After the show on Wednesday, I drove to LA to see them yet again on Thursday! I arrived in North Hollywood to stay with a friend and we both headed down to their show at The Mint. It was a much smaller place to see them in then I usual - very intimate and such a close view. Even better, they had a friend there that played the cello with them on the second half of their one long set - Rushad Eggleston. I had wanted to see him perform for a while but hadn't had the chance and what a treat to see him perform with the Elephants! Sadly, I wish I would have brought my camera with me to take photos and HD video of the performance. But I hadn't known of the small size of the venue - it just would have been so easy to shoot! One highlight was Bridget's song Single Beds are Made for One, and that was amazing with the cello and violin harmonizing. I should have at least filmed it on my iphone, but I was mesmerized and just watched and didn't think about that until it was already over. On their second to last song, The Garden, I also performed a belly dance with them. This wasn't the usual type of gypsy style song I dance to when I've danced with them in the past. It was a little awkward to me when I did it, trying to maintain a "belly dance style." But, when I saw a video my friend did, it actually looked ok, so I guess it did work after all. :) And the most important part - it was fun!
So here I am, getting ready to leave once more and head to Phoenix for one last Elephant Revival show tomorrow night, before I head my own direction, into the desert to go shoot photos of slot canyons, goblins and what not in the Arizona and Utah desert.
On the way to Phoenix, I'm stopping in Pasadena to go to Gliga Violins to shop for a 14" viola that I can turn into an octave violin.
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