We busked around the market town...
So, she's not even 2 years old yet and Z's made her first buck. Literally - a whole dollar! Which is a lot when you have pretty much nothing in the way of personal expenses. :)
She's really quite the singer - her repertoire is a bit heavy on the GBS, but for someone who is not even 23 months old it's really quite broad and eclectic. Popular favorites include General Taylor, Captain Kidd, Old Polina, The Mermaid, The River Driver's Lament, Concerning Charlie Horse and Old Brown's Daughter... she also does a mean Puff, is getting quite good at City of New Orleans, and has recently achieved a nearly understandable One Prairie Outpost (Barry dance included!).
But one of her best tricks is the Beatles' Yesterday. She tends to skip from "yesterday" to "why she had to go" (complete with the cute hand/arm gesture of" i don't know"), but it is still, unmistakably, Yesterday. My dad's fam was quite impressed when we were in NYC for Annie's Bat Mitzvah - Z probably performed it 3 or 4 times.
So a few days ago, or maybe it was just yesterday, time flies when you don't have your nose completely buried in all things first year PhD, she was singing Yesterday for our across the street neighbors, J and L. And we're not sure if it was to reward and further encourage her, or possibly to hush her up, but J fishes into his pocket and hands her a dollar. J is a musical man, and we're pretty sure he sees talent, so we think it's the former but it's always good to allow it might be the latter. In any case, she promptly stops and stares at the bill for a bit, but then continues singing.... and it's just the cutest thing ever!
So our new plan for the college fund is to park her on the Downtown Mall the next nice weather-d weekend... who am i kidding - we live in C'ville, it's always nice here (apologies to those of you who are in A2, but honestly, if you've lived in other places you've just forgotten, cos A2 gets freakishly little sunshine. really.), dress her up all cute like, put a hat out front and have her sing and dance - I bet she'd make a killing, and I'm not just saying that cos I'm her Mommy ;)
She's really quite the singer - her repertoire is a bit heavy on the GBS, but for someone who is not even 23 months old it's really quite broad and eclectic. Popular favorites include General Taylor, Captain Kidd, Old Polina, The Mermaid, The River Driver's Lament, Concerning Charlie Horse and Old Brown's Daughter... she also does a mean Puff, is getting quite good at City of New Orleans, and has recently achieved a nearly understandable One Prairie Outpost (Barry dance included!).
But one of her best tricks is the Beatles' Yesterday. She tends to skip from "yesterday" to "why she had to go" (complete with the cute hand/arm gesture of" i don't know"), but it is still, unmistakably, Yesterday. My dad's fam was quite impressed when we were in NYC for Annie's Bat Mitzvah - Z probably performed it 3 or 4 times.
So a few days ago, or maybe it was just yesterday, time flies when you don't have your nose completely buried in all things first year PhD, she was singing Yesterday for our across the street neighbors, J and L. And we're not sure if it was to reward and further encourage her, or possibly to hush her up, but J fishes into his pocket and hands her a dollar. J is a musical man, and we're pretty sure he sees talent, so we think it's the former but it's always good to allow it might be the latter. In any case, she promptly stops and stares at the bill for a bit, but then continues singing.... and it's just the cutest thing ever!
So our new plan for the college fund is to park her on the Downtown Mall the next nice weather-d weekend... who am i kidding - we live in C'ville, it's always nice here (apologies to those of you who are in A2, but honestly, if you've lived in other places you've just forgotten, cos A2 gets freakishly little sunshine. really.), dress her up all cute like, put a hat out front and have her sing and dance - I bet she'd make a killing, and I'm not just saying that cos I'm her Mommy ;)