Christmas at our place was quite large...22 people in all. We went to church in the morning, and then promptly came home to cook for the rest of the day! The feast was quite amazing - so much food, so many people!
Went to some of the post-Christmas sales, but definitely not the Boxing Day rush of Myer and David Jones. I'd gone to bed the night before (or morning!) at 3am after the clean-up (including staying up to see the end of the dishwashing cycle, as it was the first time we used the machine!) so a serious sleep-in was in order. As well as watching the cricket.
Managed to catch up with a couple of friends (well, will do so by the end of this week!). But mostly been hiding at home, enjoying the air-conditioning!
Camp music came (finally!) - I was expecting Stravinsky. Instead, I got Shostakovich and Ades. Which shocked me a little. Because I was prepared for hard. And got and easy bit and a VERY VERY hard bit. I think I got the harder end of the deal! And I also got AYO music, which is mostly fun. The Shostakovich is mostly octaves (including 31 bars of A octaves at a very loud dynamic!), with some other bits in-between, including a few solos yay! The Bernstein is so much fun (quite complex and hard though!) but it's not a boring piano part, which is good - ie. I don't sit there for most of the piece only to play a little segment. I actually play for most of the piece. It should be fun. We got the itinerary for the three-week tour, which looks like lots of fun. We're mostly based in Melbourne, but will be travelling to Geelong for a concert, as well as to Canberra for a few days (9hr coach ride ahh!) as well as to Sydney for a couple of days as well.
I'm off to Adelaide this weekend, which I'm excited about (but a little nervous woo!). Should be fun. Don't really know what is going to go down there, but should be good. And then home for another week and a half and then off again. Wow, these holidays are going pretty fast!
Social idea for Melbourne '09.....
Let's go to the outdoor movies at the Botanic Gardens when I get back to Melbourne!
What do you think?
Monday, January 05, 2009
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