computers. Maybe a bit ridiculous to some of you, but it's our reality ...So, our first group errand of the day was to pick up the rented sound system in our two rental cars. No small feat, let me tell you. Bruce, the owner of the sound company,
greeted us as we walked into his driveway with "Who are you?". Thought we were religious fanatics. Told us we were dressed way too nice for the area. Nope, we said. Just jazz singers. He welcomed us then. Many off-color jokes ensued. We stuffed the entire sound system into our cars and carried on with the day.I was riding with Juliet in one car which, apparently, has a silent turn signal. In horror, we realized that the turn signal had been on for who-knows-how-long with the guys riding in the other car right behind us. We did get that expected phone call from Dave thanking us for FINALLY turning that damn light OFF. And THEN. It happened again. The guys drove up beside us to let us know we were completely inept. We happily flipped them off and decided to never use any signals as they followed us down the road. Oh, such power we felt at that moment ...
The next event of the day was singing a couple of songs at the Rotary Club luncheon. Juliet's stepdad, Paul Janes-Brown, invited us. It was a lovely lunch at the Culinary School next to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and we enjoyed the speaker who talked about arts and education.Then, back to the house for a rehearsal with our rhythm section. Bob Harrison on bass,
Mike Buono on drums. These two are fanTAStic. Bob joined us for dinner and then the Mana'o Radio show. I have learned that "Maui time" is VERY relaxed. Very. We got up and running at about 8:20 or so and went for a good hour and a half. Babalou, our host, was just great. We had Bob on bass and when we took a break, Babalou interviewed Juliet about the gigs we have while we're here, and her dad, and he played a 
couple of tunes from her solo CD. She was brilliant, and I 
still say that everyone needs to hear Juliet. She should be famous and we'll just sing with her. Find her on www.cdbaby.com and buy her CD. We had a blast doing the radio show. It's the funkiest little radio station I have ever, ever seen ... Babalou and Don (Lopez), our sound tech, were a delight and SO easy to work with. Thanks, too, to Dorothy Betz for hooking us up with the Thursday night team!
After the radio show, we headed over to Cafe Mark Aurel to meet up with Mike Buono and Paul. Loved the trio that was playing, and a fabulous wine list. I would have loved to just sit there for however long, listening to good music and drinking wine (good wine at that!), but we had to get the rental car back to the airport because the brakes were screaming. We sang a tune for the crowd who really listened to us, sipped our wine for a few tunes as the band played, then had to get out of Dodge and trade in the car for another that could actually stop. Fortunately, there is wine at the house ....
It was a very long day, lots of singing, and a good day for this group. Tomorrow ... we hit the beach in the morning for the first time since we arrived. Yay! As Juliet says, she'll turn pink and I'll get tan ... we'll try to walk as much as possible then we'll go find some pretty drinks with umbrellas in them. We rehearse for the memorial in the evening.
Aloha until tomorrow ...
Angie
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