Larger than Life

Today is the day of our concert! We have already had the dress-rehearsal in Kunming's theatre. (800 seats, Steinway D, good acoustic).

Three anecdotes from this morning ...

1. As Ellen and I were standing in front of this big poster, a passer-by wanted her picture taken with the "movie stars." So we did.

2. There is a stray cat backstage IN THE THEATRE and it protests every time Ellen plays on the A-string.

3. The piano sounds best when it is slightly forward. The pit is raised, so currently one leg of the Steinway is on the pit, 2/3 is on the stage. My recurring "nightmare" about playing a piano which is barreling towards a pit might just come true.