Once again I am off, driving far, to do another gig here in south Florida.
As what seems to be usual in this area, compared to what I have been doing in the past (in Sweden) I have to drive to a different location every day for the next 4 days.
Also, no one in the orchestra has seen the music yet and we have a concert tonight after the first and only rehearsal. It is sad when an orchestra can't afford to have multiple rehearsals or a librarian to make copies and send out marked and bowed parts. Half the rehearsal is spent putting in bowings and markings. Usually from my new experiences the last concert is the best and everyone forgets the mistakes made on the first.
It is a little sad to see the lack of interest for culture here. Especially since there are so many tourists here. 

To leave a positive note, I am sure that I will enjoy myself and most of the audience won't know the difference.

Fiddlerman

I play mostly Classical because it has been my bread and butter. I love bluegrass as well and hope to find time for more bluegrass, blues, pop, etc. in the near future. When I said lack of culture I was referring to the amount of money available to the arts in Florida compared to the bigger cities in the world including the northern cities in the US. We have a lot of rich people here but they would rather spend their money on bringing Cleveland Symphony Orchestra over for 6 weeks for almost the cost that it would require to have a full time symphony orchestra as they did 7 years ago with the Philharmonic of Florida before it folded.

I consider all arts culture including popular music such as bluegrass, but there is not that much of it going on here either. As far as the name "Fiddlerman" is concerned, I have always referred to my instrument as a fiddle, right or wrong. I prefer that title to violin and in my free time I like to jam and play other types of music.