SHOW TIME!

Good morning from the Warm-Up room at the Tampa Convention Center.  The time is 7:45am EST and we’re just beginning to pile into the warm-up room in preparation for our 9am concert.

Shout-out to our double bass section, who have all been extremely helpful and flexible in allowing us to acquire their rented instruments.  They look and sound great!

The group had an early morning this morning.  We just finished with breakfast (dressed in our concert black attire), distributed silver neckties, and we’re now ready to warm up.  We had to carry all of our instruments over at 6:30am from the hotel this morning, but the hotel staff has been very accommodating in carting our hefty cellos in their cases over via bellhop carts.  This made everyone’s lives easier and most importantly, preserved our cellists’ energies for when it’s really needed during the performance. 

At this moment, I hear the orchestra tuning with their concert A.  T-1 hour until concert time.  Everyone looks their best, sounds their best, and are ready to make their ASTA debut.  Thank you to all chaperones, parents, music teachers, and friends of Pacific Symphony who have gotten us to this point.  We’re now at the top of our game and Mrs. Kroesen is doing an excellent job at keeping everyone extremely focused.  We are ready.

I look forward to posting about our performance as soon as I can.  Check our facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/PSYEnsembles.

Musically yours - Bella