Dancing Mania at Tyee

Hey gang, what an awesome gig it was, playing at the Tyee winery. The people were awesome, the crowd was ready to get groovy, and the sound was perfect to a tea. When we first arrived the scenery was like stepping back into the Midwest, except I don’t think that back there they have many wineries. At Tyee there were vineyards of course, and nice little barns, where they kept the barrels of wine, and from what I gather the wine was pretty killer.

The stage that we were on was such a great change of pace, I mean we’re talking about an action packed, spring loaded, beautiful piece of wood here. I felt as though I was floating. You see the last few gigs have been this lovely, hard, no oomph in the floor stages. For any of those dancers out there, you know what I’m talking about. You have to work twice as hard, and by the end of the night you feel the hard ground in your legs.

There was quite a big crowd of little ones out there. It was great seeing them dance with the music, and can’t forget to mention the big kids out in the audience who were having a great time as well. I have a confession to make; I too got in on the dancing mania. I got the crowd going in a big circle, and it just kept growing and growing, and of course when we would all come together, you couldn’t help but resist making the all famous WHOA!

After the last set, which was in hard shoes, and believe it or not you could actually hear them over the pipes this time, I couldn’t keep still and had to go mingle with the audience. It’s so great when the audience is so into what you are doing, you can’t help but jump in on the fun.

After the last set, we started to go and change, but of course we had to buy a t-shirt from the Tyee winery to remember how much fun it was. I must say if you are ever in the Corvallis area that you should check this place out. The staff is wonderful, and the scenery is amazing.

After all was packed up, David and I had to make the usual after gig Taco Bell run. The place is open late, and what a perfect place for late night gigers to get food. Now the usual can be a little tricky to order. Next time you are at Taco Bell try order a grilled stuffed beef burrito, with no beans, rice, baja, fiesta, but add sour cream. It’s really good and prefect with a pepsi. After our bellies were full, we headed back to the hotel. And after a full nights sleep, we ready for the next gig that comes tomorrow. We’re on the countdown, only two more to go, where have they all gone?

Till next time, I will leave you with a new Irish saying that I picked up along the road, “May the good lord take a liking to ya… but not too soon!”

Bethany