We can now fly across the country or the world and perform on consecutive nights. We can book a flight and race to the airport at the last minute, do a rehearsal and concert, and fly back before anyone noticed we were gone. But should we ramp up the pace and our blood pressure and do this? A musician needs time to relax, to breathe, and to get their head together in order to perform.
Marlboro can still be the way it always was. You step out of the “real world,” walk away from your gadgets and phones and TVs, and sit around the dining hall and get to know other people. The best friendships that I’ve formed here started simply because we took the time to really get to know one another. Walking down South Road after dinner talking about everything, and sometimes nothing at all, is fabulous. I cherish the friendships that form on those walks.
