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We Begin the Beguine

Struggling Artists

“What’s the matter?” Emma asks, opening kitchen cabinets and pulling down tins.

Dance flings himself into a chair with a thump and sits looking at the floor, with his hair fallen over his face, and only part of one eye …

Set The Timer First

Emma has to work late, and then she will get groceries.

Dance does his usual two hours of afternoon practice, drilling through the latest changes that are driving him and the rest of the section insane.

Then he goes for …

Asking Favors

Joscelyn, the Queen Bee of the senior ladies’ donors organization, is not happy, not one bit, and Dance knows she has good reason to feel that way. Robert is coming in from the front doors over an hour and a …