What would you do if I sang out of tune?
The good news is I have been asked to MC and evening event called ILC Woodstock where the Rock Shop staff here put on a music festival for the camp.
It happened like this...
...once every two weeks the parents come and look around camp and see their children performing in various departments eg. magic, theatre, rockshop, dance, variety show, etc. etc. etc. We call this "Performance Day."
Every Performance Day at Rock Shop we have the kids play a show, there are 8-14 bands each session and each plays between 1 and 3 songs. Rock Shop Staff each go up and introduce one, maybe two of the bands and usually when i go up to do this I have a bit of banter and get the crowd going... I love the feeling of being the entertainer and getting a response from the audience so i really enjoy this opportunity...
Last nights Evening Activity was called Departmental Showcase, where the STAFF of some of the aforementioned departments do a 20 minute, rockshop being no exception. Since I wasn't playing in any of the bands I went up to do a solo piece, but not without a chirp on the mic first:
Antony: Hello Everybody
Crowd: Cheers!!
Antony: Ok, this is where I'm ment to show off, but you guys don't want to see that do you?
Crowd: More Cheers!!!
Antony: You do???? Well Alright Then!!
Antony: First though, I have to ask you all a question
Antony: # Do you neeeeeeed anybody? #
Crowd: # I need somebody to love #
Antony: # Could it beeeee anybody?? #
Crowd: # I just want someone to love #
Antony: Cool, Lets play some blues!!
Anyway in the evening Budd, the head of music had a chat with me and said "You're really good at MCing, you get the crowd going and everything. I'm crap at it I just talk really fast and don't really know what to say so you can MC ILC Woodstock if you want"
I almost cried.
Do in the meantime I've been thinking of some funny things to say and nice ways to introduce the bands etc.
Later kiddies xxx
It happened like this...
...once every two weeks the parents come and look around camp and see their children performing in various departments eg. magic, theatre, rockshop, dance, variety show, etc. etc. etc. We call this "Performance Day."
Every Performance Day at Rock Shop we have the kids play a show, there are 8-14 bands each session and each plays between 1 and 3 songs. Rock Shop Staff each go up and introduce one, maybe two of the bands and usually when i go up to do this I have a bit of banter and get the crowd going... I love the feeling of being the entertainer and getting a response from the audience so i really enjoy this opportunity...
Last nights Evening Activity was called Departmental Showcase, where the STAFF of some of the aforementioned departments do a 20 minute, rockshop being no exception. Since I wasn't playing in any of the bands I went up to do a solo piece, but not without a chirp on the mic first:
Antony: Hello Everybody
Crowd: Cheers!!
Antony: Ok, this is where I'm ment to show off, but you guys don't want to see that do you?
Crowd: More Cheers!!!
Antony: You do???? Well Alright Then!!
Antony: First though, I have to ask you all a question
Antony: # Do you neeeeeeed anybody? #
Crowd: # I need somebody to love #
Antony: # Could it beeeee anybody?? #
Crowd: # I just want someone to love #
Antony: Cool, Lets play some blues!!
Anyway in the evening Budd, the head of music had a chat with me and said "You're really good at MCing, you get the crowd going and everything. I'm crap at it I just talk really fast and don't really know what to say so you can MC ILC Woodstock if you want"
I almost cried.
Do in the meantime I've been thinking of some funny things to say and nice ways to introduce the bands etc.
Later kiddies xxx