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

["Mike and Beverly Rogers" <mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not much to do, but grin and bear it.  I've played in 98 degree heat in the
south of the U. S. and just drank lots of water and wore my wide brim.  The
audience is hot, too.  I try to really concentrate on my chops, and the time
goes by faster.  Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:27 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] If you can't stand the heat...


> 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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