House full!

This week our house is full for the first time in a long time. Ruth, Johnnie and Victor have moved in while work is being carried out in their house.

So far it seems to have worked out well.

Victor isn't very well at the moment, and he was sick all over Johnnie, and their bed, and his bed, and..... He looked a lot better today when I saw him at lunch time however.

Ruth also passed her driving test yesterday, as I'm sure she'll announce on a blog somewhere sometime very soon. Last night she drove in the dark (and fog) to Eskilstuna to some sort of party on her own! Very brave indeed! Today she's driven to work (also in Eskilstuna) so I wonder if Johnnie will see so very much of their car from now on!

Fortunately the roads haven't become very slippery yet, but they will probably very soon, so we're all expecting to do the bi-annual tyre chang very soon.

Surprise audience at KAMUS concert

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary concert given by KAMUS.

I'm a bit depressed at the moment, mostly about work, and it was going to be a heavy day which I'd not been looking forward to very much.The rehearsal went well, albeit very long (from 09.30 to 12.30) but it was going to be a long concert.

The music wasn't particularly hard, but I'm having to play viola, which whilst probably my best instrument, isn't what I like to play in orchestras! (I prefer double bass)

The programme was:

Stravinskij – Introduktion ur ”Suite Italienne”

Albinoni – Sinfonia i G-dur

Grieg – Anitras Tanz

Haydn – Violinkonsert nr.1 C-dur sats 1

Mendelsohn – Oktett

Shostakovich – Pianokonsert nr.1 C-dur sats 1

Bartok – Rumänska danser

Janacek – Suite för stråkorkester

Williams – Remembrances

Stravinskij – Menuett och Finale ur ”Suite Italienne”

Before the rehearsal we removed the first row of seats to make more room for the piano, but just before the performance the stage manager announced that they'd had to put them back because it was almost completely sold out!

But that wasn't the surprise. In the interval I went out into the public area to mingle, and was amazed to see Kjell (Edward's girlfriend Julia's Dad). It turned out that he, his wife Maggan, Julia and Edward had come! This might not seem like a big deal, but I had believed that none of my family would be able to come since Margaret had to work that evening.