Archive | July, 2016

All Around This World at Portland’s Rox in Sox

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Rox in Sox, Portland’s premiere “Children’s Music and Book Festival,” founded and hosted by the very generous musician and organizer Aaron Nigel Smith, was a stunning success this year, and not just because the main act, OzoKids, roxed our sox off. First of all, there was a llama. Second of all, there was a llama. Third of all, there was some sort of cool Home Depot building project for kids, a cavalcade of cool kindie musicians like Mo Phillips, and, for real, a llama. At the end of the show I played a few songs then hauled out my drums to give kids a last chance to dance.

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All Around This World in Kirkland Washington’s Totem Square

At this afternoon’s show in Kirkland, Washington, All Around This World teacher, Elizabeth Samse of Samse Studios, welcomed us with open arms (and clapping hands) as we rocked out on a set of family-friendly international tunes. The concert took place in front of Metropolitan Music in Totem Square. Apparently two of our four family band members missed the memo that we were all supposed to wear striped shirts so we could look like members of a 1920’s chain gang.

After the band show I slipped around the corner to Northwest Cellars Winery where I played an all-request show of All Around This World songs for grown-ups.

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All Around This World in Seattle

This evening in Seattle the Sand Family joined our long-time friend and gracious host, Michal, and families from the Kadima Reconstructionist Community for a family-friendly concert in the park. (Enjoy the embedded video Michal shot of us sang “Ana Latu,” a love song from Tonga in the Pacific Islands.) We sang a few songs for old and new friends, played voraciously on the playground, devoured ice cream sandwiches at the ice cream shop nearby…what could be better than being on tour?

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