WARNING: (this is an experimental hybrid post, combining antipicipation from the day-of with reflection from the DAY AFTER).
Tonight, as part of our 3rd Friday Artwalk, here in Siler City, I will be presenting a 'slide show' about my time spent at Hermitage.
A Very Special Thanks to my special friends at Chatham County Together! and Hablando Claro, and for their generous loaning of their projector, for this event.
I will be using this blog, as a basis for presenting, and discussion.
I want to share what it was like for me to be an Artist in Residence, creating site-specific work.
Wish me luck!
PS, we also have a great band coming down from Greensboro tonight- Emily Stewart and The Baby Teeth (!). I met this band and Shakori Hills recently, and knowing that we needed a band this month, I approached them about it. They seemed to be a perfect fit, sort of alternative country, which perhaps might be a good bridge between a lot of people around here. Its just a suspicion, but I think Alt County is maybe where its/we are at here, in Siler City, NC.
WELL, Emily and the Baby Teeth put on a hell of a performance, cold fingers or no. This is a top notch band, and I really hope we can give them their due, maybe in the Spring or early Summer. (they are such a 'green' band, in the sense of the color, vegetation). If not us, I hope that they get their due somewhere else. Someone said they would be good for the General Store Cafe, in Pittsboro. I concur. Also, what about the Bynum Front-Porch Music Series. YES!!
Also, a HUGE SHOUT-OUT and Thank you, to Geo DeSocio, who came in on Very short notice, to do an immaculate job on sound for the Baby Teeth. Geo is consumate professional- very well organized, methodical, stategic, considerate, and resourceful. He had top notch gear, and he knows what to do with it, pulling out the best of the band. Emily and the Baby Teeth sounded awesome!
We will have the Coconauts, chatham's own new improv troupe, giving their Siler City debut!
Are we ready? I guess we will soon see!..
YES WE WERE, THEY WERE FRIKKIN HILARIOUS! (I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while).
Lots of other great stuff going on tonight.
I really hope that we get a due crowd, for all that is in store!
LAMO!
I am grateful for the few folks that weathered the chilly air. But I think we've got to do better than that.
After the show, we all proceeded to my studio, for an after party party 'warm up, and a little slide show...
In attendance were: Stacye Leanza, Rita, Shawn, and Makani McKenzie,
Beth, who runs an outdoor Music and Crafts Festival on her farm out by Jordan Lake,
and the unwitting band: Emily, Doug, Sanders and Dylan!
Fortunately for me, this was exactly how many seats I had, including the blanket on the floor. Also fortunate for me, the band all seemed willing and game, and once the show started, seemed genuinely interested! I hope it was a good way for them to 'come down' from their big performance, before making the long trip back to Greensboro.
Tonight, as part of our 3rd Friday Artwalk, here in Siler City, I will be presenting a 'slide show' about my time spent at Hermitage.
A Very Special Thanks to my special friends at Chatham County Together! and Hablando Claro, and for their generous loaning of their projector, for this event.
I will be using this blog, as a basis for presenting, and discussion.
I want to share what it was like for me to be an Artist in Residence, creating site-specific work.
Wish me luck!
PS, we also have a great band coming down from Greensboro tonight- Emily Stewart and The Baby Teeth (!). I met this band and Shakori Hills recently, and knowing that we needed a band this month, I approached them about it. They seemed to be a perfect fit, sort of alternative country, which perhaps might be a good bridge between a lot of people around here. Its just a suspicion, but I think Alt County is maybe where its/we are at here, in Siler City, NC.
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| Thanks Emily and The Baby Teeth! You guys were great!!! |
WELL, Emily and the Baby Teeth put on a hell of a performance, cold fingers or no. This is a top notch band, and I really hope we can give them their due, maybe in the Spring or early Summer. (they are such a 'green' band, in the sense of the color, vegetation). If not us, I hope that they get their due somewhere else. Someone said they would be good for the General Store Cafe, in Pittsboro. I concur. Also, what about the Bynum Front-Porch Music Series. YES!!
Also, a HUGE SHOUT-OUT and Thank you, to Geo DeSocio, who came in on Very short notice, to do an immaculate job on sound for the Baby Teeth. Geo is consumate professional- very well organized, methodical, stategic, considerate, and resourceful. He had top notch gear, and he knows what to do with it, pulling out the best of the band. Emily and the Baby Teeth sounded awesome!
We will have the Coconauts, chatham's own new improv troupe, giving their Siler City debut!
Are we ready? I guess we will soon see!..
YES WE WERE, THEY WERE FRIKKIN HILARIOUS! (I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while).
Lots of other great stuff going on tonight.
I really hope that we get a due crowd, for all that is in store!
LAMO!
I am grateful for the few folks that weathered the chilly air. But I think we've got to do better than that.
After the show, we all proceeded to my studio, for an after party party 'warm up, and a little slide show...
In attendance were: Stacye Leanza, Rita, Shawn, and Makani McKenzie,
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| Stacye and Rita and Shawn |
and the unwitting band: Emily, Doug, Sanders and Dylan!
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| Beth and the Band |
Fortunately for me, this was exactly how many seats I had, including the blanket on the floor. Also fortunate for me, the band all seemed willing and game, and once the show started, seemed genuinely interested! I hope it was a good way for them to 'come down' from their big performance, before making the long trip back to Greensboro.
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| Konked Out Kid |
Thanks to these souls for their good audienceship and sportly attentiveness (minus Makani)
Especially Big Thanks to Beth, for all of her awesome help with the projector, and also for her good comments and questions.
