October 11, 2003
Thundering Percussion bass_drum_mallets.jpg

I brought the thunder sheet and ABS pipe frame to choir rehearsal today. By bending the sheet I managed to fit it into the trunk and close the lid. Somebody asked me about painting lighting bolts on it. That would be fine except I need to step on the sheet and bend it to get rid of the kinks arising from the folding and the stuffing it in the trunk.

I got to “thunder” it at rehearsal during the appropriately named piece, “Cloudburst.” Apparently I should be using a bass drum mallet — probably the #8 size in the image. According to the description, it is a fuzzy-felted piece of cork on a stick. Maybe an old tennis ball on a stick might do. In that same piece I sing a brief solo, too. Should be a fun concert next Saturday.

 
Posted by jservice at October 11, 2003 10:56 PM
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