{"id":2682,"date":"2015-12-11T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/?p=2682"},"modified":"2015-12-11T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:01:20","slug":"2015-knoxville-community-band-christmas-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2015\/12\/2015-knoxville-community-band-christmas-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Knoxville Community Band Christmas Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I play the trumpet.\u00a0 With a few interruptions, I&#8217;ve played it since I was in grade school.\u00a0 Since college, I&#8217;ve played either by myself or accompanying the hymns at church.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of November I was overcome by a rare urge to try something new.\u00a0 So I emailed the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KnoxvilleCommunityBand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knoxville Community Band<\/a> and asked him about joining.\u00a0 He said they could use another trumpet player.\u00a0 So the following Tuesday I showed up and slid in with the 2nd trumpets.<\/p>\n<p>It felt strange being in an organized music group again.\u00a0 I had not played in a band since my freshman year in college&#8211;over 20 years ago.\u00a0 In particular, four things took some getting used to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tempo<\/span>:\u00a0 Band music can move much faster than hymns<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key\/Time Signature Changes<\/span>:\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got to pay attention to the music<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sitting Out<\/span>:\u00a0 The trumpets rest quite a bit; you&#8217;ve got to count measures<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Conductor<\/span>:\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got to watch him<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I joined the band as it was ramping up preparation of Christmas songs, which culminated in a concert Sunday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bijou_Theatre_%28Knoxville%29\" target=\"_blank\">Bijou Theater<\/a>.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s video and a few photos of the event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/148421639\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t get much camera time. One of the shots you can see me is at 37:37.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/loR2q61hk0mm8YIwkFe2KT4JkS_pYG7unIAnYix3PdAhvszYnTdvEhXwpyKubFtr6VQMwJQnkGXd8duH89a0LNHkG2Hk_YcIS7th-cOdLr0i1f93OYhlC0bjNyq2xiFcVTFD4bv45GHPOE24KFnK4vVcBJplXa2Rxw50jtPpa0IsLYjWjeIduZtFmWl8i76W_Cjszdh5ECE-pf2Q1l6EkWhtP5jyRInF6pKs5hq-LddDbR9sUwYWcCOKBvbFikrQblJJqyuaQ94y43DvbIHmYIj4g8be699qLVcjW0YEr-YX4s7DI1dgxQXnECFU2dmvhnDpaTj3tecban3V0f1JlNxvU847L6916R9-cnTnetWVLd9TZ5zAotrpS3EM03ra9_d4gz5U6NYfiDx-w56aOwZIkRCBNP3ods3nI01a1IEjS9X3Ueg5bY2LCamoIlsP0M_lxQMrYfcgFWcGKtXvpYGpssVw0jX5kn1E0vJctp4wLCtw7y3HQxZGhVfxlNdacmur5xF0ti4WkEWadlZuN6Z2sDmYCIOwHHF7vEmeqVLFnqkkvlD8rlCKT3biWjU17WKN=w800\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from my seat<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/3I8x3fFPtQxern8qe6EXtG-d6XM1Vq52q4_GDngJYCHI3S6B8hxN-n5IvbcKVZHoqWARN6Kvq8mqeU6paNqGPpmt0UwU-Ea0nWPLt5gHPAeYjcsMs6mXqJyj1pDTsmOydeGoix1pqFdEbJfYCn7UYg1CSeCnYxOCdGQyrqdcLQF04n_io1mswJyyYbUqlJ3loHXsiE_Ffd1S19wSuVh3pTxuDjr5v2awk6rTiJjCpSoP5OkS86J1yYQwy1jc0muf4nXOP7yzUdj7Q5jE_VDefFTo4udUOK2yOYLd5xO2Ju235_WADzJycojfNlVPbdO3gAeNpKN5Sc33GIMU2Qlx-zJmCHx_FdoA43MMQbRUVR1NUoD2sHT-thKryFycAqP4RKNmE_aoGF9vWVdt3H9D0IsJxm6keUd_EDtYI_g_CfS_kN_PynyDM5E7oxmQoDD7F-RxLVJU9pHXhWMXEoF4a4BIWH_Vph_rhWZv27OTlf0hde2wFbRg14levKbGdi_4uqyaYW1a9P98kRPrX1mIJRx0JKA_ev24Afutntm7YnKzmbf53ww9mIoPs-1iNJKP1dex=w800\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awaiting the start<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/3vLwdOYH4-ruEFJKKIMhwkxr-8WS4LQGQcbek6LC12Mx3zb5Vso2zKnIFCgykJnAoVJ3xhONEHEZzrvQmCGFG_5-kaspJxuldHP_Ky70vg3D5AXn1l7HqYTu1jY4zud5anqfNDPiNeGlviClpyOCvm9y--hIUWO_ajznIuGnEIhOTXGGtXutAMZNTWQQmmdBpinbiO-4fOo0mHRLIdZd3JseV40zxIJyAldIDqhQ9J5tNOH1bbt2e6CefhWjKal9bxduBrmpWBqyxxVvNIc_K_4d_x5U4mdDrfs1uPLNoARSEA8eiS1WQ488SiDPA8agxT2kYWO7VAbMRfLwzA00HoSkegYU3l1xvgnhLJ8wHaVo7uAFhhcUklt8-vcLGpTcN_baqWSwgyvzxiSNuDOTw-_L4Zw_YJ4bk7oQjB_u23_rOAtZSIyGgueobb0z8TNrqArju0b_YBpJRF5gH5j97j-fRk4lCNio41tlZdz-lPkgtrA81aCw5aI25XBB8AnxeF7bm4QdUz7b9--Seurv4I8pwUyx5xw-iFWClxHEYNv9LIgqIPNRxg2xwmgnkz8GTsHi=w800\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bijou audience<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve enjoyed being in the band.\u00a0 Both playing and listening to the music soothes my soul.\u00a0 I look forward to more of it next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2015\/12\/2015-knoxville-community-band-christmas-concert\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to 2015 Knoxville Community Band Christmas Concert\"><p>I play the trumpet.\u00a0 With a few interruptions, I&#8217;ve played it since I was in grade school.\u00a0 Since college, I&#8217;ve played either by myself or accompanying the hymns at church. At the beginning of November I was overcome by a rare urge to try something new.\u00a0 So I emailed the director of the Knoxville Community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}