Last night was kind of casual. We didn't have a speaker, but we still had a neat program. We extended the business portion of 2nd Tuesday to discuss with every member and guest what he or she wants from the DSA. We have a lot of eloquent people, and it was a warm, enjoyable "conversation" with the brave and kind souls who came out on a cold night. We had about 15 people.
It shouldn't surprise you that most of us want to improve our songwriting skills. Some of us want to be better performers. Many want to explore the mysteries of melody, and others want to build a fun and beneficial organization, to extend boundaries and broaden participation. We can only do what we can do. The magic is in the "do", and we can do anything.
We had fun voting on the Grammy's Country Song of the Year. Our votes didn't count, but Barbe's did. She led us through six of the songs. I wish I could recall them all, but the one that won our vote was The House That Built Me, which was co-written by a former DSAer. I don't recall his name, either, but maybe Barbe can tell us who she ultimately cast her vote for and also recognize our DSA success person.
Our own success story, current and past, is Vern Dailey, who once again out-pointed stiff competition to win the song critique. Vern's Ask Your Heart had a 6-point cushion over new member Guy Rourk's beautiful For Just A Moment, which just beat out fine songs by Bobby, Kevin and Steven. You should have heard Steven's au cape la rendition of Middle of the Road. Great performance, wonderful song.
Hope to see you at Tino's for Song Swap next Monday.
Buck
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