It was a dark and stormy night ... it truly was, last night here.
The skies were dark and the rain steady as I was preparing to leave work for the drive home. I got a call from my oldest son just as I was walking out of the office ... he was at church and wondered if I could swing by and pick him up. So I did.
As we left the church, I asked if we could stop at the music store first to find something to play for church in a couple Sundays from now (I was looking for something along the lines of a small ensemble (duet, trio, quartet)).
While we were there, my cell phone rang (well, buzzed, as it was in vibrating mode). My oldest daughter called from home to tell us that she heard there was a tornado spotted at Jordan Lake on highway 64 (not more than 5 minutes from our home). We quickly finished our purchases and headed home.
The drive from the music store to the house was difficult. That's the most rain I've driven through in many years, and it was windy.
We arrived home and were safe, and we found out later that 8 different tornado sightings were reported, including one that touched down less than a half mile from our house! Fortunately, that one just took some trees out, but there were other homes in the area that were damaged last night.
The rest of the family (who had been at church rehearsing the children's musical, to be performed tonight (my youngest son has the male lead, playing the role of Daniel)) had to huddle in the church basement, it turns out, when the tornado warnings were announced.
It was a dark and stormy night, indeed!
Oh, incidentally ... we found a couple nice pieces at the music store. One is an arrangement of Variations on Judas Maccabeaus, arranged by William Bell (the Jimi Hendrix of the tuba, more or less). This is a tuba solo with piano accompaniment ... we (oldest son and I) played it last night a couple times through, and I think it will work nicely for church. It's a beautiful piece. I was thoroughly impressed with my son's piano sight-reading ... he has far surpassed me!
2 comments:
Did William Bell ever set his tuba on fire?
Placid Quake ... William Bell tended to play the acoustic tuba rather than the electric, and his late night jam sessions typically involved grapes and lots of sugar, rather than music. It's little known that he indeed was at Woodstock. He wasn't on stage though. He was in charge of the Valet Parking lot.
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