Guitar Night
John and the boys got out their guitars after dinner tonight and had a jam session.
After Seth got tired of playing guitar he entertained himself with the camera.
The evening ended with a concert from Jonathan (posing as two artists named "Andrew McCole" and "Ford Anderson.") Seth took this picture.
The concert went like this, designed by Jonathan: We announce him and he runs out amidst thunderous applause from the three of us on the couch. He picks up an appropriately shaped wooden block for a microphone (thanks Grandpa Anderson and Chris) and does his welcome/intro speech before playing for us. After the first number (more applause) he talks for a while again, one more number, and then he exits and comes on as the second guy, (who we were informed would be "dressed in really cool clothes, like what I'm wearing right now.") Speech, song, speech, song, a quick thank you speech, applause throughout (and hooting from the audience (John) at certain times during the speeches) and that was it. Thoroughly enjoyable in every way. Jonathan has a flair and style that is pretty fun to watch when he plays guitar. He really gets in the groove. He was so serious and old the whole time too, and his speeches were hilarious. I was turning and bowing my head to stifle the laughter. He's so awesome.
Super fun night.
After Seth got tired of playing guitar he entertained himself with the camera.
The evening ended with a concert from Jonathan (posing as two artists named "Andrew McCole" and "Ford Anderson.") Seth took this picture.
The concert went like this, designed by Jonathan: We announce him and he runs out amidst thunderous applause from the three of us on the couch. He picks up an appropriately shaped wooden block for a microphone (thanks Grandpa Anderson and Chris) and does his welcome/intro speech before playing for us. After the first number (more applause) he talks for a while again, one more number, and then he exits and comes on as the second guy, (who we were informed would be "dressed in really cool clothes, like what I'm wearing right now.") Speech, song, speech, song, a quick thank you speech, applause throughout (and hooting from the audience (John) at certain times during the speeches) and that was it. Thoroughly enjoyable in every way. Jonathan has a flair and style that is pretty fun to watch when he plays guitar. He really gets in the groove. He was so serious and old the whole time too, and his speeches were hilarious. I was turning and bowing my head to stifle the laughter. He's so awesome.
Super fun night.
posted by Christine @ 7:32 PM
4 Comments:
At 1/18/2008 7:10 AM ,
Mary said...
I love how he crossed his leg as he played. He's such a pro already. Cool Jonathan. Cool.
At 1/20/2008 9:41 PM ,
Kari said...
Fun! Adam and I want a concert the next time we see you! We'd like to hear from Ford or Andrew (have you considered using those names for the next baby?)Christine, did you bring out your guitar as well?
At 1/20/2008 9:59 PM ,
Christine said...
I love the name Andrew, but I'm not sure about how it goes with Anderson. . . Ford, hmm. The other names he's used in the past few days are "Uncle Artitude," (my personal favorite,) and Seth was given the name of "Uncle Shammy," soon afterwards changed to "Uncle Sheramy." Also "Moren Eagles" revised to "Moren Egless" after consideration. That one stuck for a while.
I thought about playing guitar too that night, but there's really not the audio space for 4 guitars in one room when two of them are completely random noise. It was super fun watching the whole thing though. :)
At 1/20/2008 10:41 PM ,
Kari said...
Yeah, it's great to sit back and enjoy watching the kids put on a performance. It's also great to sit back and watch the kids have fun time with Dad. Dad's are so cool!
Where does Jonathan get those names? Very creative!
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