Heading North

I’m heading up to Ingham (just north of Townsville in far north Queensland) tomorrow for a week holiday and my sister’s wedding. I’ve had to pack the absolute minimum clothing as I’m taking up a huge collection of musical instruments and assorted junk. 2 saxophones, a ton of music and I’m still not sure how I’ll fit my saxophone stand in. I’m borrowing my younger sister’s clarinet while I’m up there to play as the bride walks down the isle so I’ll have the week to learn to play that. It’s pretty similar to the sax and I’ve played clarinet previously without sounding too bad so it should come off okay. I’m more concerned about the rendition of “The Rose” on keyboard I’m meant to do as backing for my little sister while the register’s being signed. Somehow I liked the original idea of having a few musicians involved instead of just me but it’ll give me something to do anyway. Aside from that I need to find out a few things about the bridal party – most of whom I’ve never met – as I’m the MC for the evening and probably should have something half intelligent to say when introducing people. On the plus side, I’m far enough away that I haven’t had to worry about all this until now – everyone else has been madly organizing things for months.