Barbershop In The Very Rainy Park

OK that was an interesting gig! (see pictures) Today we flew in Doug's Cessna down to La Center, Oregon to sing at the third annual "Barbershop In The Park" event, organized by our good friend Linda. This was the first time we've used the Cessna since Doug joined the group in January, and it opens up a whole new era of cheap and easy travel to anywhere within 500 miles of Vancouver - what a way to fly, with no security lines, no set schedules... but I digress.

Of course normally in late August, the weather would be warm and dry, but today it started off as a sprinkle and turned into a deluge. And it's an outdoor event! Here's a picture of the audience, getting very, very wet.

There were five quartets, including "My Three Sons" who flew in from Florida, and our buddies the Christiansens (plus Loel) from "Three Out Of Four." Anyway by the time it got to be our turn to sing, the rain was really coming down in buckets, and Linda made the call to move the whole audience into the gazebo with us. This made the event a lot drier for them, and a whole lot more intimate as well - we sang twelve songs with no mics, just a few feet from the whole audience! We're used to the typical darkened auditoriums, so this was a real treat for us, and I think the audience was so happy to be safely out of the rain, they were predisposed to have a good time.

Hoping to come back and sing Barbershop In The Park again next year, but with better weather!