Week Three of our tour kicked off with a show at the United Methodist Church in Whitefish Bay, WI, so fun and full of friends that I forgot to take pictures. You will just have to imagine all the smiling faces, old friends from Lawrence University, the Hogans and the Schmidts who came up from IL, the cute church dog, the giant hinged projector screen and all the delicious cookies.
Our tour continued at Trinity in Waupaca, where Pastor Andy was our fabulous host. In a previous life Andy and I were performers together at Comedy City, the improv club in Green Bay (and a group I love, that gave me a world of tools for a life of creativity–the first to teach me the golden rules of improv: Yes And..., All ideas are good, No Nos).
We loved being back in Waupaca:
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| Emily, the vertical spy, at Sound check |
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| Linda, prepping their awesome Clavinova |
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| What a good lookin' audience! |
After that we sadly left Wisconsin and hit the road for a two-day drive to Virginia via a pitstop in Indianapolis to see our good friends Angela and John and their kids MiMi and Jonah. Jonah and I wrote a very catchy song together "6 Little Chicks and an Egg."
We also stopped for chocolate:
And Buffalo Wildwings:
Giving KFC a run for their money for most disastrous sandwich
We arrived in Falls Church, VA, outside of DC for a weekend festival "Meet Us, Meet Your Neighbor" thrown by Grace Lutheran Church. This was a huge festival with over 1,000 people, a day of live music and dance groups, a climbing wall, "Captain Cookie and the Milkman" Food Truck, tons of food, model airplanes, and two sets from Spark & Echo. These folks know how to party. When we weren't playing we got to enjoy the festival. Here are some pics from their festival.
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| Coolest costume ever. |
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| Free...but only if you speak Spanish. |
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| This guy meets Captin Cookie |
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| And don't you forget it. |
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| Almost. |
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| Saving the world one cookie at a time () |
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| The world has never seen a nicer cookie guy. |
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| Emily in a Fire Truck |
We also played in their church services and had a LOVELY time staying with our hosts Pat, Kari, Bryce and Simon. These folks were like old friends, took great care of us, and sure know how to make a feast. We will miss them. Tonight we have a house concert in DC with the great Wendell Kimbrough and then another house concert tomorrow in Richmond at the artist Mark Sprinkle's house. Get all the show info at www.sparkandechoband.com/shows
And lastly, just in case you think it's all fun and games, try packing your whole band in this guy ever day. Phew!
