We Had a "Blast"

Friday evening, Dorene and I sent the kids off to Grammy's house and we had a rare night out on the town. After eating at Papa Vino's a wonderful local Italian restaurant, we headed downtown to the Morris Performing Arts Centre for a performance of "Blast."

This was a very cool production, which consisted of a group of brass and percussion players doing all sorts of things. Some particularly amazing percussion segments, especially the drum solo to end all drum solos, in whichere you had one guy and one snare drum. Before he was done, he was somehow playing with one hand and the other stick was balanced on his ear (yeah, you just had to see it).

Parts of the production kinda reminded me of "Stomp" which is probably one of the best shows I've ever seen. "Blast" originated from a drum and bugle corps known as "Star of Indiana," which has won national and world recognition. If you ever get a chance to catch this show, I highly recommend it.