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Chicken_legs
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Username: Chicken_legs
Post Number: 21
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:09 pm: | 
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I never was able to get tickets for last weekend's Dan Zanes concert. I am curious how it was and if my 2 year old would have liked it. |
amandacat
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Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1008
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 11:09 am: |
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We didn't make it either, it wasn't in the budget this time around, but I have friends who went and they said it was great -- apparently Father Goose was there too, and was a big hit. I'm so jealous! I went and bought myself the Houseparty disk instead and have been jamming to it ever since, even when my little one is not around -- I think it's that good. Yay for non-insipid music for kids! |
dawny
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Username: Day
Post Number: 41
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 2:26 pm: |
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The 11 am show was pretty great. (Who knew the Maplewood Women's Center has such a nice performance space?) Many years ago, I used to occasionally catch Dan and his brother Warren as frontment for the Del Fuegos, a solid rock outfit on the Boston scene in the '80s. It was, therefore, kind of weird to watch Dan after these many years, exhorting my five-year-old to do the hokey pokey. Bottom line, I guess, is that he's still an engaging performer and writes (and covers) good songs.
PS Kudos to the guy in the audience who restrung the D-string on Dan's guitar after he popped it early on in the set. No roadies in Dan's second act I guess. Dan rewarded his kindness by letting the guy lead the hokey pokey at the end of the show.
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ina
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Username: Ina
Post Number: 313
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 2:27 pm: |
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My 4 year old & I were there and he, they, it, we ROCKED. The joy was infectuous (sp?). |
Chicken_legs
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Username: Chicken_legs
Post Number: 22
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 9:49 pm: |
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Sounds cool! I wish we had been there! So, what's the next kids' concert and when? |
themp
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Username: Themp
Post Number: 2640
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 3:11 pm: |
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It was good - not to loud, not too short, not too long. Lively, and fun. Worth $60 for a family of three? Well...only in special places like Maplewoood. Odd to see so many parents of toddlers who are over the age of 35 in one place. |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5834
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 4:27 pm: |
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I remember the Del Fuego's fondly. And for some reason Mission of Burma as well. Part of why it would have been hard for me to see this perf.
I remember the Middle East shows and can hardly imagine that this is the same guy. But hey, Boston loves their home-town bands to death. Sometimes running them into the ground. |
dave23
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Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1422
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 4:39 pm: |
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What does Dan Zanes have to do with Mission of Burma?
Dan's also playing on Sunday, April 30 at the Greek Amphitheatre in Montclair.
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Yossarian
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Username: Yossarian
Post Number: 347
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 4:48 pm: |
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There's a great kids concert next Sunday (3/12) at Millburn Middle School featuring Ben Rudnick and Friends. Tickets are $9 at the door, and all proceeds benefit the Millburn Co-op Nursery school. There's also a bake sale at the show with lots of goodies for $1.
Show starts at 1:30.
Check out Ben here:
http://www.benrudnickandfriends.com/listen.htm
Very listenable, and the kids will have a blast. |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5837
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 5:24 pm: |
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not a thing dave23, just a 'free association' blast from the past memory is all. |
Amyp
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Username: Amyp
Post Number: 5
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - 11:52 pm: |
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Next one is Sunday, April 2 at 2pm with Arturo O’Farrill and his Latin Jazz Quintet “Arroz con Bebop.” The program is designed to introduce Latin jazz to young people through participation, demonstration, and performance. O’Farrill, who leads the Lincoln Center Afro-Cuban Orchestra, toured New York City public schools with this show as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz in the Schools program. Tickets are $15/adult and $11 kids - FREE SHAKER EGGS!
The last one is Sunday, May 7 at 2pm with Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck. Former Montclair Music Together teacher Rebecca Frezza has enjoyed national attention with two critically acclaimed CDs regularly played on XM Satellite Radio and her music videos that have become a staple on Noggin’s Jack's Big Music Show.$15/adult, $11 kids
Tickets at http://www.maplewoodkidsconcerts.com |
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