that went about as damply as feared

[solarbird]

That went about as, um, damply as could be expected. When I left the house, the sun had come out again, but walking down the hill you could see this striking sharp edge of clouds right over Lake Washington - the west half, including us, was mostly open sky; the east half - particularly the bit over Kirkland - looked like doom incarnate.

But it stayed dry on the bus ride there, and I got out, and checked in, and the sky looked scary but... still dry! And while the crowd waiting seemed a bit thin, it still didn't look bad. So I set up in a better place than the tent, and I'm waiting for the market to officially open - Kirkland Wednesday is the only market I do that actually has a strict open-time policy, you're not allowed to do anything before 2pm - and the rain started.

I had just enough time to fleet to the tent I'd been told I could use until they needed to set up for 3pm storytime before - after opening bell rang and I started playing - it started coming down in buckets and the market emptied out. I even had to move further back in the little tent a couple of times to get away from blowing rain. And I wasn't even through my set before they booted me because they needed to set up for storytime. So that was kind of a drag, but on the other hand, I did have someone curious about my flutemaking (gave card), one of the few people who did stay for a while said they quite liked my new song, and I did get a couple of dancing kids, one of whom was particularly energetic, which is always fun.

On the way home I stopped at the little store at the bottom of the hill, and the owner was in; he noticed my large flute (Splinter) and we talked some, and I played some for him, and he said that at his restaurant they occasionally have music events and asked if I was interested in playing, so I of course said sure and gave him a card. Maybe something will come of that; you never know.

Comments

[dustin-00.livejournal.com]

"the east half - particularly the bit over Kirkland - looked like doom incarnate"

That would explain why I had my windshield wipers on overdrive and still could barely see.

Lesson of the Day:
When you are directly under The Doom, you can't see it.

[blues-kun.livejournal.com]

Seeing a flute gig in a restaurant would be awesome.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was wondering how that went while I was heading out to Redmond yesterday. That was quite a downpour for a while there. Glad to hear you got some good out of it.

[solarbird]

Actually he was more interested in my mandolin music! But he liked the flute stuff too, so, yeah, maybe! But we'll see what happens, if anything.

[solarbird]

Potential good. Potential. We'll see whether anything real happens.