Singing at Norteños Cantina: Wed. Jan. 31/24

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Thirteen different friends came by to have a drink/snack and listen, as I sang three sets:
(I might not have them in exactly the correct order)

With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney), Three Little Birds (Marley)/Rivers of Babylon (Dowe/Farian/Reyam/McNaughton), All I Want Is You (U2), What a Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele), The Safety Dance (Doroschuk), Make You Feel My Love (Dylan), Monsters in the Sky (Pepper), All-Star (Camp), Count On Me (Mars), The Hockey Song (Connors), I'm Too Old (For the NHL) (Pepper), In the Early Morning Rain (Lightfoot), Wasn't That a Party! (Paxton).

--------------- Video Killed the Radio Star (Horn/Downes/Woolley), Friends Theme (Willis/Crane/Kauffman/Solem/Wilde/Jay)/Smelly Cat (Chase/Borns/Kudrow), The Big Bang Theory (SNL), Scooby Doo/Buffy Medley, Arthur TV Show Theme (Henderson/de Villiers), Karma Chameleon (O'Dow/Hay/Craig/Moss/Pickett), Now and Then (LENNON/McCartney), In the Garage (Cuomo), Happy Together (Bonner/Gordon), Superman's Song (Roberts) (did I sing this?) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Reid/Reid), The Way (Scalzo), Spanish Is the Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark), Always Look On the Bright Side of Life (Idle), Blowtorch Cat Blues (Pepper).

------------ My Old Friend the Blues (Earle), Hurtin' Song (Pepper), Laughter Heard Through the Wall (Pepper), St. James Infirmary (Trad.), Bird On the Wire (Cohen), The Pillow-Fighting Champ of Dorion Bible Camp (Pepper)*, In My Life (LENNON/McCartney), Vincent (McLean), Bob From Nunavut (Pepper) '69 - '74 (Pepper), I'm Into Something Good (Goffin/King), Don't Be Afraid (Pepper).

At some point I sang The Witch Doctor (Seville).

* by request!

Review: "I liked your transition from I’ll Be There For You to Smelly Cat." - Neil B.

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Visit With PW Family: Jan. 28/24

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After attending Magnus Theatre, I came by for:

Hanging out with M in the back room fort, Uno with K, A & M, pasta supper, and Cards v. Humanity.

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Cambrian Improv Show: Jan. 27/24

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Freeze Tag:

Talking Heads:

Number of words:

The Invention of…the Q-Tip:

Evil Twin:

Superheroes:

Space Jump:

Intermission

Questions Only:

Shoulda said:

Weird Newcasters:

Two line vocabulary (twice): (No pix?)

Oscar-Winning Moment:

Survivor:

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Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Jan. 25/24

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I sang:

My Old Friend the Blues (Earle),
I'm Into Something Good (Mann/Weill),
Doo Wah Diddy Doesn't Remind Me of Anything (Barry/Greenwich/Audioslave),
Video Killed the Radio Star (Horn/Downes/Woolley), and
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life (Idle).

Highlight: BGVs during Video Killed.

Also the fact that I knew 3 young people there from their times with me at 3 different summer camps. The one pictured performing I've known since he was a tiny Staff Kid, and now he's one of the lifeguards.

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Visit With PW Fam: Jan. 21/24

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"Restaurant" with A & M, tea, prezzies for Tamara ("Camp Sauce"), sledding, pasta supper, birthday "cake" for Tamara.

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