October 21 2006

Well gang, this is the big day. Even as we speak, a celtic band called "Murder the Stout" is cranking up their crowd pleasing sounds at the 6th Annual Cook-off and Musical Extravaganza at the West Alabama Icehouse at 1919 West Alabama Avenue.

Dan Crump will be coming on at 2:00PM, and you better keep an eye or an ear on this fella because your going to be hearing more from this guy in days to come.

Kiki and Ransom, who everybody knows, have consented to hold forth for us starting at 3:00 PM, and the Bob Chadwick Jazz Ensemble, for the 6th year in a row, will be offering their inimitable jazz interpretations starting at 4:00 PM.

Word has it that in spite of diminished capacity, they’re going to let Harry Sheppard play again this year, so when he’s not playing, women under 24 years of age had better watch out for him.

Finally, to finish out the afternoon, the "Hardwood Brothers", we can only assume they’re in the hardwood business when they’re not playing music, will be featuring the last of the great contortionist fiddle players. We would mention his name, but he’s wanted by law enforcement in three gulf coast states, and two foreign countries.

Because children have a tendency to have short attention spans, and adult music seems to put them off a bit, through out the afternoon between bands, belly dancing performances will be presented by "Tribal Lilies" and "Noore Kavir".

After all, we want the kids to have a good time too.

The rumor that has been going around, that President Bush would be making an appearance at the gathering, as it turns out, was not a rumor at all.

It seems that the President’s people did indeed, try to get him invited to the benefit and it’s gathering of real people in order to boost his sagging ratings in the polls. However, the belly dancers threatened to boycott the event if he so much as set foot on the property.

In so much as this event is all about kids who wish things were better, it was agreed that the kids in attendance would think things were better if there were belly dancers, but no President George Bush.

The sentiments, by the way, were unanimous.

So come on down gang, enjoy the chow, the music, check out the silent auction, and rest assured that George W. Bush will not be there.

You can watch the kids watch the belly dancers too.

Till next week
Helga Biermeister
Secretary