| The Sea in Somerville |
| Somerville Review 2006
Columbine reluctantly woke up at 7:30 in our hotel in Baltimore. Grabbed a bite of complimentary breakfast and high-tailed it out of there. I intended to stop at STAPLES or CIRCUIT CITY or BEST BUY somewhere so I could get another film card. I DID have a disposable camera, but it only had 27 shots on it. I figured I’d take the fan jam shots with the disposable and the concert shots with the new card. Fate dictated otherwise. Although the traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike wasn’t horrible, it wasn’t great either. We stopped only to go to the washroom and/or get gas and it still took us 8 hours even though the stupid map program said 6 ½ hours. On one of our stops we saw a sign perfect for this tour – a restaurant called Naked Fish! |
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| Another one of our stops made us laugh out loud. Right there, in all its glory, was a sea monster! What a wonderful greeting for the Jersey Shore area! He was amazing – big, sea blue and covered in ocean inhabitants. If you looked hard enough you could spot a buoy, a sea snake, a lobster, crab, fish, seal, seagull, turtle, shark, whale, seaweed and a pelican. We both had our photos taken with Mr. C. Monster. |
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| It was a relief to get through Connecticut. It always seems terribly long to drive through it. The Welcome to Massachusetts sign never looked so good! We made a quick stop at Columbine’s to feed and pet the kitty and drop our stuff off, and then went over to the park. I parked a block down the street and we walked over to the park, which turned out to be on a diagonal across from the back of the Somerville Theatre. I didn’t see the bus but I was told that it was around the corner, behind the Theatre.
Amanda, Kristin, Emily, Stephanie, and her son Kirk, greeted us at the subway vent. I took out my fiddle to show Emily the signatures on it. She had her violin with her, too. She was blowing off an orchestra rehearsal, I think, to see the show. We introduced ourselves to those we didn’t know yet and discussed what to sing first. Amanda certainly picks up instruments fast! She was great on that bouzouki! We went thru, in no particular order, Old Polina, River Driver, Donkey Riding, and a few more. I will wait for one of the fans to tell me what else we sang before the guys got there. Tony T and friends were supposed to meet us there at 5:30 but they were nowhere to be found. We kept at it for a while. I brought out the fiddle and played Auntie Mary and then Amanda was showing us how she could play the beginning to Billy Peddle. |
| I was watching and listening to her play when I noticed a familiar face walking by the park at the other end. It was Alan! He was looking our way and I waved. He waved back and kept on walking. We were happy to see him and be noticed and went about our singing with renewed vigor. We had at least four voices covered – Soprano, Second Soprano, Alto and Tenor in our acapella numbers. I will say that we sounded pretty decent! |
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| Kristin and I |
| Amanda, Emily and Columbine |
| Amanda, Kristin and Columbine |