Alumni Coffeehouse at Renn Fayre 2007 in Vollum Lounge

April 27-29 Remembered

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Friday 2:00-3:30 The Coffeehouse percolated with load up: hat and costume adornment galore!  The wise few came early, many more came later to help get their costume on.

7:30 - 9:00 Broadside Johnnie / Twin Sons of Different Seamen (esoterica nautica raucus antiqua with John Remington '83 & Tony Sciola of Vivid Curve )

Highlights:

 

• pleasant weather allowed us to move our set to the Vollum steps.
• Ben Bradley '88 stuck around for our whole set!
• some Random Dude sat down next to us with a long black case.  Naturally I thought he was headed to lower Commons to play pool. He reached into the case a pulled out a musical saw and the bow he plays it with.  The thereminic sounds he coaxed from the saw added an other-worldly dimension to the songs he joined in on.
• some other Random Dudes  who were clearly ahead of the RennFayre Attitude Adjustment curve stumbled upon our set and also attempted to join in with a fine display of one hand clapping.  After a few tunes, they moved on, but left an unlabeled 375 ml green screw-top wine bottle with some opaque liquid in it.  I advised my partner not to sample it, and disposed of the contents as a favor to the good folks at the White Bird tent.

• some Ancient Dude, unknown to me, but likely a Reed neighbor, paused his perambulation to listen to our rendition of the capstan chantey "Bold Riley".  He thanked us with "That's the real stuff".  I do believe we brought a tear to his eye.

 

 

9:30 – 11:30 (approx) close -- The Carter Administration (Justin Miller ('90) and Friends)

Carter Administration Rough Mix 107MB mp3

Saturday

1:15 - 2:20 Uncle Yascha (Gerson Robboy, '69) played gems from the jazz tradition and the Yiddish theatre

2:20 - 5:00 Prime Number (Scott Schurr, '79, and talented associates) played more than one party's worth of classic rock.

9:00 - 10:30 Left open for fireworks and glow opera

10:30 - 2:00AM Shannon and Robin Rocked the House! 

Sunday

Noon:15 - Coffeehouse opened for more carrots, celery, crackers, games, and crafts.

1:15 -  3:00 Weathergram Workshop Calligraph up some weathergrams with the help of Katie Bretsch '74 and Colleen Cavin.

2:00 - 3:00 The Two Connies (Crooker '69 and Earnshaw '70) warm the room with their jazzy guitars and voices.

Rough Mix 83MB mp3

3:10 - 4:30 Trash Mountain Boys (Ben Salzberg '94, Timo, Wes, and Phil) play songs of bicycle love and loss.

Rough Mix 114 MB mp3

Brought To You By

The Reed College Alumni Association embodied most obviously in these parts by your Caffeinating Captain Paul Manson '01, and Talenting Sound Engineer Will Morgan '88.