Singing for Your Supper (breakfast or lunch)
Monday, August 04, 2008
My husband and I played music for a picnick at our church last Sunday. (Him on guitar with his songs & me on my concertina trying to emulate European Street music!)
It's fun for us - we had lunch, and then as we were helping to clean up afterwards, we scored a LOT of leftovers!
It's another case of singing/playing for our supper! We get to perform our material and get fed to boot! We have had several arrangements in which we traded our services for meals - for a while we had a standing exchange with a bistro for Sunday brunch - and we honed our classic songs.
Sure - money is preferable - but on the other hand, for tiny gigs, getting a nice meal or 2 out of it - and then some leftovers, too - can also be nice. We will be eating what we brought home for a few days.
A nice perk of performing in Lompoc was their BBQ - (and drinks) - and we will be performing at Channel Islands Harbor at Harbor Days next weekend. More food & fun and a little money. Easy little summer gigs. Live music brings so much to an occasion and really makes the party - do you have some you could share for your supper? (Karaoke works, too!)
It's somehow reassuring to me that I will be able to do this into my twilight years. Fun and food, too.
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