We opened for Don Amero's concert in Virden, part of the "Have Yourself Amero Little Christmas" (ha ha) tour. My personal playing improved from our last concert which we performed at the Legion on Remembrance Day. I felt much more confident, and even tried to follow along in the chord progressions during the soloing part of "Watermelon Man" to begin improving in this area. The audience was calm and I definitely did not feel as nervous as I did at the Legion while performing.
As a whole, I believe we performed well. Our strongest pieces were probably "Leap Frog" and "Watermelon Man", our most practiced pieces. During "Feliz Navidad" the horn section wasn't quite together with the xylophone (aka me). "Let It Snow" and "Auld Lang Syne" were the shortest pieces, without a lot of complexity, but they went well for their first time. The saxophone beginning of "Auld Lang Syne" was quite effective and intimate.
Don Amero is an inspiring musician and the atmosphere of the entire evening was enjoyable. Yeah.
-Andrew
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