One at 10:30 AM in Austell Ga, (play for one hour) then drive all the way to the
Opposite side of the Metro Atlanta area and play at 2:30 PM.
This is a distance of 38.8 mi.
Both venues are long time clients, the first is a memory care where I play
Monthly, the second is a more upscale assisted living plus memory care.
This is the one I am spotlighting here.
This was a funny day, we laughed a lot at this second gig.
I have always set up my gear with my back to the row of windows
Between the two doors that go out onto the porch you can see in
the photo.
Yesterday, they had a very tall Christmas tree there.
She had also told me that there was some sort of dramatic thing
The Residents were going to put on, that would take about 10 min,
So I opted to set up over to the side.
She was thrilled.
This drama thing was supposed to happen first, then I would perform.
Of course that didn't happen, the people were trickling in, so
She asked me to go ahead and play a few songs.
I ended up doing my whole show, THEN they did their thing, and
Then I played two songs to end the event before Bingo.
Now, these folks were sitting at a row of tables with their
papers in front of them from which to read their parts .
They also had Laminated cards, they were to hold up when each
Segment was over, so people would know it was over.
The laminated plastic cards said "APPLAUSE".
So, here I go on my first tune, walking out amongst them,
Singing as I went, as I usually do, and when I finished,
I turned around and picked up one of those signs.
The room fell apart with laughter, and there after at the
End of every one of my songs, the people who would later be
Doing the drama held up their APPLAUSE signs for me.
I felt like I was at a Gymnastics meet with the judges
Holding up their score cards.
It was hilarious.
"My Recent Day of Performances"
by
Jerry E Smith
©12/22/2018
All images were taken with my LG Stylo4 cellphone.
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