AMPW Birthday: April 2024

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Photo by KLPW:

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Sulkko Memorial Service: Apr. 27/24

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I was honoured to be asked to lead the music, mostly 60's folk songs:

If I Had a Hammer (Hays/Seeger),
Blowin' In the Wind (Dylan),
Amazing Grace (Newton),
Anthem (Cohen), and
We Shall Overcome (Ridley/Seeger).

Note: if we had sound-checked, I hope we would have discovered that the vocal mic was picking up too much guitar.

Also after the Pink Martini video, there is no audio. Unfortunately, there are frequent technical glitches in our services. One gets fixed, and then something else goes wrong.

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Cambrian Improv at Giorg's Restaurant: Apr. 23/24

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Mary, Katie, Steve, Tamara and Richard just performed this evening (Apr. 23) at Giorg Restaurant for the regional Justices of the Peace annual conference, and we killed them ... I mean it.

3 Objects (briefly without introducing ourselves or what we were doing there)
Scene in a Minute
Survivor (Tamara won/lost)
Bestie Boyz
Talking Heads
Number of Words (I had 8 )
Shoulda Said
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly,
Sounds Like a Song

I didn't take many pictures. Katie was there!!

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Pioneer Ridge Volunteer Lunch: Apr. 23/24

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Dave's Golf Demo at Men's Breakfast: Apr. 20/24

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Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Apr. 18/24

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My theme was "days gone by". I sang:

Yesterday (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
Delta Dawn (Larry Collins/Alex Harvey), and
Those Were the Days (Gene Raskin).

Review: "That last one was fun!" - Mitch or Bernie or Matteo, I forget which.

Highlight: Nanaimo squares brought by Kris!!!

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Drawing of Dad

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Photo taken April 14/24

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JPW's Birthday: Apr. 14/24

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Attended A's gymnastics show in the morning. Trampoline with M, beer, chips & guac outised with J, K, E, M, & Granma Bev, moved inside, A & Tam arrived with pizza, cheesecake & prezzies, iPad games with M.

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Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Apr. 11/24

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I sang three songs by Bruce Cockburn:

The Whole Night Sky,
All the Ways I Want You, and
Love Loves You Too.

Pictured: new participants Paul and Maya.

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Disappointing Solar Eclipse: Apr. 8/24

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School was let out early, so I worked 1215 - 1315h. This vid was taken at the peak of the eclipse: 1510h. Boo.

This was posted by someone in Thunder Bay, a friend of a friend.

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Visit With PW Fam: Apr. 7/24

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trampoline (successful bum drop on first attempt), back yard gymnastics with A & M, sitting with E, Uno with all (no T), pasta, salad, banana bread, Frozen Uno with A, M & E, I Spy.

Bike Ride: Apr. 6/24

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Marks, Walsh, Neebing, path, Empire, Syndicate, Walsh, Marks. Dave Campbell was going the other way on Empire.

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Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Apr. 4/24

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I sang Leonard Cohen songs:

Tower of Song,
Everybody Knows, and
Bird on the Wire.

Review: "Good performance." - Bobby

Highlight: Being called onstage by Rose to play harmonica on a jazzy song from the 30s. Diatonic C harp over C E7 A7 D7 G7, causing me to fear I'd hit clunkers over the accidentals. Just keep moving and it works.

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