Day 2 - OPENING CONCERT!
10:45AM:
I’m gonna cry. It’s always been such a gargantuan dream to make music outside in my beloved Airdrie … together with the fall leaves, trees, water, fresh air, the symphony of nature surrounding us, the giggles of children biking by (“wow that’s a BIG piano! I love piano! ), the sun on our faces…
And now we’re actually HERE, feeling and hearing and breathing it all, jumping up and down in joy and tears and frozen fingers…
There’s still so much to sort out, but it’s happening. Piano is here. We hear the music. You hear the music. You hear our laughter. You hear in our voices just how grateful and excited we are to begin this sharing, this celebration.
Come back at 5pm. Right here on the water. There shall be music and love and dreams being lived in full.
“Connections: Sowing the Seeds”
10:15AM piano delivered.
10:17AM wait what’s wrong with the keys, they’re all displaced!
11:45AM mic/speaker/amp system can’t be picked up, need to drive 1.5 hours again round trip this afternoon
12:00PM interview with radio while speaking to endearing community members and putting out logistical fires
2:00PM piano tuning and key glued back on… thanks Plam!
2:30PM second attempt to get sound equipment, deal almost fell through
2:45PM stuck in rush hour traffic from Calgary
3:45PM sound equipment delivered
3:55PM power nap in the parking lot, listening to the birds, feeling the breeze, reminding myself why. why. why. this is why. this is the beauty of it all
4:05PM mom is here, residents are here, the sun, the light is perfect. we are here, everything is falling into place.
4:15PM dresses and make up on, we’re glowing.
4:50PM sound system still not set up, sound check still questionable
4:55PM kids gathering to participate in our writing activities!?
5:03PM shall we start? …
5:05PM smiles. eyes smiling. nod? nod.
let’s do this.
let the magic unfold.
this is us. this is not us, this is everything. this is not nearly everything. this is something. anything. whatever, whatever it is, i love so much, i love the whatever. let it be, let it be, let it be here.
More reflections soon… still so much, too much to process. Still so much to come… <3
