Life-Songs 6

Every time we put on a Life-Songs event we have some sort of disaster the week before. This time, our excellent lead guitarist came down with H1N1 on the morning of the concert. Jamie was driving round the country from town to town picking up bits of equipment when we got the phone call.

I couldn't get in touch with him, so called all the musicians we knew trying to find someone who could cope with being drafted in at the last minute to take over, but no luck. When Jamie eventually got home, we figured out a plan. He would take over lead guitar and we'd have to find someone else to play bass. We decided that people don't usually notice a less than perfect bass player, but they DO notice when the lead guitarist goes horribly wrong.

Only one problem with this. Jamie has not played lead guitar for a couple of decades. We rustled up a young bass player. Jamie had an hour to practice. Then off to the rehearsal before the concert. There's our bewildered looking new bass player over on the right, there. He did a fabulous job.

Jamie is concentrating hard here, using a borrowed guitar. But you know what? It all went very well. I think this band gets better and better with each concert. It was a really good night.

And some magazines arrived from my magazine swap! Pamela sent more than the agreed TWO, but I forgive her! {g} I'm enjoying getting through them. The recipes in A Taste of Home look wonderful!
This week holds some more Open Days at FE colleges (we started those last week), college applications for both kids, some intense English and Maths teaching, Jamie and I planning next week's 'Cafe Church' and I'm hoping to have the time and energy to drive to our old home ed group area to meet with some friends that I've not seen for months for lunch one day.

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Evenings are frantic as we taxi the kids Hither and Thither (where is Thither, anyway?), desperately hoping that Father Christmas will bring us a sat nav (gps) this year. I am so tired of getting lost and having to do 3 point turns on busy major roads. In the dark. In the rain. {g}

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And with that image, I will leave you this morning. Have a great week!