| Dates: | 08/11/2011 |
| Title: | NEVAH - Old Town, ME |
| Details: | Just a quick reminder that the NEVAH band will be playing outdoors at the Old Town GAZEBO this Thursday, August 11th - Showtime is: 6:30 to 8:00 pm Rain or Shine * See you all there … *If it is raining the location will be moved to the Knights of Columbus building and will take place as planned. We won't know that until we arrive. So if we're not at the Gazebo, you'll know where to find us. p.s. Bring your lawn chairs! |
Here's a quick rundown, probably more information then you need, but what the heck …
We arrived, most of us around 4:15/4:30 pm and found the area to be PERFECT for an outdoor concert. We chose to set-up in front of the huge gazebo to get us closer to the expected crowd, who hopefully would be occupying the expansive lawn that layout in front of us. Enough space to comfortably hold, I expect, about eight hundred people, with lawn chairs.
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| Nevah Bluegrass / Progressive Newgrass Band at Old Town |
After a few minutes (42.5 minutes to be exact) unloading, unpacking, arranging and setting up speakers, mike and instrument stands, laying cables galore and power cords, we were ready for a vocal and instrument sound check. We had our sound man, Jay, on hand which really is a big help. It's very hard to hear the "real" band sound when you are situated behind your instruments and speakers.
The crowd showed up (200 + strong), lawn chairs in hand, around 6:15 ish and at precisely 6:30 pm Nevah, the Maine progressive Newgrass Band began their first tune. We sang and played non-stop, performing a wide collection of tunes we've given the "Nevah" touch to, and a couple of Nevah original numbers to a wildly enthusiastic audience. Okay, maybe not exactly wildly, but they responded with a tremendous amount of yells, scream, whistles and clapping. We were asked not to take a break, as we've heard folks tend to get up and leave if the music stops even for an instant.
Everything was perfect until Mother Nature in the 83rd minute decided she couldn't hold back her tears and gently let loose a tiny flood of droplets that scattered the assembled crowd and sent the Nevah Band members on a frantic mission to get all the equipment undercover before it was soaked.
As we dried things off and packed our gear the organizer of the Old Town event came over and told us the crowd loved the band and said it was the highlight of the 2011 outdoor season, and we would certainly be asked to play again.
It really was fun … can't wait to return.
Hal
The Nevah Banjo guy
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