Sorry it has been so long since I updated this blog but a lot has happened. I had a small stroke and missed almost a week of work! (OMG) Haven’t missed that much work in quite a while! I will just count it as a vacation with really bad food! It is hard to type right now as I have no feeling in my hands and it feels like I am typing with someone else’s hands! But typing I am!
Our open microphone has just exploded! More and more people have found us through one way or another. We have had so many people come in that we had to limit everyone to two songs, but so many folks started playing extended pieces (like Stairway to Heaven, Free Bird, Light My Fire and medleys) that we had to limit everyone to ten minutes, which would equal two regular songs. Also, for the last few weeks we have been having ‘Theme Nights”. That idea has gone over really great and we have decided to continue on with it. Last week was “Old Hippie” night complete with Lava Lamp, love beads, headbands, face paint, lots of veggies on the food trays….It was all a reassuring piece of the past and was great fun! It was totally amazing to see how many folks still had clothes from the sixties still in their closets! We had over fifty people show up of which 27 played music and the rest of us sang along. Man, I didn’t get out of here until . Not complaining. It was great.
Two weeks ago we had a “Hawaiian Luau” night. Everyone wore Hawaiian shirts (if they had them), leis and sandals. We didn’t have a roast pig though, just hot dogs with Hawaiian mustard and some very mellow attitudes. Lee, our in house octogenarian wannabe Hawaiian Ukulele player was ecstatic! (He brought the Hawaiian mustard and Leis).
This coming week, we have unanimously decided to have ‘Western Night’…What better place to have that then here. So, if you are coming, get here early to sign up, help set up and wear your best cowboy hat, boots and neckerchief! (No side arms please), just bring yer “axe” and yer best country songs!
We’ll be waitin’ on ya! With beans cornbread and coffee. (OMG how ‘Blazing Saddles’ is that?).
actually we had the real thing: Hawaiian pulled pork at our luau, next time I'll have to use a little less authentic pink salt, it's stronger than they claim!
ReplyDeletenext week it's enchiladas! ole!