Events. They take an awful lot of planning, and they often have unpredictable outcomes. They create expectations, and those expectations are not alway met.

In fact there is a lot to be said for an organic, spontaneous, c’est la vie approach to life, whether in music, or family, or political, or personal spheres of existence. I personally much prefer that approach.

However, one thing that can be said for events. They create commitment. Often the people who are taking part, whether organisers or participators, really WANT to make it work. After the big build up it BETTER work.

Is it necessary to have An Event to create something special. I don’t think so. But, for better or worse, they are part of our lives, and we learn something about teamwork and living together when we hold them. We learn about optimism and hope. We learn about failure and success.

And when everybody commits, they can turn into something that is truly wonderful and remarkable.

Or at the very least, memorable.