Change of topic…..ha ha! I know the cool people were at the Janboree yesterday, but since we’re heading that direction next Saturday, we stayed close to home yesterday. A guy in town I know through storytelling started a program series two or three years back, called “The Old School Variety Show.” For one reason or another, we’ve never been able to get to one of these until last night. He’s got a great thing going….the venue was a small one in LaCrosse I’d never visited (and I thought I’d seen them all), and he creates his shows with all local talent. We heard some stories from the Dark LaCrosse Radio Tour and heard three great music acts. One was a guy who “knew my face,” but couldn’t place me. We worked together on a Chataqua program at the middle school….he did the music, I directed the storytelling (“boy, that was awhile back!”)….and he’s also been at many of the storytelling festivals. Nice to seem him onstage again.
Also, a fairly new group to the area knocked everyone’s socks back and we look forward to hearing them play again soon. Enjoying the show reminded me how much I enjoy performing and maybe I should do something about getting back into that scene. Or not.
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