Play Music on the Porch Day
The problem with August is that, by the time we get to the end of the month, it’s been a long time since we had a holiday. Or a reason to celebrate anything (at least where I live). But fortunately, someone made one up and called it Play Music on the Porch Day. From the official website:
What if for one day everything stopped? And we all just listened to the music.
Play Music on the Porch Day was Sunday, August 26 this year. The criteria were stringent, and the rules to participate were harsh. What was that?
Just go outside
and play music!
The official site indicated that you could invite friends or play by yourself, and the event could be as big or as small as you want! And that musicians in over 70 Countries worldwide would be participating! What’s not to love about that?
While there are lots of things to do to celebrate the day, I had the opportunity to make music with my good friend Donna Bennett who generously donated the setting and invited me to share the day with her. Our audience were people enjoying a beautiful day near the river in Leonardtown, MD.
We had a fantastic time. We played tunes we’ve performed a lot. We played tunes we have performed, but not too often. And we played things we are barely hanging on to but still managed to not mangle too badly. We played together and we played solo. Mostly we just enjoyed the company and the laughter and the music making and the fun! I did remember to take some photos (shock!) but didn’t manage to get a video…I’ll save that as a goal for next time!
Like every Annual thing, Play Music on the Porch Day will come around again this same time next year. It’s always the last Saturday of August, so you can join in next year. And I’m sure that if you decided to Play Music on your Porch today, or another day, all your audience would be delighted, no matter the date.
Did you Play Music on the Porch? Want to share your thoughts or photos? I’d love to hear from you and see your pictures!
I didn’t know about this but I’m putting it on the calendar for next year.
Brilliant!
Played a short while in the early evening and it was still very warm outside. Only one gentleman walked by with his dog, though being a Saturday, there was quite a bit of car traffic rolling by. Molly, my pup, joined me on the porch.
There is a picture of my porch with harp but I could not get it uploaded here. It did make me smile, though. Because of the angle of the shot and my tall front door, it looks like a toy, sized harp!
Yea! Thanks for sending this Barb! Beautiful harp on your porch. Where’s Molly?!
your harp is posing SO nicely!
Why,thank you!
Molly was barking at the other dog!