That's Entertainment!

This afternoon I so much enjoy such a unique concert.  I will say it is a little bit hard to describe.  The first part was a duo of organists.  Their hands and feet were projected onto a screen in the front of the sanctuary.  One number was entirely with feet,  four feet on the foot pedals.  That really brought back memories.  Between thirteen and seventeen, I was sometimes the substitute pianist and/or organist in my church (my father's). I taught myself to make a stab at playing the organ.  A keyboard is a keyboard, but then there are the stops and the foot pedals.  I would practice all week in order to be able to include one or two of those.  The feet were the hardest.  It is hard to see them at the same time you are looking at the keyboard and the music.  I managed to bring in a foot pedal occasionally to go with a chord.  Once in a while a stop boomed at the wrong time, but I made the effort.

The finale of this concert was Ye Old Bottle Band.  That is the part that is hard to describe.  There were sixteen bottle band members in a variety of Halloween-themed get-ups,  from dark circled eyes to blinking head pieces, to outrageous outfits.  I think the bottle music was made by blowing into the bottles,  but there were so many other things going on a the same time, I'm not entirely sure.

Youth marauders pranced or danced around the sanctuary in Halloween garb, though thankfully nothing gorey.  Tom Bonne sang Monster Mash while Frankenstein (Tom Corey) danced from the choir loft.  There must have been a synthesizer accompaniment to all of that. The Bottle Band also did quite a bit of choreography, involving finger snapping, hand jive, and jazz hands.

There was more than once when I laughed out loud.  It was so original and creative and fun.   I am happy to be part of a group of folks who can laugh at themselves, and at the same time, share amazing gifts and abilities.

So outrageous, so much fun.  Now that's entertainment!