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Glad to hear you made it home safely, Joe! 

I'm so glad that those who were able to make it came out!  I think everyone from Chordie had a good 4-6 hour drive to get here.  What an amazing weekend this was.  Since DE and JJJ (and their lovely ladies) are still in town, I'll save the "party review" for another day. 

A very very very SPECIAL thank you to UJB for all the video recording that was done!  I actually was pretty busy with my smoky butts, and had such a good time knowing that I didn't have to worry about video too much.  Joe, you truely made MY day much easier!  I did take a couple pictures, and only a couple videos and sound recordings.  For now, here's a few pics, and I'll get my couple videos and sound clips up in a few days.   

Ken (aka - Dirty Ed)

UJB

Jim (aka MekidsDad)

One of the "Me kids"

JJJ and the Bread Machine (it LIVES!)

I think they may have liked the smoked pork...

Hmmm... sounds like I've got about 3 hours to shower, scrub the paint off my hands (face, hair, arms, floor), clean the kitchen up, bake some darn cookies, and tidy up the house a little ... I better get moving!    I've worked my tail off, and will be happy to call it officially time to relax when UJB pulls in the driveway!  LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!!  (in a few hours.. cuz.. paint covered me is not a pretty sight!)

Kev - I'm curious how you set this up?  Did you just call around to retirement communities and ask if they'd like you to come in and play?  How did the conversation go?  I've thought a million times about doing this.  We have a lot of them around, and remember as a teen going into some with our girls choir as well as when I was a little one singing Christmas Carols with the Girl Scouts.  They were (almost) always so overjoyed to see us.  As I homeschool one of my children, I've thought a few times about possibly putting a few songs together with her and doing something like this.  It would be a nice community service type of thing for her (for her girls scouts badges), and a good learning experience and lesson on paying it forward as well as empathy.  Plus, as Roger can attest to, I think the people would fall in love with her and... I know to the older folks, a smiling child is something that is simply priceless.

Very relaxing - I think the spaghetti strings is a nice touch with this song in particular.    It just gives it that visual that goes right along with the audio!  Although, I don't care for sitting on the headstock and spinning.  That makes my motion sickness kick in!  ha ha!  Jim and I were taking recently about how having a baritone guitar in the arsenal might be fun! 

As for the spaghetti strings, I looked into this at one point.  Video is really just a ton of images taken in fast succession.  So, we're talking about FPS - frames per second.  If the FPS isn't super fast, you get this effect.  I stuck my cell phone inside my guitar to test it out (a friend actually asked at that time), and sure enough, my strings did the wave too.  I'm actually really surprised that a gopro camera doesn't have a faster video recording speed!

OH BTW - If we end up in the backyard, where we belong, the WiFi signal there is WEAK.  So, there may not be a video stream to share with all ya'll that can't make it this year.  I actually got rid of one of my WiFi routers that was acting as an extender.  Well, that is of course unless I find the time to move the router.  That could still happen, maybe.

We'll get lots of video though to upload after the fact.

Your clouds all have comments!   Thanks for sharing everyone that has so far!  Keep it up!  I think this is a record for the FIRST day of the month (hmm.. I wonder how everyone was so prepared for the one song so far in advance... so weird). 

Yep TF - from looking at her, I'd say she's probably a size 12-14. Being in the public eye, I guess she was worried that she'd get all kinds of negativity over her weight.  Compared to "most" singers, I guess she's a little heavy.  Compared to most women she's about average.  As a woman, I've paid attention to the "size ideals" over the years.  It's crazy how society has gone through extremes on what type of size/body style is considered appropriate or even attractive.  I agree - her size has nothing to do with her musical talent.  Anne Wilson is a perfect example.  Very well put!  Marilyn Monroe was somewhere between a size 10-12, and she was a beauty icon.  Now a days it seems a size 2 is "in".  Meh... If I were a size 2, I'd blow away in the wind!  ha ha ha!

Irish and German here!  Though... I'm not as young as I once was, I'll be playing hostess, AND it's really no fun when my fingers don't move the way I want them to.    Back when I was in my 20's .... nah, that's a story better served on the rocks in person!    Working today - then it's time to get the house and yard ready for company for the rest of the week.  OH - for those that were here last year, just WAIT till you see what Jim did with the porch!  It's not 100%, but it sure is a lot better!  Fingers crossed the weather is good.  So far it's looking a little questionable.  We'll make room for UJB and DE inside should they be concerned about leaky tents overnight!    If we have to, we can always move from the yard to the side or front porch - or inside.  We have a pretty open dining room/living room area with plenty of space for picking!

AND... are we FINALLY going to hear a recording from you????  Come on!  Even TIGLJK has posted his recordings up there.  He's been on Chordie a good long while, and only just started posting his own recordings recently.  You can do it!

As is typical, I go a good few weeks then leave ya'll hanging.  It's Saturday, but hey, better late than never right?  So - I've got for you a pop artist that's pretty well known for her upbeat retro style music.  Meghan Trainor.  She started writing when she was just 11.  She's made some super popular songs because she has an AMAZING voice.  She's popular with my little girls - they just change the words a little.    This song, she actually started writing when she was much younger and it was originally titled, "Give me a Chance".

She even avoided her fame because she was concerned about her size.  She's co-written a slew of famous songs over the years for well known recording artists. She finally gave in, and after she got her BIG record deal, "Give me a Chance" was rewritten and is an ode to being who you are!  You may not have a perfect body, but hey, that's seriously ok!

All About that Bass - acoustic version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbeZ5lMtTr8