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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Yay Divi Zheni!

Notwithstanding the celiac and all, Shopgirlove made it to her first concert. She almost didn't make it as she ended up in the wrong suburb at one point and in the wrong part of the right suburb at another point. She called Jess in New Hampshire to arrange to have a drink if things got that out of hand:

Shopgirllove: So, if I hit a deer, will you call 911?

Jess: Of course I will! Are you wearing the costume?

Sh.: Oh. I am. You probably don't want to be seen with me in public...

J.: No! That's all the more reason to be seen with you!

See, that's how you know who your friends are. Not only do they not care if you look funny, but they kinda want to show you off when you do.

Having completely missed the warm up, Shopgirlove found the Concord (Massachusetts) Police station and made inquiries.

Cute cop: Balkan night, right?

Sh.: Yes! (And by the way--YUM! Was it Nietzsche who said that all women love a man in uniform?)

C.C.: You're the second person asking about it. I think it's at the Boys and Girls Club (it wasn't). Just keep going, it's downtown (it was, or at least in what counts for a "downtown" in Concord).

Sh.: Oh thank you sooooo much!

C.C.: Just what is Balkan music?

Sh.: Oh my...it's very, um, loud. (Waaah, if only she weren't running late, this one had all kinds of potential. Oh well.)

So, she got there, went on stage, and sang her little heart out. And, guess what? People danced! We made people dance! It's rather intoxicating watching a room ( a fairly large one, too) literally dance to your tune. Also, monitors are weird.

After the concert, people came to find us in the green room. And by "people", I am really referring to my voice teacher, Sue Robbins, and Libana co-founder, Marytha Paffrath. It would be hard to find two more generous artists on this green earth than they. Both of them explained to Shopgirlove that they expected her to audition for Christmas Revels in September...now there's an offer I can't refuse.

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