Tonight I sang an original song about Hannah at the Grace Church Ice Cream Social. The performance of the song was... problematic. There was a technical difficulty with the guitar (we still don't actually know what the problem was) that had Jimmy distracted at the beginning, so the first verse and chorus were weird. And I was enough distracted by that, that I flubbed the words on the chorus once. But we got it together on the second verse and it was awesome for that verse and chorus, and then we went into the bridge, which was Robert on harmonica, and he did an AWESOME solo (I was very impressed with what he was doing, actually) but then at like the very last measure of his solo, he misjudged the distance to his mic stand and dropped the microphone! Fortunately he was just about done anyway and I just went right into the last chorus. So it was far from a picture-perfect performance, but afterward a number of people came up to either me or Cathy and told us how much they enjoyed the song! Apparently we did a good enough job to communicate the message of the song, which is a daddy's love for his little girl. So in the final tally, it was a successful performance, if not a "perfect" one.
The best part for me was that I got to have some real fun making music with friends. I'm certainly glad that our message got across to the people in the audience, and I would have preferred a stellar performance, but I regret nothing. And I'm so thankful to Jimmy and Robert for helping me make it happen.
UPDATE: Here's the video, warts and all!
Here's a picture of my sunshine that I snapped while she was getting ready for church that Sunday morning:
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