A Stolen Name

I saw a band this evening.  The drummer is one of my coworkers and he has been trying to get me to go see them play.  I finally had a chance to get out and see him, so I did.  The band is called Next To Normal...sounds awfully familiar, right? Well, they sounded really good, so I don't mind sharing (most) of my name with them.

Sweet Sweet Music

Ray is the drummer and coworker.  The person on the right is Jay..he plays lead guitar.  I don't know who is on the left.  The band did all original songs and sounded really good even though they were squished in a corner of a tiny pub.

Jay

This is Jay again.  A fantastic lead guitarist.  The quality is not that great, but I didn't even know if I'd be able to get any shots at all.

Cicada Shell

 ...And that's why I took this photo before we left...just in case I wasn't able to get any good ones at the pub.  These cicadas have been screaming like banshees every night for the last month.  Really, they sound nothing like cicadas...its ear piercingly awful.

Burning Bridget Cleary

My wife works at our public library.  She helps to coordinate some events, one of which was tonight.  She got the Celtic band Burning Bridget Cleary to play in our local park, and man, did they sound good.  Beautiful harmonies, beautiful (faked) accents, and nothing more than fiddles, a guitar, and some hand percussion were used...besides the sound system, of course, to get their lively music loud enough that all could hear it.
I was given permission by the director of the library to get on stage and get some shots.  So I did.  Quite willingly.  Here are the results of that as well as some photos from the rest of the enchanting evening.
(to learn more about them and hear some of the music check out http://www.burningbridgetcleary.com)

 Burning Bridget Cleary

This is the band.  From left to right is Rose Baldino, Lou Baldino, Pete Trezzi, and Genevieve Gillespie

Lou Baldino

This is Lou Baldino, waiting to get the group shot that you just saw.  The other members of the band were busy signing autographs.

Rose Baldino Playing the Fiddle

Genevieve and Pete watch as father and daughter play together.

The Crowd

Ephrata Park filled up pretty quickly, but at this point, (early on) the crowd was still thin.