China Tour 2012-13: Update #1

It is now Winter of 2012 and many of SASO's members have returned by invitation for a second tour of China. Our vice president Tim Secomb sends these updates on travel and performances.

SASO China Tour 2012-2013

Update #1

Friday, December 28, 2012, 11:00 pm local time; 8:00 am Tucson time

Getting the orchestra to China has already been an adventure.  The plan was to depart Tucson at 7 am on Dec. 26, with 30 of us flying west to Los Angeles and 30 flying east to Dallas/Fort Worth (not counting 10 coming from other places).  We were then supposed to converge in Tokyo, and arrive together in Shanghai.  The travel via LAX went according to plan, but bad weather in Texas interfered with the DFW travel and most of that group were rebooked for departure a day later, by various routes.

But now, more than 48 hours after our originally planned departure, we are finally in Shanghai.  Tomorrow morning we depart for Wenzhou, and our first concert of the tour will be in the evening.

More later,

Tim