The Missus and I had a great weekend celebrating our anniversary. We got a package deal with a hotel room, buffet dinner, show tickets, and breakfast buffet as well. We stayed at the Blue Gate Inn in Shipshewana, Indiana, with the theater right next store. The theater is a nice venue, good seats everywhere and not so big that you can't see from the back row, which is where we were.
The Missus has mobility issues and we bought a wheelchair cheap a few years back. I cleaned it up and took it along. I reserved a handicap spot when I bought the tickets, so she sat in her wheelchair and I had an aisle seat right next to her, just inside the door. For the premier outing with her wheelchair, it went nice and smooth.
The show itself with Postmodern Jukebox was a lot of fun. I've seen quite a few of their YouTube videos but didn't recognize any of the musicians except the one singer. However, we certainly weren't disappointed with any of the performance. The guitar player did a solo number of Mr. Sandman, like the Chet Atkins clip above. He also played the banjo.
Jabu Graybeal tap danced - he's nothing short of great - but the real surprise of the night was Gunhild Carling.
I'd seen some videos of her before, but she's like the old school "one man band". She played the trumpet, slide trombone, harmonica, did a little bit of tap dancing and sang. While she didn't play the bagpipes last night, she did most everything else in the above video, including playing three trumpets at the same time.
They closed the show with this number. Different personnel, but they went out rockin'.
The Missus and I enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. While we still haven't made it to Hawaii, it was a great way to celebrate our anniversary and after a couple of wasted years, we're back out among the unwashed.
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