The Splats! − 4 August, 2008

Okay, today's story was supposed to be about filling out paperwork at my "On Boarding" session. Well, it happened.

The event was completely upstaged by something that came later.

The neighborhood we've moved to is nice. One of the notable features is this group of kids, ages 6 to 10, that hang out together and play, sort of like our own homegrown version of the Little Rascals.

Well, yesterday, they had a band.

And they invited us! (See the promo poster they handed out below.)

They've actually been writing their own songs and practicing them -- so I have to give them a lot of credit, for being ahead of a lot of bands out there ;-)

The band consisted of two instruments. The lead rocker played [a single chord] on her guitar; her percussionist banged a tambourine; everyone else sang along.

Most of the parents came out to watch the show, but we got shooed away from getting too close to the stage by the band's security officer. (The stage was an area of sidewalk beyond the ringleader's instrument case.)

There was even an afterparty.

What a cool neighborhood!