Zak's Band Was Fun!
Posted by Steve Frazier
on Feb 22, 2011
Our Program on February 8th was a bit unusual. Our guests were Louis Zakariasen and his trio. Hidden in the back corner (but not hidden for long) was our own Nick Ruehl..and his internationally-renowned guitar.
The band played seven numbers during the program, and we all knew all of the words to them. Well, we had to have a cheat sheet for one of the songs. For the second song, a rendition of one of the rousers sung by students at Excelsior High School at pep fests and during games, Bob Williams was consulted, and he provided the words so all of us "new folks" could sing along: "Excelsior Will Shine Tonight...When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, Excelsior will shine".
Other tunes ranged from a Johnny Cash favorite to Louis Armstrong to Kingston Trio songs. We were invited to sing along, and a glance around the room showed smiles and a high level of participation.
The song which featured our mayor as vocalist, "MTA", was a very energetic rendering of the tune. We should do a club service project, and send Nick up to Winnipeg for the International Conference this month so that he can have an opportunity to expend some of his musical energy, and resharpen his late night entertaining talents. (Story by Tad Shaw and posting and photo by Steve Frazier)
The band played seven numbers during the program, and we all knew all of the words to them. Well, we had to have a cheat sheet for one of the songs. For the second song, a rendition of one of the rousers sung by students at Excelsior High School at pep fests and during games, Bob Williams was consulted, and he provided the words so all of us "new folks" could sing along: "Excelsior Will Shine Tonight...When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, Excelsior will shine".
Other tunes ranged from a Johnny Cash favorite to Louis Armstrong to Kingston Trio songs. We were invited to sing along, and a glance around the room showed smiles and a high level of participation.
The song which featured our mayor as vocalist, "MTA", was a very energetic rendering of the tune. We should do a club service project, and send Nick up to Winnipeg for the International Conference this month so that he can have an opportunity to expend some of his musical energy, and resharpen his late night entertaining talents. (Story by Tad Shaw and posting and photo by Steve Frazier)