A day in the life...

Hi, All, :)

If you've followed any of Sonos' previous international trips (handy links on the right), you probably remember us as pretty chatty. OK, downright oral expulsive!

So, why are we so quiet so far on this trip? What's the deal? Don't we like Estonia? Isn't there anything cool going on here?

Truth be told, there's a LOT going on, and most of us are just too darned pooped to write anything! Here's what yesterday was like:

8:30AM: breakfast
9:00AM: head over to Estonia National Opera House for conference
9:30AM: greeting
10:00AM: Class session I
10:45AM: Class session II
11:30AM: Class session III
12:00PM: Lunch
1:00PM: Massed ringing I. During this time, prepare table covers for our "dragon entrance."
2:00PM: Massed ringing II. Send deputized group of Sonosians to venue to figure out initial logistics.
3:30PM: Rehearse on Dolce's bells, which they kindly loaned to us for this trip. This was in the Opera house, where the massed ringing took place.
4:45PM: Load up equipment in vans to go to concert venue (St. Nicholas - Niguliste, in Estonian).
5:15PM: Walk to Niguliste, unload equipment.
5:30PM: Figure out final logistics, spike floor, drop jaws at EIGHT SECOND REVERB in Niguliste. (How the heck are we gonna make this work??)
6:15PM: Practice "Sonics" to get a feel for the crazy acoustics. Adjust some rhythms to make it easier to keep group together.
6:45PM: Eat hastily purchased dinner of sandwiches and chips. (Thank you, Jan, Jim, Sharon, and Greg for getting these for us!!!!)
7:45PM: Begin trickling out backstage. Because of the layout of the entrance, we have to walk all the way through the audience to get backstage, actually behind a *huge* tryptich altar. (Wow!)
8:00PM: Concert.
10:00PM: Done! Chat with audience, friends, commiserate amongst ourselves, beat ourselves up over wrong notes, etc., etc. - typical after-concert stuff.
10:45PM: Pack up, get stuff back into vans. Walk to Opera House.
11:15PM: Unload at Opera House. Walk back to hotel.
11:45PM: Crash in hotel room.

So, as you can see, there ain't a lot of time for postin' in there. You'll have to forgive us our reticence - I promise you'll get your heapin' fill of Sonos activities once the festival is over. :)

---Jason