Craig Jarvis: One day last week, native New Yorker Robert Weiss, artistic director of Carolina Ballet, paused in the middle of an overheated studio to think through the choreography for a pair of dancers he was rehearsing.
Suddenly, he sounded irritated and snapped, “What is that noise?”
Outside a door that had been propped open, a warbler sang in the fresh North Carolina spring air.
“It’s a bird,” someone replied.
“It’s not a cell phone?” Weiss said, incredulous.
I remember moving down from NYC to MD right at the beginning of Spring. It was amazing how much sound came out of the bellies of them little budgies at 4:30 AM - then again, sure beats the ambulance from Station 54 down the street!
Now that I’m newly moved to Apex I get to hear all sorts of weird bird sounds - the trick is figuring out which are coming from outside and which are coming from my 5 year old’s toys!-)
BTW, great story, thanks for sharing it!