Music Welcoming the Season

What a fun time we had last week -- playing music somewhere almost every day! Fantastic!

Jim & Loretta in the Kingsley House

Friday night, Jim and Loretta played for Santa's arrival in Romulus. Here we are in the Kingsley House parlor. The house is furnished and decorated as closely as possible to what it was in the 1800s. Even the Christmas tree has decorations that were carefully selected to resemble what would have been in the 1860s.

We rushed from there to Huron High School to watch Tommy as he played fiddle in "Scrooge: A Christmas Carol". The play was very well done with wonderful acting and sets.

On Saturday, we were at our friends, the Kaisers, with about 100 other people. This was so much fun. This is one of the things that motivates non-musicians of all ages to give it a try, and keeps people hooked that are already musicians. Even though there were constant attacks during the week before the party on the Kaisers' appliances, electricity, and who knows what else, they undauntedly threw the best party ever -- or at least until the next one.

Not only was there music to be played until all hours, but a grand selection of food and other fun -- like huge fish swimming through the house above everyone. There were "WANTED" posters displayed for musicians, describing in hilarious detail what they are guilty of. Jim had a number of violations, including knowing an unlimited number of tunes. In came the Music Police, complete with official uniforms, ticketing all and issuing summonses to court in July. This will be during the Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest (http://dulcimers.com/festival.html) that we'll talk about in future blogs.

I'm hoping this video works for you. There was a bit of technical difficulty while I was creating the blog.