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SUMMARY:The Orchestra Warm-Up (and tiny concert) Ride
CONTACT:Matt (and maybe Lauren)
DESCRIPTION:Dig up your instruments! Polish that brass! But please read 
 the "Rules" at the bottom.\n=====\nListening to all of the 
 instrumentalists warming up before an orchestra concert is a pretty great 
 experience\, right? Let's do that!\n\nBring your favorite concert band or 
 orchestra instrument. You don't need to be very good at it\, just good 
 enough to play "Happy Birthday" in concert C without hitting too many 
 wrong notes. A few wrong notes is ok! This is all for fun\, nothing 
 serious ... but perhaps a _little bit serious_ because that'll make it 
 more fun. \n\nHere's the general idea\, after arriving at the starting 
 location:\n (1) Spend 10-15 minutes warming up. THIS is the main 
 activity\, the bulk of what we'll be doing\, not the "concert" part. Play 
 whatever you want: scales\, arpeggios\, snippets of random pieces of 
 music. Indulge\, but not in a way that calls too much attention to 
 yourself\, please. Respect the cacophony. We're a collective.  \n(2) 
 Silence. Conductor. Strings and winds tune to a concert A. Hopefully we'll
  have an oboe player to tune to.\n(3) A teeny-tiny concert: everyone plays
  "Happy Birthday" in concert C\, twice. First time through will be 
 strictly in unison. Second time through\, you can choose to play the 
 melody line or harmonize however you want -- nothing over-the-top\, 
 nothing too attention-grabbing\, but whatever feels fun and harmonious to 
 you. (Percussion: keep it simple\, but fun for you!) \n(4) Pack up. Ride 
 to the next park\, at most a mile\, probably less. Start again at step 1\,
  the 10-15 minute warm-up. \n\nHopefully we'll have enough time to do this
  at 3 different parks\, maybe 4.\n\nBring friends! The more the better. If
  you don't have an instrument to bring\, then you're part of the 
 audience\, all good!\n\nI haven't marked this ride as "Family Friendly"\, 
 but kids are absolutely welcome. For very young kids\, however\, please 
 make sure that they aren't going to run around so wildly that there's a 
 risk of them knocking over someone's bassoon or getting jabbed in the face
  by a viola bow. \n\nRULE #1: No electric instruments\, no amplification\,
  no kazoos. Let's stick to instruments that you'll typically find in an 
 orchestra\, concert band\, or marching band. (Percussion? Sure! Snare 
 drum\, cymbals\, glockenspiel\, whatever\, as long as you can haul it on 
 your bike.)\n\nRULE #2: No music while biking from one park to the next. 
 Ding your bike bell to your heart's content\, but *we're* the music on 
 this ride\, and I don't want other music to detract from that.\n\nRULE 
 #3\, #4\, #5\, etc: (reserved for future use).\n2:30p gather\, 3:00p warm-
 up\, 3:20 "concert"\, 3:30 ride off to next park.\nEnds at Not a loop. 
 Ends somewhere in inner SE. Maybe Piccolo Park. Maybe Sewallcrest. Maybe 
 Ladd Circle.\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-24800
LOCATION:Laurelhurst Park\n3500 SE Ankeny St\nMeet near the bottom of the 
 staircase\, north side of the park.
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20260823T213000Z
DTEND:20260823T223000Z
CREATED:20260817T061357Z
DTSTAMP:20260817T061357Z
SEQUENCE:4
URL:https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-24800
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