Long awaited return

^{I found this in the parking lot as I was loading out for the gig}
On Monday, Memorial Day 2023 I had my first paid music gig in nearly 3 yrs

I performed at Charter Senior Living of Smyrna
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^{↑THIS image was stolen from the website.
I was set up in that right corner just at the edge of the image↑}
The day was really uneventful, as many of the residents had gone out with family members: there were 13 persons in attendance, but those that were there enjoyed my antics.
I could tell this by the smiling faces and tapping feets!

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It always puzzles me when some of the women, sitting there smiling and keeping time, will stop doing that and look away if I walk towards them singing.
A friend commented on You Know Where that "it's because it's awkward and we don't like it"
I try to take great pains and not make anyone feel uncomfortable, iow if I can see she isn't liking it, I don't get any closer. If she is WITH someone, I don't go there at all.
Most of the time, because I use a wireless headset mic, I can walk around singing, and I find "the little old ladies in wheelchairs" like it very much having someone singing TO them

^{↑this was from a performance several years ago(2016)↑}

Then there are those who, after I've sung TO them, grab me and wanna dance

(↑THIS↑ is from 2013)

(↑Also from 2013↑)

So now, I'm trying to decide if I want to go back whole hog into contacting my old clients and let them know I am "back in business?"

Ah.... the life of an old tired worn out musician ha ha.

"Long Awaited Return"

^by
Jerry E Smith
©05/31/2023
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