The talent show

Faithful readers may recall that in the wake of Mike's guitar purchase, the subsequent students' guitar purchases, and the discovery of several talented individuals, a talent show came into plan. Well, it happened a few days back, and now we have a couple of photos to share, thanks to Sandy Peace (our camera overloaded that night, poor thing). Mike started out as a backup 'singer' for Bob Peace's rap skit:

Lookin' bad in the black hoodie, 'Dore'. The two middle kids are Oregon students who happily enough stepped up to the challenge, thank you Stephan and Ryan. The far left long-hair is professor Terry Robertson, with the skit's star, far right, Bob Peace. We suggested several names for the group, including Peace and Justice (Bob is a lawyer) and Give Peace a Chance. Even in the face of such brilliance, they remained nameless.

 Then Mike, one set later, came back on stage as the guitar-man for our duet, "Falling," by Kate Rusby. At times I thought the title way too appropriate, but we managed to keep our balance, hit the right notes, end together, and neither fell nor failed. Yay!

Yet another milestone for our Paderno experience is now safely under our belts, and the last week here approaches. There are increasing moments of bittersweet and nostalgia, but we are getting very psyched about being home again. Stay tuned for further postings as we manage them.