Here are some photos from the POETICS Open Mic Night!
I can't remember the first time I performed at an open mic night. I do remember being in talent shows all through lower and middle school; and I remember more clearly performing a myriad of songs at the Outside Inns during high school. The Outside Inns had a very cool, in the jazziest sense of the word, atmosphere complete with round tables draped with checkered cloths and wine bottles caked in candle wax ensconcing the stubby nubs of leftover candles (most likely furnished from the Selby family household; the wine bottles were donated by the Hubbards). The lights were turned down low, stage lights illuminating center stage and a threadbare faux-Persian rug, a chair, and microphones. Avoiding the electric cords for guitars and amps that snaked across the stage, the most talented (or maybe just the bravest) students would make their way to the limelight.
And I can remember the last true open mic night that I played at. That was the summer of 2008, in Baltimore, just before I left for España. e and I learned "Walking with the Ghost" and "If I Met Me" in about two days; she played guitar and I sang harmony. It. was. awesome.
Cute photos and good story, Caro!
ReplyDeleteNothing, nothing, nothing like an open mic night! What about you and e in Homestead Florida?????
ReplyDeleteThat was awesome too!!
ReplyDeleteI remember you had a plan at age 10 or 12 to get a job singing at the Sandpiper....was that in White Stone? And I loved the Homestead performance of "Kiss Me"!
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