happy birthday, Daddy, from the swedes!

The Savannah Music Festival is known for its pairings of musicians, sometimes because of similar genre, sometimes due to similar geography.
For this concert, both reasons were at play!
The four-man Danish String Quartet held sway the first half of the show. This was their first time in Savannah and they were featured in three shows in the SMF. The 8 PM show tonight was their third one of the day, but their energy was still light and bright.
Many of their pieces had a classical background; all were instrumental. I know some were old Nordic wedding tunes. All were rather lovely, too. I imagine their noon30 earlier was quite well-received by those who love the music of the masters.
I was working the front curtain, outside in the lobby, but that was fine. I was still able to listen and felt free to twirl and slide to the beat!
Oh, and here is a neat bit of trivia. The quartet actually consists of three Danes and one Norwegian (the fellow playing the cello).
(smile)
The Swedes were a three-man string group called Väsen, making their second appearance at the SMF. They were so glad to be here, too! Quite a talkative trio they were! They certainly live up to their name!
Their forte was Swedish folk music, both that passed down through the centuries and new tunes they had composed. One of the latter was a song for their man who turned 50 last year, called "the man who liked beer of a certain kind too much", or some such. (I think it may have been "Kludd'n".)
Then, that man (Mikael) did a spiel about the next song, which he claimed was about his dog! "Hundlaten" was certainly lively and I could just picture a man and his best friend cavorting about on a country lane!
Very funny!
Lots and lots of polskas because that's what they like! I really liked those dance numbers, too!
They ended with "a birthday song for their neighbor", titled simply "Polska for Tom Morrow".
Then again, maybe that was a bit of humor...
(smile)
I had some wonderful experiences with the folks I worked with tonight. As we were getting organized and writing out name badges, I had told them that today would have been Daddy's 79th birthday. Such nice responses I got from opening up to them!
Our house manager, David, shared that he was married to another house manager, Kim. What a nice couple they are!
Steve, the guy who has been volunteering for ten years with the music festival, shared that his is married to the niece of Johnny Mercer. that johnny Mercer, Savannah's own composer of show tunes!
And guess what else? Steve's younger son is the bassist for Widespread Panic... and the great-nephew of Mercer. Pretty cool!
And after the show, Tricia, the one who had given me a ride last Saturday, caught up with me to check my ride status. As it turned out, we walked to our cars together, by the "big tree" on East Broad - very nice!
Happy birthday, Daddy.
Hope you enjoyed the fancy fiddle music, too.