Last night we went to the Old World Deli in Corvallis and saw the Hilltop Band Play. They are a great jazz band that has been around for 22 years. They were so smooth and so awesome!
Our friend Harry came over for dinner first (which included some of the -almost- last broccoli from our garden) and then he drove us over in his fine Lincoln. Wow, what a car.
Sharon from our band was there with a friend who I could not talk to cause the music was loud. Ginny from our jazz band was there too, since she plays in the Hilltop Band. She was only honoring us with her presence in our jazz band until our regular trombone player returned from wandering about Europe. She is so childlike and wonderful. Who knew she was a "world class" musician and all? She did a great solo.
Lots of "world class" musicians were there, of course, since the band had like 17 or 18 members, but one of those fine players, who also did some FABULOUS solos was Stuart Curtis, the conductor of our beginner band in the New Horizons. Stuart was playing alto sax last night altho I understand he sometimes plays like 8 instruments during performances. Sheesh. I get confused going from clarinet to alto and back.
Well, Stuart and Ginny came over and hung out with us a bit between sets. Stuart came and jammed with our jazz band once when we were playing in the gazebo in Central Park in Corvallis. Yay Stuart!
One couple who danced reminded me of my "mom and dad", Roy and Kay. They were wonderful dancers and you could tell they have been dancing together for many years. He wore a tee shirt that said veterans for peace. Yay vfp's.
Very few people danced, actually, but two older hippie women, oh, say in their 50's were out there quite a bit, together and separately. You could tell they have been groovin to the beat a long time. One of them was Yaney from new Horizons and our jazz band. She plays alto sax, tenor sax and soprano sax. The other was yours truly.
Some of the band members thanked us for dancing which is always appreciated. Ginny, tho, said that I looked much nicer dancing with my husband. I said "Well, duh. Just look at him, Mr. Handsome over there." Yep, Kevin danced a slow dance with me and when he held me in his arms, I thought it was new love all over again.
As my old friend BDJJ would say, we went out out out and had fun fun fun.
