Musical Soiree

We spent the late afternoon/early evening yesterday having a few drinks and snacks and listening to friends of ours singing at a house musicale. Kevin Ahart watches above as Marie Betcher sings. The right part of the montage shows William Parker, who opened his house for the very old school event, and also sang some tunes. From Kevin's Great American Songbook tunes (think Rogers and Hart and Cole Porter) to Marie's opera arias and William and Marie doing some Broadway with a few volunteers from the audience thrown in there was a lot of music accompanied by Shawn Ellison, sight-reading everyone's sheets on the piano before ducking out for a paying gig at Truluck's. It was a very enjoyable and unusual way to spend time in this high-tech age.

Austin is buildings and scenic overlooks, but the people make the place for sure so it's fitting that a few faces show up here for a day or two!