The band played a gig this past Friday night for an Octoberfest party. It was the last one. Good thing. We were getting sick of so much oom pah pah type music.
The dulcimer group went over to the VA home yesterday and played for the guys in the memory unit in the morning and then for the rest of the home in the PM. We had a good audience and they really enjoyed it. Cowboy was really having fun. At one point he got up and went to the bathroom and he almost "danced" down the hall.
In between sets we had pizza and they let Cowboy come over and eat with us. I don't think he had pizza since going into the home, at least nothing this good. He really enjoyed it.
There were 12 of us, including 8 dulcimers, a bass fiddle, my fiddle, an accordion and our percussionist who plays everything from a drum to a triangle to a washboard to a tambourine. It is a challenge to pack up, drive there, take our own chairs, set up in a space not meant to hold that many people and keep things going. I am so grateful for the group and their willingness to do this. Before we had even finished our second set one of the staff was asking when we could come back.
The flowers are doing better and I now have hopes they will stay pretty through the fall. The guys really enjoy them as well.
this afternoon I am going to a dulcimer practice and a pot luck. Made some broccoli slaw to take. It will be good fellowship.
tomorrow I plan to do some housework and other chores around here. Will head back over to see Cowboy on Thursday.
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