Too many balls in the air

Six weeks until the show in the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

The Brazilian guitarist arrives in a month.

The posters and flyers have been printed, and they are somewhere in Adelaide, I'm told.  They just haven't reached me yet.  Apparently they were posted two weeks ago but are caught up in the the Post Office Christmas/New Year backlog.

I'm feeling scattered and a bit overwhelmed with all the elements that I have to combine to make this show a success.

Let me try to bring all the threads together in one place:

• Promote the show - this is a whole chapter in itself, with many sub-points.
• Finalise the accommodation arrangements (I've booked a hotel for him, but because of the World Cup cricket match, hotels in the city are full, and he'll need to move to another hotel for his last night here),
• Tidy and clean the house, so he won't think we live like slobs,
• Maybe plant some ready-made flowers in the garden, so it doesn't look like a casualty of a nuclear war,
• Learn my song lyrics, some of them in Portuguese,
• Learn as much Portuguese language as possible, so we can talk to each other,
• Work on my vocal technique,
• Plan some song arrangements and practise my improvisation,
• Get some stage time in advance of the show, so I won't look like a deer in the headlights when I come on stage,
• Exercise and watch my diet, so I'll look good on stage (this is really hard, with so many nice Christmas foods in the house),
• Get my performance outfit organised.

I think that's all at the moment.

I've taken a few weeks' holiday for Christmas, but then I'll be back at work for a couple of weeks.  I've got a few manageable work commitments, but I will need to prioritise music over work until the show is done.

This is the first time I've really put music first.

Once he arrives, the week will pass quickly.  Suddenly we will be on stage together.

I want this show to be a big success.

I've got my fingers crossed, and I'm trying not to think about things that might go wrong.  There isn't much margin for error now.