Saturday, December 15, 2007

Ho, Ho, Ho - the Altenburgh Show





The show last night at the Grand was great - hard to believe 12 years of fun is coming to an end. Wonderful music and great fun backstage with my brother as always. This is, however, the first time in 12 years I made a joke emceeing that I probably shouldn't have (nothing off-color, it was about the fervor over the airport's trees) but other than that I felt good about it. The party afterward was the usual glitz and glimmer and I didn't get home until the wee hours of the morning. Everyone was there, from the mayor to the police chief to all the downtown business people, lots of media, and all the musicians and their friends. Janet Planet gave a terrific rendition of Amazing Grace, and even former Airkraft frontman Mitch Viegut got into the action with a little "Run, Run, Rudolph" (in the photo); Chris O'Keefe gave a wrap up of his Martha Stewart running anthem, "Martha Stewart's Coming For Christmas (and that's a real 'good thing')" and Otis sang some great tunes as well. Loved John's opening this year, too. Great stuff - now we'll just have to wait for the reunion show in a few years!

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