Laurie Berkner: Rock Star

We went to see Laurie Berkner today at the Tarrytown Music Hall and what a crowd it was!  I wish I had purchased tickets earlier than I did, since we had a better chance of getting floor tix then.  We took Diego all the way to Tarrytown and wound up getting there earlier than expected.  First, we walked to the Hudson river, but found no way of getting close to the shore.  Then we walked to an ice cream parlor (after locating the theater). 

  Alex had Cookie Monster flavored ice cream - a blue concoction flavored with chocolate chip cookies. Mommy had mint chocolate chip and Daddy had vanilla.   We all had waffle cone bowls.  They were so yummy!

Ice cream being consumed and all, we went off to the theater.  We waited sooooo long, but it was air conditioned and we didn't care.  (After that long walk up the hill from the river, who would?)  Alex grew excited as he saw more and more kids his age in the lobby, all waiting to see Laurie Berkner.  Wow. This WAS real, wasn't it?

Then came the moment of truth; a walk into the theater and walk up the stairs to our seats.  We sat in our seats for a while, but more and more kids started to show up.  Big kids, little kids - kids of all ages, even Mommy and Daddy's ages.  Alex's excitement grew.   He was beyond thrilled when the announcement came on.  But he was speechless when the Laurie Berkner Band came on stage. 

He took out Captain and Spencer just so they could see it too! (Then they got in the way of clapping and singing, so we put them away.)  I couldn't believe Alex was this excited to see her.  I wanted to keep snapping photos of him jumping up and clapping, but the dark theater and my closeness weren't doing it justice. 

At about a half hour into the show, she had a lull in the audience. It's mostly under 6 age group began to get restless, Alex included. That's when she broke into a Jack's Big Music Show medley.   It was time to get up and dance in the aisles!!!

Then Alex wanted to get down to the floor.  Since we were mostly through the show, we figured there wasn't much harm in doing so.   We walked downstairs and to a balcony on the second floor.  Alex wanted to go down even further.   We walked down to the stage level where Alex had seen enough.  It seemed his way of pinching himself to verify that it was all real.  Oh, it was real, all right.  Even more real were the Swedish Fish we bought in the lobby. 

Once on the lobby level, Alex decided it was time to go.  We hadn't even heard "We Are the Dinosaurs" yet and, despite my protestations that it was coming up, he wanted to leave.   We walked around and found a Greek diner not too far from the bus stop.  Then we waited at the bus stop for the bus home. 

All in all, it was a really fun day.