band in the state to do so and I wrote 2 of those 3 bands' shows (Columbus Grove and Kalida). As of today, there are only 6 C bands qualified for state (and I wrote 1/3 of them). Bellefontaine is a Class A band and there are quite a few more of those in state, but Bellefontaine's show is really making an impression. Not by far the best executed show out there, but a very memorable one. People cry during the ballad. Judges and directors have been commenting about it all over the place. Crazy.

Marketing firms like me. I'm getting calls for multiple interviews with marketing firms right now, including one in Denver. Tempting.

As I've not been as actively involved in teaching one specific marching band this fall, I've been much more available on weekends. Toward that end, I've played a lot more gigs this fall. Crazy.

It's awful warm out for October.

People do crazy things. It's a fact.