The Metallurgy Brass Quintet performed at Whiskey Point on Beaver Island's harbor. To the left is the harbor and to the right is the lighthouse. It was a beautiful day and a perfect place and way to spend the afternoon. And the informality of the setting made photographing the event so much easier! The main challenge here was figuring out a vantage point to capture the feel of the event. The funniest part could not be captured -- as the ferry went by, with it's distinctive horn tooting, the tuba player did a quick imitation in response (in the middle of a song) that had everyone laughing.
Thanks as always for your response to yesterday's image of the solo pianist at play.
For the context where the concert took place, see extras album: https://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2019-07-29
Wonderful setting for this community event. I'm struck by the similarity of this event to musical concerts on another small island in Washington. We visit Orcas Island several times a year and they too host world-class musicians every summer. Their chamber music festival is coming up next week.
Lovely to see the crowds gathered for the brass band entertaining on a Sunday afternoon. We have a bandstand in a meadow by the river here, and Summer Sunday afternoons a similar scene emerges. Relaxed, fun, family orientated and good humoured. Lovely that the players had a sense of humour.
