Another full day! After rockin’ Madison Square Park, we loaded up and rolled back to Hoboken for two sets at the awesome Block Party put on by the HOPES Fathers Group. First we bellied up at Justin’s pad for an hour or so, for some much-needed downtime. Then we hit the studio, grabbed the rest of the P.A. gear, and then it was down to the Rue building to set up.
Last year the Spring Fling was indoors, in the gym. This year the Father’s Group got bold and made it into a block party instead. They had everything: a bouncy castle, big grills laden with burgers and dogs, tubs of Italian ice, and even a small stage for the band. There was only one snafu: While the school got the Block Party permit and was able to close the street with no problem, the town traffic people didn’t get the word in time to get the cars moved off of the block. Oh well, y’can’t have everything.
We also had a setback when Dave Entwistle, sound guy to the stars, had to leave due to a personal emergency. We missed him (and we wish you all the best, Dave!!!) but Justin was able to call in a favor from a cohort to keep an eye on the knobs during the show. I think we sounded pretty good, and we had a wonderful crowd of kids and parents dancing. The band all seemed to agree that our first set was pretty low on energy, but we brought it back up for the second set.
On a personal note, I broke in my new lemon-yellow Chuck Taylor Converse All-Stars today, and they looked good, but MAN did my feet hurt at the end of the day!
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