10-13-2013 – Piano #1, revisited – Part 2b
Here’s the version where you can see all the dancing!
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10-13-2013 – Piano #1, revisited – Part 2a
I wanted to play one more improvisation at JP Licks, and I thought Maggie was done dancing, so I turned the camera away, but she starting dancing again! In this video, you get a better view of me and the onlookers, but you’ll have to mostly imagine the dancer! However, Maggie’s wife – Mel – did take a video of Maggie dancing, so I’m going to post that next!
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10-13-2013 – JP Licks – Piano #1, revisited – Part 1
After Washington Square, we came back to JP and decided to visit the JP Licks piano. In this video, Maggie danced on the picnic table. This video really shows a lot of her dancing, and it is especially beautiful to see her silhouette against the sky behind. About the sirens, I can only smile. They were a constant backdrop for these public pianos, and you’ll hear them in many of my recordings.
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10-13-2013 – Washington Square in Brookline – Piano #39, Part 2
Theadora brought her West Side Story sheet music, so I sight-read “I feel Pretty!”, and Maggie danced during the second half. There was a mini-party happening at this piano when we got there, so we had a lovely appreciative audience!
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10-13-2013 – Washington Square in Brookline – Piano #39, Part 1
My friends came with me to a couple pianos on my last day of the “Play Me, I’m Yours” project. Maggie brought her tutu and danced!
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10-12-2013 – NEC – Piano #38
This was the last piano of a long day. I grabbed it as I was biking home from ringing my first wedding at the Church of the Advent. Whew!
10-12-2013 – Hostelling International, 19 Stuart Street – Piano #37
I was so happy to be able to go indoors and order a cup of hot tea on this cold and blustery day! This was my sixth piano of the day. It seemed like nobody was paying any attention, but I really didn’t mind. So much of piano playing is an oddly interior activity. It’s public, and other people can hear it, but I find that when I’m playing, I’m much less aware of what’s going on around me. During my travels around Boston, I’ve seen many other people play, and many of them seemed like they could play for hours, mesmerized by the instrument.
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10-12-2013 – Josiah Quincy Elementary School – Piano #36
It was raining, so I opted for sneaking under the plastic sheet instead of removing it. It was really fun to play under a tent, and, as you’ll hear, I surprised some children who were walking by!
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10-12-2013 – Castle Island – Piano #35
This was probably the furthest I ventured on my bike during the street piano project. What a treat to play a piano all the way out here!
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10-12-2013 – Northern Ave Bridge Piano in Boston, near Moakley Courthouse
I stopped by this piano between visiting the Children’s Museum and Fan Pier, but it was locked! It was also hiding in plain sight under its plastic sheet. It took me a while to find it! This public piano project was such an awesome scavenger hunt!