The truth about Patty! *GASP*

Sunday August 26 2007

 My tell-all report of Patty!

1. She’s a wonderful player! She has a great sound, and I’m amazed how well she does on such thick, unresponsive reeds.
2. She’s very outgoing! She always writes about how shy she is, and perhaps she is, but as her sister put it, “When she doesn’t know you, she’s shy, but when she gets to know you, she’s very warm!”
3. Her reeds aren’t THAT… bad. They just needed some minor adjustments, which were easy since there was too much left on, rather than too much taken off.
4. She is a very gracious host! After reading her blog for over a year, I’ve kind of got this sense that she’s lived in some kind of gray house 100 feet away from the curb, with the shades pulled closed. It’s the kind of house that nobody sees anyone going in or coming out, except at odd hours at the night. But in reality, she has a GORGEOUS… house, in a beautiful neighborhood, and she’s just like your friendly neighbor next door— who plays oboe. Her husband cooked great food for us, and her beautifully remodeled interior looks like a perfect house out of a magazine.

I had a great time with Patty and Dan, and the laughs never ceased from the moment I walked into the door until the minute I stepped out, and Dan was still cracking jokes! I wish I lived next door to her. We’d have a great time sitting around just making reeds with each other. Of course we’d have to make them at my house, because Patty refuses to make more reeds— because she doesn’t want to dirty up her studio floor— or clutter her bookshelf with more reeds. ROLL… EYES… HERE…

Thanks for a great weekend Patty!