Preperformance nerves and update - Week Five

Tomorrow is the big day. My band, The Roan Mountaineers, is playing a show for Gray Elementary at 1 p.m. They are having a free day; I know you all remember those. So, the good kids get to sit and listen to us play some songs. I don't know how much sitting will be involved because we've got quite an interactive presentation set up. And yes, with yours truly as the M.C. I was really excited when the entire group looked at me when Lee, our adviser said, "Who is going to talk between songs/introduce songs and band members?" It gave me a sense of purpose in the band. I may not know the C chord from the D chord, but I know I can speak in front of people, kids. This must be the reason I haphazardly switched my major to Speech Communications at Northeast State. So, what to expect from us? We're going to have the kids sectioned off and dance along to individual instrument solos and have them imitate wind for one of our songs called In the Pines. Lee is to thank for those  ideas. I'm excited, but my finger tips hurt from trying to get these chord transitions perfected. They are far from perfect. So, sorry band mates if I don't execute the songs properly. Just know I'm trying.

I'd like to switch to a completely different topic. In my individual instruction class we started learning how to play the melody for Midnight on the Water. Here's what I can remember and have been working on:

It's faint and slow, but I can feel the articulation building up in my brain! I want to learn more songs like this! I guess I need to start focusing on chords again if I want to even appear to look like I know what I'm doing on stage tomorrow.