Bowling, rehearsals, and training...

The last few days have consisted of:

Training for Story Pirates teacher training programs ---- excited to go into schools and do some of these writing workshops through such a great organization.

Lessons - I love teaching lessons and hope to increase my student roster!

Rehearsal for a piece I'm performing in with Wobble Dance Co., choreographed by Victoria Benzinger and my boy Todd Henry. We are performing it this weekend in Brooklyn.

Went bowling with a bunch of friends the other night at Bowlmor Lanes in Midtown. So much fun, this place has awesome food & a bunch of themed rooms, each with bowling alleys. We were in the Chinatown room....

2 for 1

Tonight was the show my friend Todd Henry worked so hard to put together. 2 for 1: a music/dance collaboration show.

So proud of Todd & his creative partner, Vicky. The show was a sucess. Good turnout. It was at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg.

I played 5 songs:

*Two Time
*Legend
*Warning Shot
*Live to Tell (madonna cover)
*2 Bad 2 Do Good

Band was: Iakov Kremenskiy (good old standby), Carras Paton, sounding awesome on sax/flute, and a new drummer Jeff Villanueva.

I was really digging the sound. We all sounded smooth and tasty together. Can't wait to play with those guys again.

Earlier today:

Crazy Purim party at this SERIOUS synagogue school on the Upper East Side. Was frisked, and searched DOWN to get in....these kids had food for days, magic show, music, and who knows what else.

3pm - Joanna Numata's class at Broadway Dance Center. Aaah, she might be my favorite choreographer, period. So awesome to see her really growing into her role as a teacher. We danced to "One Minute Man" by Missy.

6pm- Rehearsal with Todd for our show on March 6. CLICK HERE for the event info. Heat was out in the rehearsal space in Brooklyn. It was COLD!

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Whether you Fall...

I forgot to mention that last night when I played at Cake shop with the Bloodsugars, I wandered over to Rockwood Music Hall, probably my favorite New York venue, and Tracy Bonham was playing!

She's an artist I started listening to in high school, and she's really great! Her first album, The Burdens of Being Upright, and more recent album, Blink the Brightest, are pretty amazing! At the end of this entry, I am posting one of her songs, "Whether you Fall." It's so beautiful, and I saw her play it last night!

Today I rehearsed with a new drummer, Jeffrey Villanueva, a great guy and good player. We are getting ready for this event:

 

We are doing a Madonna cover, "Live to Tell," that my friend Todd requested. They will be dancing to it. 

Tonight I played keyboard for Alison O'Connor's midnight yoga class at Laughing Lotus Yoga Studio. 

It was a great class! I've done it a few times, but this was our favorite yet. I just play keyboard, no singing, but pacing, energy, groove, and all that are very important. I played some covers tonight, some Lady Gaga, Madonna, "Careless Whisper", "Weak", "Battlefield," haha. I also did an assisted handstand with these two girls, Taylor & Annie. Everyone there was really nice, and I even got a tip. :-)

Shout out to Alison for being such a great, fun, & focused teacher. She always shares some good stories & quotes, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself tonight. Thanks Alison!!