Happily Upstaged

Our public calendar is pretty slim this time of year, but our private bookings continue to roll in. We played a birthday party last night, which under most circumstances wouldn't be much to blog about.

But in this case, we had a unique experience I thought I would share. The honoree was an established wine maker in the area, and his closest 130 friends came out to celebrate. Among those was a nine year old girl who had written "Poppa" a special song. Would we mind if she sang it? Heck no, bring it on!

So, in the middle of our second set, we got this young girl up to the mic, and without hesitation, without a show of nerves or any other distraction, she belted out a simple, catchy, touching song she had written herself. From this little voice came a melody that captured the room, an innocence that only a nine year old could have and a love for Poppa that nobody in the room missed.

We were all singing along by the end. Long, loud applause. Just amazing.

As the moment died down I stepped up to the mic and told everyone we were packing up and going home, as there was no way to top that. I was more serious then kidding.

I suppose this is one of those "you had to be there" moments. I was glad I was there. Now, if I could only figure out how to become her agent...

tc