NorCal Rabble December Kilt Night

[Alan H]

Ahhh, the band, the band.

some wierd guy in a kilt is playing clarinet and whistles

fiddle is Lisa Ratner
guitar and bouzouki, Kathy Sherman
Keyboards, Naomi Temes
Bass, Ben Fox, who doubles as Lisa Ratners son
Drums Tim....gaaa....from the Afro Cuban dance group Zanzibar

The mainstay of the Band is Klezmer, meaning Jewish Party Music. Last night, though we started with six Klez tunes, then moved to Ireland and Scotland for two Reels sets and a waltz....took a break, then two Greek tunes (lung busters for me), then moved to Brazil for two Sambas and then came North to the USA for some 1930's-40's style swing jazz. What was to be a 2 hour gig turned into a 2 1/2 hour job, but we had a lot of fun.

[walkerk]

Cold and drizzly for California is why most everyone was inside and the turnout was smaller than usual. With a new rain cape to try out, I was secretly hoping for the promised deluge which never came. W2F "admiring" your gear means he has inspected and mentally recorded every cut, fold and stitch - it will be fun to see what he creates.

Here's a view of the inside of the new kilt:



And a detail of the Mud Flap Girl tartan:



My thanks to Jamie and Star for the gift of a splendid tankard hanger.

[MacKellar]

It was cold and wet. I'm a wimp.

[CameronTaylor]

[QUOTE=MacKellar;467146]It was cold and wet. QUOTE]

That's kinda what (bad)Chris said but in more colorful terminology (I copied and pasted that pic to a whole lotta people who know he ), he also said bite me.


CT - the other Redhead wants to steal Alan's kilt (likes that tartan) and Jamie's scarf. I said sure, soon as you can get on a plane and fly up there ....
(translation: you're both safe, she don't fly)