Sometimes the most impromtu shows turn out to be the best. Last night I was knocking around the house with the kids all having gone to bed and my partner having gone out to see some live music in our local area..namely the Oxjam event at the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset with the Buffolo Girls headlining. Country and Western is not my bag at all so I was happy to give this a miss.
So I went onto to SL wondering if I might be able to find a gig somewhere. As soon as I got online I got a call from my good friend Bree Birke (www.breebirke.com) to say she was watching a speed build contest. When I arrived I found it consisted of a series of raised platforms on which each competitor had 45 mins to build something on the theme of "In The Kitchen". After a period of watching what they were putting together I got a message from the owner of the land, another old friend of mine Paddy Wright. Paddy asked if I would judge the competition so I got all official and started scrutinising what the folks had put together. Finally, once the time was up Paddy announced the conclusion I had reached. In 3rd place was Cito Karu with a nicely put together set of kitchen units and refridgerator including running water in the sink. 2nd place went to Aaack Straaf who cretaed an imaginative scene in which two insects looked on in wonder at a spillage from a giant wine glass. !st place went to Santa Kwassman with his giant 1950's inspired food mixer complete with animation turning the blades in a tasty looking chocolate cake mix.
Everyone was in a good mood and all seemed to be enjoying themselves as we all had a good look round the entrants. It was around about this time that I ask Paddy if he would mind if we kept the fun going and I played a few tunes for everybody. I needed to relog to get set up on my laptop so after about 15 minutes of setting up we had all transferred to the lovely Teal Island where I played an hour and 20 minutes of songs. I got a really good response from everyone there, several of whom hadn't been to a live music show in SL before. It was altogether a very satisfying experience playing for old friends and new. My thanks to Paddy Wright and Gillian Carthage for letting me play.
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