[Harp-L] If you can't stand the heat...

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

Our trio played at an afternoon wedding party yesterday.  We were sat in a 
gazebo with open sides so we had some protection from direct sun, but the 
garden itself is a real suntrap and boy was it hot.  All the time we were 
playing the sweat was pouring off and my lips were drying out, in spite of 
tons of lip-balm and copious water (a swig ever five minutes at least!), and 
I was wearing my wide-brimmed hat.  What more could I do?  The conditions 
definitely had an adverse effect on our playing - the fiddle player just 
couldn't get into it at all and that rubbed off on me too.  Luckily most 
people were getting well-juiced by the time we got on (we followed a jazz 
band) so their critical faculties were reduced ;-)  I had a few very salty 
harps to clean out when I got home.  Has anyone (maybe from a hotter clime 
than I'm used to!) got any good advice for getting round this?

Steve

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