The Orchestra Warm-Up (and tiny concert) Ride

===== Listening to all of the instrumentalists warming up before an orchestra concert is a pretty great experience, right? Let's do that! Bring 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. Here's the general idea, after arriving at the starting location: (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. (2) Silence. Conductor. Strings and winds tune to a concert A. Hopefully we'll have an oboe player to tune to. (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!) (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. Hopefully we'll have enough time to do this at 3 different parks, maybe 4. Bring friends! The more the better. If you don't have an instrument to bring, then you're part of the audience, all good! I haven't marked this ride as "Family Friendly", but kids are absolutely welcome. For very young kids, however, please make sure that they Event link: https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-24800

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