Two Great Performances...

I was fortunate enough to see two great performances last night: First, Missi and I went to Drew’s spring program for the kindergarten and first grade classes. It was called “Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack” and it was a duck theme (imagine that?!). Drew did a great job saying his little poem in front of everyone. He remembered all the words and spoke clearly and loudly into the microphone. I didn’t get any pictures of it but I got it all on video. I’m sure that there is some way I could upload the video to the blog, but I am not going to spend the time to figure out how to do it.

After Drew’s program, Missi and I headed out to Taylor’s for Justin Hopkin’s show. We got there and met up with Jeff (guitar player) and Holly (Jeff’s girlfriend), who had flown into Eugene that afternoon from Los Angeles. It was great to catch up with Jeff and it was fun to meet Holly. After awhile Justin came back to Taylor’s and we talked with him for awhile. After Trevor Ras opened for them, the guys put on a great show. Taylor’s was pretty packed, which seemed surprising for a Wednesday night. The crowd seemed pretty into it, especially when Justin played some well known covers. They played “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Let’s Get It On,” and a Ray Charles song (“I’ve got a woman”?) Some of the other songs from the EP that were played was “Last in Line” and “We Live Art.” There was some new stuff that was played that sounded really good also. Trevor Ras played sax on a few songs and that sounded good. It was a really fun night!