Tonight we had the Governor of the State of Indiana as a guest conductor. He was very cordial an did a good job. We miss one of our Second Tenors who suffered a minor heart attack today. He received treatment for a blocked artery and is doing well tonight, and will travel home tomorrow.
Two of the sisters who make the womens’ dresses.
The concert went very well, and the process of getting all of these people from one place to another is quite a major undertaking. The rehearsal was at the Bankers Life arena, where the performance took place. This was about a mile from the hotel. We took 10 buses from the hotel to the venue, rehearsed, took the buses back to the hotel for dinner, and then back again to the arena to change clothing and prepare for the performance. We have another concert tomorrow night at the Ravinia Festival in the Chicago area. That one is outdoors so it will have different kinds of issues to be dealt with. The “acoustical shell” we always have set up for us by the audio engineering staff makes it possible for the men to hear the women and the women to hear the men notwithstanding we are not facing each other. This helps us to sing more cohesively together. We had a good evening but we are all quite tired notwithstanding the extra time we had yesterday and today. Indianapolis is a very beautiful city and many of the choir members have had a wonderful time visiting all of the attractions it has available.
