I finally got the URL for the Lakeshore Chamber Orchestra web site last night, so you can check that out. There are still some terrific pictures that have yet to go up – namely the formal “black” photo taken at our last concert in December, and the informal casual dress photo taken last November at one of our rehearsals.

I noticed again last night that the fingers on my left hand are getting black again from working on the fingerboard of my cello. While I’d love to assume that it’s due to my impassioned playing, I rather think that it’s the stain on the fingerboard starting to come off. It’s only a student cello after all. Although the last time I was at Shar in Toronto getting my strings changed, they looked at it and told me that it was a rather high quality student model – apparently it’s not plywood, its solid carved wood. When my stand-mate tried it a couple of weeks ago he exclaimed over how easy it was to get sound out of it, so I guess that dreamy, mellow, 350 year old cello I tried during the same trip to Shar which made me sound like Amanda Forsythe still isn’t a necessary replacement. Ah well.

Today is the official Drink Much In Honour Of Rob day – to Hurley’s we will go!