Saturday night we were to meet on A Street, dressed as furniture- Donna put on a bright red wool dress with a lampshade at. I donned a matching lampshade. A Street in Santa Rosa has become a center for artists. This event happened last year and this year even more spectators arrived. The Hubbub Club met in an alleyway decorated with lights, a tractor bearing a snowman and a roaring fire. A nearby studio had a jazz duet and several performance artists. We had forgotten our bottle of holiday cheer, so I entered a study to fill a glass. Yet the numbers had emptied the bottles in one studio and I saw no more almost the entire night. I came as official photographer.
The band began to play and the crowds filled in around us. We (I say we as an unofficial member and photographer.) marched out of the alley and into the main street. The atmosphere was festive. People waved and danced around us. Other just watched or visited the studios on the street. Impromptu spectators became marchers, suddenly a sofa with children is following. Then the snowman leads the parade. Strains of Watermellon man, then "When the Saints Go Marching In."
Late in the evening a jam session started on the corner. I was invited to play the base drum. I played to Miles and Coltrain. A great session- for about an hour. I played so hard I made one of my knuckles bleed- bad technique. I took lots of photos and will leave a link here soon. I will add more to this blog as it was a long fun night.
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