There are lots of activities today.  Judy has a program at school with her choir.  They, of course, had a great performance.  I’ve posted a few pictures from the rehearsal earlier in the week, and the performance today.

Performance pix

I had regular morning classes at BHSFIC.  I had lunch at school, then returned to my classroom to clean up some of the loops on the “Loopy” app.  Back at the apartment later, I reviewed the presentation several times, cutting down the time, and making sure I was familiar with all the technical aspects of using the iPad, with our portable speaker.  There’s nothing worse than watching a performer suffer through “technical difficulties,” punching buttons, and plugging and re-plugging cords.

Around 5:30, Dom and I traveled over to Homeplate BBQ in Sanlitun, where we met Judy, Shannon, and Lara.  Afterwards, we walked 200 yards to “The Bookworm” for the evening’s “fun.”  I checked all my settings, and everything seemed to be working.  The program was called “Bokaupu”, roughly translated as random things.  They weren’t kidding.

The first thing on the program involved audience members shouting out numbers that translated into notes on the piano (C-1, D-2, etc.).  Then the organizer improvised a tune from the selected intervals on piano, and was joined by an oboist, and a performer on French Horn.  Other performers included a pianist, singer, tap dancer, beat boxer, several magicians, and a guy who manipulated a crystal ball while the pianist and others improvised music in the background, as well as my kazoo performance.  Several of the performances were good, but we really enjoyed the crystal ball guy.  As to why I’m doing this……refer back to the blog entry “Me and my big comb”, 9/9/14 for the answer.

The organizer & Master of Ceremonies

Here are a couple of links to videos:

 KAZOO PERFORMANCE –

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgadszi3j54oht0/Bokaopu.Kazoo.MOV?dl=0CRYSTAL BALL

CRYSTAL BALL PERFORMANCE –

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l4un7zlg1l5eryv/Bokaopu.Crystal%20Ball.MOV?dl=0