Our favorite trombone player will love it if you visit his blog. He likes comments, too. Read all about his adventures at Scott's Happy Blog of Cruising and Awesome.
(Thank you to Ian McFarland for sharing this picture from Cabo San Lucas on flickr.)
The only thing I hate more than getting up to a dirty kitchen is . . .
cleaning up the kitchen before I go to bed!
How about you?
Thank you to jek in the box for sharing this picture on flickr.
I asked our favorite trombone player to write about his schedule. Here is what he shared:
Sunday is LA, Monday is at sea, tuesday is Cabo, wednesday is Mazatlan, Thursday is Puerto Vallarta, and the rest are sea days. I play in what is called in the production band. We play for the singers and dancers in the stage shows. We also play for the Welcome and farewell shows. We generally do two 45 minutes sets with a 45 minutes break. The are anywhere from 7 to 10. We also do a big band show on friday after our production show. That's from about 10 to 12. We generally do the same things in each port, yeah. There isn't exactly a lot to do. I usually try to get something good to eat, and spend some time in the sun, or use the internet.
Sounds fun, don't you think?
Thank you to kuyman for sharing this photograph on Flickr.
This is so cute. Thanks to Happy Zombie for the photo. See her charming blog here.
Update from the trombone player:
Haha, I would have [told you where I was writing from] but I didn't know where I was. I was in Cabo San Lucas at the time. Sea sickness has been totally fine, no worries. . . .
Anyways, I've had some adventures for sure. I went snorkling in Peurto Vallarta and got bit (hard) by a fish. He didn't quite take a chunk out, [but] there was definitely a circle of teeth, and there was definitely a little blood! In Mazatlan we took some kind of water taxi (just a motor boat really) over to this more remote island and had some real Mexican food. . . .
Mexico is just beyond beautiful. I'm really getting a taste for travel, and can see myself doing this, or something similar for quite some time. I didn't really say, but I started playing on day one. I have been crazy busy getting ready for all the shows.
My general day consists of practicing my parts, working on my chops (my physical playing ability), listening to my parts, and doing a show. A few days a week I have training, and a few days I get to be in a port for about 6 hours. I have tons of time to just socialize in between. I've already met and got close with a lot of really cool people. Everybody is super nice with few exceptions.
. . . I'd love some questions. It'd really help me think of things to write about.
If you would like to ask Stan a question, please leave a comment here and I will get it to him. Thanks.
Thank you to Je Repondrai for the picture of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Thank you to Coy Aune for the beautiful flower from Mexico. Please click on the picture for more of her photographs.
We heard from our trombonist via email. Here is an excerpt:
"Things have been great. VERY interesting. I'm already going to have stories when I get home. I'm sitting in an internet cafe in the most beautiful mall I've ever been in in the most beautiful city I've ever been in. I'm in Mexico! Everybody in the band is just great. . . . It's just been a blast. Anyways I don't have a ton of time here, so I hope you'll pass things along for me. Keep in touch!"
Just what we were hoping for!
