Thursday February 22nd 2024
Before February escapes, I wanted to write something to kind of celebrate our Open Mic nights. This month ‘Open Mic with Sedge & Jon’ reached its 15th anniversary, and what a weird, wonderful, diverse, brilliant and often surprising ride it continues to be. It has to be said though, that the only person who’s actually experienced the full 100% of it is my wife, due to mine and Sedge’s various hospitalisations....😷
I talked about some of that weird and wonderful stuff in a blog back in December, which you can check out here:
https://bloggerrhythm5.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-open-mic-experience.html
The premise, for the uninitiated, is pretty simple. As best as we can manage it, everybody gets three songs or about fifteen minutes to do….whatever….within the realms of decency. The boundaries of those realms are pretty flexible though, it has to be said. People will be people. The multiverse is real. And it’s bloomin’ entertaining……
Without repeating December’s blog, it’s all about the performers, good and bad. There’s been a lot of friendships made, a lot of bands, experiences and good times! So here’s to all of you who continue to make those good times possible by coming out and playing. Whether you're sharing your favourite cover songs, sharing your 'art', or sharing original songs about the loves you’ve lost over beer stained letters, how much you want to be a pirate, or the origin of the boiled egg, it's all good.
I can’t feature all of you, although it’d be great, but I have made a video of all the photo album covers on our facebook page. If you’ve been to one of our nights, hopefully you’ll be able to spot yourself, however briefly. Make the video as big as you can! Thanks again!
The Crown, Selsey, first Wednesday of the month
SugaKane, Bognor, second Thursday of the month
The Murrell, Barnham, third Tuesday of the month
Find us on facebook….
For Dawn, Robin, Becky, Paul, Beej, John, Mark, Charlie….. & everybody
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