Christmas stand-in...

[barliman2001]

Just got a call from a choir conductor... he needs me as second trumpet in Mozart's Piccolomini Mass on Christmas Day...
modern, well-heated church, playing in the organ loft (civvies permitted)... so all the plans of spending Christmas Day with my mother-in-law went overboard - no turkey for me!

[SSmith1226]

@barliman2001 said in Christmas stand-in...:

Just got a call from a choir conductor... he needs me as second trumpet in Mozart's Piccolomini Mass on Christmas Day...
modern, well-heated church, playing in the organ loft (civvies permitted)... so all the plans of spending Christmas Day with my mother-in-law went overboard - no turkey for me!

Tough choice!
Mother-in-law

                             vs

                                   Gig

[administrator]

Wow, what a tough decision you have to make.

I had the choice between getting stuck in snow or chilling on a beach in Mexico. As you can imagine, I agonized over that decision for months.

[Dr GO]

@barliman2001 said in Christmas stand-in...:

Just got a call from a choir conductor... he needs me as second trumpet in Mozart's Piccolomini Mass on Christmas Day...
modern, well-heated church, playing in the organ loft (civvies permitted)... so all the plans of spending Christmas Day with my mother-in-law went overboard - no turkey for me!

Maybe when you return home, there may still be room in the dog house!

[Dr GO]

My choice was to play a big band Christmas church performance with 19 others, playing Stan Kenton Christmas charts...

or

Playing a more traditional Lutheran Church service with just me playing descant Hymnal trumpet parts and an Organist.

Not such a tough choice... do I divide the collection plate with 19 individuals, or just 2?.. Hum!

[barliman2001]

@Dr-GO We don't have a dog house... luckily, there is a maxim in the family that stand-ins always come first. Last stand-in was my wife doing Olga Kokozova in The Count of Luxembourg at two hours' notice...