What a Great Day...

I had a real nice lunch yesterday. They put on a luncheon for us for the Holiday season. The food was nice, the conversations nice, all and all it was a good time but that is not why I had a good time. Let me explain.

When I walked in there were already people there. First thing I saw the people, next I smelled and saw the food. I headed for the line and filled up my plate with goodies. Once I got that and the drink under control as I was headed back to take a seat when I noticed it.

First I saw two microphones set up on mike stands. One of the mikes was the old style but still very good microphone. The other was a little more modern. By them was a music stand which sat near two chairs. Just beyond that was a mixer board (now were talking) which must have also doubled as a power amp. That was then hooked into a couple of nice looking speakers.

OK, now that was enough to get me very excited. I have always like the tecky side of things and that includes audio/visual as well. But the other thing this reminded me of was Open Mike night. Back 10 15 years ago I used to attend many an open mike night many of which my coworker was playing and singing at. Actually to just say he was doing that is an understatement. I think one of the things I enjoyed about him is he would entertain, not only with the music but also in what he said as a introduction to his different songs. He was a true entertainer. Let me clear something up before I go further. I say was because A) he retired and B) he moved to Florida. It kind of makes it hard to do Open Mike nights anymore.

So after a while one of the people I work with stepped up to the mike and brought his brother with them. They played soft Christmas music in the background and they were pretty good. I would be curious to see what else they can play. Someone kept yelling Free Bird but they were not bighting. Anyway that brought back a lot of memories. The only thing that would have made it better would be if they played Streets of London, Poverty, Poverty, Knock, Boothferry Bridge and a few others to name names. I sure did enjoy those days GoGo...

Anyway that was my highlight of my day. How about you, how did your day go?

Oh and one more thing, time to wish my friend SignGurl a happy birthday. She is one of the most super people I am so fortunate to know. She is always willing to lend a hand and also ready to kick butt and take names if the situation calls for it. She is very creative and turned into quit the tech savvy person too. She is always fun to be around and and ... well and a lot more. I got to stop this because it is starting to sounds line a eulogy. Anyway don’t forget to stop by and wish her a happy birthday.