Ed had said that he would be able to actually show up, but a classmate of his boned out on some responsibility and Ed had to pick up the slack, so it turned out he couldn't. And what with Geoffs doing Nutcracker, it ended up being just Me, Mike, and Taisha. So instead of actually practicing, we ended up going with what has unofficially become a yearly tradition: the final practice of the year ends up being a lazy practice.
In the past we've gone and hung out at The Harvester above Stadium Video. Or just hung out in general. Yesterday we made paper chains, listened to some EVP on the TAPS website, and watched a documentary about Fred Rogers.
That's a pretty f**king inspiring guy. Yes, Mister Rogers himself (or "misterogers" as he was known in the beginning). It showed the whole speech he gave in front of congress when Nixon, being a Republican, wanted to cut the PBS budget in half. At the end of the speech he recited the lyrics to one of his songs, and the senator in charge of the hearing said, "Well, I think that's just wonderful. You may have just made twenty million dollars."
God damn. Mister Rogers wrote a $20,000,000 song.
Also really f**king incredible was the musical director of Mister Rogers's Neighborhood. Did you know that there was a jazz trio live in the studio during every episode of Mister Rogers, and they performed all the music live, and improvised most of it (except for the songs)?
I didn't. Until yesterday, that is! Whoa!
