Tags: Dave Entwistle
Wow, what a night! We did two 45-minute sets this evening in a local school gym, not to mention hauling the new P.A. to and from our rehearsal studio. I’m pooped! But it was a magical night. When the lights went down and we saw a sea of kids waving their little glow sticks… well, that was a rock’n'roll moment.
The Spring Dance was organized by the Father’s Group at my kid’s school (of which I am a proud member). The dads and the school did a great job publicizing and setting up the event. There were balloons and glow-sticks, pizza and juice boxes. There was a 50/50 raffle; a dad in our classroom won $200, with the other $200 going to the school.I don’t know the numbers but it sure looked like a lot of families were there.
The gym was an acoustical nightmare, but thanks to the magic of Dave Entwistle I think we sounded pretty good (I’m hoping some of the dough the event raised will help pay for some acoustic tile for the walls in that gym!). People came up to us afterward and gave us lots of compliments, and people stayed until the very end of our second set, which is the biggest compliment of all.
It was fun to realize that we could play two high-energy 45-minute sets without exhausting our song catalog. We have a lot of great-sounding new material, and tonight really reminded me that I can’t wait to record new tracks and finish a full-length CD.
Playing that hard takes its toll; Kipley’s voice was fading, and I could barely stand up by the end. Justin did the nearly impossible: He broke a bass string. But we got good energy from the kids and their families, and made it through to the end. It was an excellent night.
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