Tags: Jersey City
The Fuzzy Lemons have long spoken of getting involved with schools, visiting classrooms and that sort of thing. Playing for HOPES is a good start, and now we have an “in” with the Jersey City school system as well. A Hoboken dad works as a social worker over there, and passed our CD along to his boss when they were looking for entertainment for a school event.
Thus we found ourselves rockin’ the pre-K crowd on a warm Wednesday night in Jersey City Heights. Middle School #7, despite its unimaginative name, is an impressive facility, with halls adorned with student art made from all manner of recycled material. And the crowd that gathered was as enthusiastic and energetic as any we’d seen. They definitely made the best “train” ever when we performed “Don’t'cha Wanna Ride?” and I caught a whole lot of people joining in on the singalongs like “Skunks in my Shoes.”
This was our first of many gigs performing our “Wild City Safari” set, with the goal of perfecting it for the upcoming Bronx Zoo weekend. We want to have the songs perfected, of course, but we also want to have the spaces between the songs perfected: the transitions, the patter, the banter, etc. So far so good!
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