Saturday, January 31, 2009

Mardi Gras!



Friend and neighbor Dora turned 50 at the end of January, so husband Jeff and the kids threw her a Mardi Gras party at the Black Forest Community Center. Jeff has a band of mostly fellow Agilent employees, called Pulpit Fiction (at least for now, the band name has gone through many humorous iterations). Jeff's the lead guitarist and vocalist to the left of the drums. Above is "Iko Iko," and you can follow the links to renditions of "Johnny B. Goode," a medley of "Birthday" and "Bring Me Down," an interlude where daughter Cassie introduces mom and everyone sings "Happy Birthday," the band plays "Short Skirt Long Jacket," the band plays "Thank You (falettin me be mice elf agin)," and the band plays an excerpt of Jeff's original "Intelligent Design."

A fun evening and lots of funny costumes.

6 comments:

Greeley's Ghost said...

Damn. That looks like a fantastic birthday party.
Happy Birthday Dora!
(I'm particularly impressed by the chinking job on the log cabin, something i have to deal w/ soon with ours).

Ruth said...

Pulpit Fiction is an awesome name! And it looks like so much fun. What were you wearing? Beads at least, I hope?

Loring Wirbel said...

A bright orange "Caroliner Rainbow" abstract-art turtleneck pullover, a "You're Gonna Love Grand Ledge" construction hardhat, and a golden sun mask. The mask didn't stay on much of the time, restricted vision and no drinking mouth-holes.

Loring Wirbel said...

And lots of beads.

Ruth said...

And you didn't get on camera?? Don't tell me the flip stopped working.

Loring Wirbel said...

There are allegedly some still photos out there. No Flip self-videos, I'm afraid.