#ThreeGoodThings (gig post-mortem edition) • the strings were not needed throughout tonight's concert, so we were on the way home by 8.30 • it was a straightforward gig, except i had to 'arrange-on-the-fly' for one piece (we were a string quintet, but my part was for a section divided in two), and i sorted the optimal solution* with a minimum of fuss. • met a nice (in both senses) violinist i didn't know, which always makes a gig better. * this should have been dealt with by the conductor before the day, and yet somehow they did not, sigh, eye-roll, shake of head