Lost & found wind instruments in Bakersfield

Lost Saxophones in Bakersfield

On Friday at 6:45 p.m., after a small jazz set at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, I walked toward the Rabobank Arena parking lot and realized my Saxophones weren't in the tan hard-shell case by the back seat. Those instruments have traveled from rehearsal rooms to campus stages, and losing them left me feeling exposed and a little hollow. I retraced the route from the loading dock to the side doors, checking every car and bench along the way. The night air smelled like rain on Bakersfield pavement, and the memory of a rough sound check kept returning to me. If you saw a tan case with two saxophones, please think back to where you might have seen them nearby.