thirteen days

slightly messy day today that started out with a whole two weeks to go before the Festival starts, but has ended feeling very different. In amongst travel and accommodation plans for Alexei Volodin, technical minutae for shows and talks at the Garrick, working out who will actually sing what in the inaugural Lichfield Festival Chorus, and writing and proofing copy for the festival programme, I've been working on september literature, budgets for a wonderful december event and trying to strengthen plans for July 2009 in readiness for meetings with board members next week. somehow over the next fortnight I also need to finalise the 0809 abbotsholme arts society season, and get it designed, printed and distributed. feels a little like a thirteen day mountain right now.

Nice phone call though from Malcom Creese from Acoustic Triangle (Lichfield Cathedral 10 July) who launched their new 3 Dimensions cd at the Spitalfields Festival on Monday night. No doubt reviews of both cd and concert will start to filter through. Here in Lichfield we will be presenting this in the round in the cathedral nave, which certainly isn't rocket science but hasn't ever been tried by the festival. Audience on four sides with musicians in, around, above... will be rather magical i think.