Clark and Ginger’s house that is. The hosts kindly set things up for some twenty-somethings on their way between gigs on their East coast tour (in multiple cars based in Augusta, Georgia). Ginger’s niece Bethany Davis is a great singer in multiple bands, one called “Bethany & Balducci” (see a youtube video here). This configuration included a bass player and another multi-instrumentalist.
Very late at night during a solstice party mysterious and inscrutable things happen. Like couch burning. And/or spontaneous song spouting. You never know.
What a beautiful day Saturday turned out to be. The river was crystalline (and flowing fast), the beer was delicious, and the night was filled with fire and music. Joel Winstead captured the 2015 solstice party zeitgeist in some sketches.
The Shenandoah on the Solstice by Joel Winstead
Mr Pea on his usual perch (by Joel Winstead)
Music by the solstice fire (by Joel Winstead)
Firelit at the solstice (by Joel Winstead)
Thanks for coming to the solstice party! Support local music; come hear Where’s Aubrey’s CD release concert this Friday at the Brightbox in Winchester.
The cast was truly geeky. At one point the three not-really-geeks found themselves in the kitchen while the true geeks carried on at the bar. They thought they were the cool kids, but we had all the liquor.
There was PI pie. It was cut at just the right time as we listened to PI.
Fancy pants New Years means caviar and oysters to start, followed by Bach, then fondue, with sorbet for dessert. Fueled by champagne and great friends.
The Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins
Janet Bailey, 1st violin
Gary McGraw, 2nd violin
John Bailey, cello (reading from the piano score)
The longest night is over. We turned the sun again. Great solstice party, as ever, thanks to all of you. Of note this year, superior food in the random food pile and really tasty tunes by the fire.
I know, lets do it again!!
2014 winter solstice fire
The night was still and cold, and the fire took a couple of minutes to get going. Jack took some video that was transformed into this time lapse.
lighting (starts small)
Sadly, the keg was dead by 7:30?! It’s impossible to get the beer amount dialed in even after 11 years of practice. Oh well, there’s always bourbon.
