Bell's are Ringing: The sweet sound of a frosty beverage.

 What a day--great rehearsal with Spectrum at Western Michigan University and then dinner and beers at BELL'S BREWERY in Kalamazoo, MI!  Good stuff.  

First Things First: Lunchables.  A necessity for EVERY road trip.

John Rutherford fuels up with some Oscar Meyer.

After rehearsing our challenging program of American Masters:  Gershwin, Copeland, and Bernstein, we had a bite and a sip (ok, a few sips) at Bell's Brewery:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_Brewery
They have a Wikipedia article here, in the event that you are curious.  

Despite the impressive list of home brewed beers, I only had eyes for the $2 Winter White.  $2!!  For 20 oz.!!!  Ah, the sweet taste of a bargain.

Live music!  Exactly what we wanted after 3 hours with Dr. Beat blaring at us.  We dubbed them the 'Soggy Bottom Boys' a'la "Oh Brother, Where art Thou?"  because that's exactly how they sounded.  After a 700 minute soundcheck, they launched into their gig, and we took off.