Metropolitan Melbourne
Mon 25th Feb – Forest Hill College (100 Yr 7 & 8 students & senior Music students)
Mon 25th Feb – McKinnon & Sandringham Secondary College (30 Cello Students)
Mon 25th Feb – Glen Waverly Secondary College (60 String Orchestra students)
Tue 26th Feb – Blackburn High School (30 String students)
Tue 26th Feb – Vermont Secondary College (120 Yr 7 students & senior Music students)
Wed 27th Feb – Mount Waverly Secondary College (25 Yr 7 String Instrumental students)
Wed 27th Feb – Mount Waverly Secondary College (25 Yr 7 Cello students)
Wed 27th Feb – ABC 774 ‘Derek Guille Show’ 9:30pm
Thu 28th Feb – Ringwood Secondary College (150 Yr 7 Students & senior Music students)
Fri 29th Feb – East Doncaster Secondary College (70 Yr 7 and String Instrumental students)
'Wow, a really busy week! Apart from all of the above performances I spent all available time on the phone trying to organize upcoming performances.
The staff at Forest Hill College were very welcoming and it was wonderful to perform and jam with a full class of 25 Cello Students of Mount Waverly Secondary College (Gordon tells me that they have 80 Cello students all up!!).
I was spotted by the producer of the Derek Guille show, James, on Friday of last week riding up Toorak road to my next gig. A few emails later and I was booked in on Wednesday evening to perform live on air at ABC 774. I had 3 mins to set up my stage and gear in the studio (normally a 15min set-up) so it was quite stressful but I had a good time discussing motorcycle etiquette with the scooter riding presenter. Any other rider of a two wheeled vehicle (powered or un-powered) is worth acknowledging on the road!
Thanks to my mum, ‘Scoota’, for her amazing meals during our stay in Melbourne. Baked Beans are back on the menu as we depart Melbourne and head towards the coast road. In three months time we should be somewhere near Port Douglas QLD. I hope my trusty motorcycle will make it, but if not I have a back up plan (see photo).
