Like A Teapot

This afternoon, on my after-rain lake checkup, I discovered a music festival being held at lake shores!

First I was surprised to see no parking spot on the street which should be relatively empty on weekends. I had to turn into the paid parking lot by the lake which I never used before. It was then when I discovered tons of people around the lake. I looked at the faces closely to see if it was a senior citizens' weekend event. But they were people of all ages.

I asked a woman what was going on and she told me music was to be played on the lake. I immediately thought of a similar event on the Thames in London and mentioned it. She said she had heard about it.

There seemed to be a delay, possibly due to the rain, because for a while nothing was going on and people were patiently waiting. It did not matter to me since I was busy photographing. Besides the event, I was also interested in the colours of the mountains after rain, which was what I came for.

While I was busy with my camera, the music started. It was nice but a bit too short. A small-scale event, nothing like what happened on the Thames. It is a little disappointing, but as a community cultural event, there was nothing to complain about. What happened was twelve trombonists, including Cuban jazz icon Bobby Carcasses and the world music trio Vocomotion, were placed at corners of the lake interpreting R. Murray Schafer's Music for Wilderness Lake. The music was supposed to work in harmony with the environment. An excellent concept!