The evening was structured in three parts. The first was set up so that our neighbors could come in and view the 'boards' that the students had done describing the various things they had imagined. Following that, Kate and several of the students talked in more detail about the specifics behind each proposal. This led to an open/panel discussion about Roosevelt's future, with cookies and cider at the end. It all worked very well. Who knows what the student projects might initiate in town? There was a lot of talk about locating a "brew-pub" in the Borough, complete with local hops grown with organic composting of the residual. I could live with that!
During the "viewing" and "cookie/cider-consuming" periods, I thought
it might be fun to have some 'ambient' music happening. Because I've
enjoyed playing with
Karl Fury
so much (see
here
and
here
for past FG sounds), I asked Karl if he wouldn't mind being part of the
"Designs for Roosevelt" lounge band (i.e. me and Karl). Karl has a lot of
connections to our town, and he happily agreed.
Also, the two "rehearse" pieces were actually done several weeks
before the RAP event. I guess it could be construed as a rehearsal, but
really it was just an excuse for Karl and I to get together and jam again.
I had planned to put both of the "rehearse" pieces on-line shortly
after we did them, but my laptop suffered a massive logic board failure
and had to be sent back to Apple for repair. When I got it back, one
thing led to another and the RAP event was upon us. So here they all are.