A cheap Saturday night
May 18, 2009We went to a so-called “soiree” at a friend’s house on Saturday night. There were more than a dozen adults and a few children. The idea was that everyone would perform a small item, whether music, recitation, or what-have-you.
It turned out that we had some accomplished singers and musicians, and some whose enthusiasm compensated for their technical deficiency.
I am ashamed to say I was surprised how enjoyable this low-tech and humane gathering was. It was, in fact, entertaining.
But best of all as far as this blog is concerned, it was FREE.
Che Tibby
Stephen
Frugal Me 
Stephen, I’m intrigued: what did you perform?
Um. A little bluegrass mandolin (Arkansas Traveller as done by Dave Grisman), some fiddle, and leading a rousing chorus of “Haul Away Joe.” And some Balkan noodly thing whose name I can’t remember 😀
[…] I run out at about that stage, not because I don’t know the rest, but because that’s when I catch up with myself doing it. I know the whole thing off by heart; it’s one of just two poems that I still know in their entirety from my school years when I took speech and drama lessons. I’m sure it would be just the thing for sophisticated soirees. […]