Open mic night

Last night, Jacob and I played hooky from church and went to the open mic night at the Claremont Folk Music Center. We got there 10 minutes early, and there was already a long line of musicians waiting. When we got in, about 16 people had signed up, but for some strange reason the #2 slot was still empty. Jacob took that slot, and we sat down in the back.

The first singer was a girl who works at the Folk Music Center, playing a folksy tune she had written. Jacob was up next - he played his classical guitar and sang "Old Man River." The crowd (about 40 people) cheered loudly when he hit the low note at the end of the bridge, and again when he finished. Several people came up and talked to him during the intermission. One lady thought he sounded like he should have been 7 feet tall and 500 lbs.

Most of the other performers sang and played guitar, but there were a few exceptions, including a guitar-accordion duet, a guitar-banjo duet, a dobro instrumental, and a harp. We wanted to stay until the end, but there were still several performers left to go at 9:30, and we were getting tired. We hadn't eaten dinner yet and we were an hour from home. We stopped at A&W and got bacon cheeseburgers and ate them in the car on the way home.