Open Mic - July

When the evening opened with a thunder and rainstorm I thought oh, boy! No one will show tonight. But, I went anyway figuring at least I'd be there if anyone wandered in. We didn't get as many as I had expected but still the turnout was good considering the weather. I had received a phone call last week from a keyboardist who had planned on coming, but I'm sure the weather kept her home as she had more to lug around than the rest of us! Hopefully she'll join us next month! Last month a challenge went out for someone to write a song about our esteemed treasurer, Thomas Ravenel, who was indicted on cocaine charges. And the surprise of the evening was the one who accepted the challenge was Dr. Cynthia Harris, who generally comes as moral support, but who wrote and sang a really funny song called 'Blow'. She put it to the tune of Ode to Joy which leant to the humor of it.

And Beth Langley had just returned from a trip to CT where she and her group had been cutting a new CD. We are waiting with anticipation of it's release and she has promised to bring a copy to play for the open mic group. I am constantly amazed at the talent around us. We also learned Beth not only writes, sings, and plays guitar, but she is also an accomplished pianist!

I am always grateful for the support Colette brings to us. Even when she is dead on her feet, as she was last night, she still comes by to share her poetry, words of encouragement, and can always get a dialogue going about the various poems and songs performed.

Had to laugh when Aaron walked in last night, because two very funny things happened. Last month he had his son Kwon with him who was a big hit with the poets and before even saying hi to Aaron the first question was, where's Kwon? Also, my good friend, Hope, who runs the center was there for awhile last night and when Aaron walked in and she heard his name she said, 'so this is the infamour Aaron.' I guess he does get a bit of space on my blog each month.

Kathleen is working on a musical with her students and shared a very moving song written for the musical about a young girl going off to college. If her song is any indication of how good the play/musical will be it will certainly be one worth seeing.

I was disappointed Linda didn't bring her guitar this month, but at least she came to support the rest of the poets and musicians. All in all we had a good turnout and fun night. Pictures posted below.