Sunday 6th October 2024

 

Woke to alarm at 0800. Got up and made tea. Cooked myself breakfast before Aki rose. Logged my musical equipment to the car and headed for Stoke Newington. Very little traffic about, and I got lucky with the green lights. Got to the Fire Station a bit early but managed to find a free parking space right outside. Peter was already there…his wife and daughter were helping him lug his drum kit into the building. We were in a room on the second floor. Peter evidently not too fit…his breathing gets very heavy as he mounts the stairs, and his wife insists he doesn’t carry anything himself. We all mucked in. He apparently has a scan booked for next weekend! Adam turned up, while Matthew hauled a Casio keyboard over from the theatre. Tamara showed up, and Laura, who is playing Mildred…we worked through her show number before letting her go. Tom then joined us with his sax, and we worked through all the music in Act One. Broke for lunch. Peter and I had brought packed lunches…the rest trooped out to buy takeaway wraps on Church Street. We worked through Act Two. Miranda then rocked up and we worked on her two numbers before rounding off with the Finale, and breaking at 1715. Gave us plenty of time to haul everything back downstairs. I gave Peter a hand once his missus rocked up with their car, then drove for home. Aki had gone to meet Kearsey and Kieran to discuss their plans for reconfiguring their kitchen, so I got home a little before she did. Aki cooked a mushroom spelt risotto for dinner. Watched a bit of telly...interesting little documentary recalling the birth of the BBC's "40 Minutes" strand, followed by their 1991 film following a day-in-the-life of the staff and passengers using Angel tube station just before it's failing Victorian layout was reconfigured by a modern refurbishment.