Free Jazz and Shiraz Concert

I've heard of Outdoor Wednesday, which is another tag-along blog which would be good for me to participate in. Go to "A Southern Daydreamer" for more details.

Every week I would like to write about my progress with getting back outside to do stuff on my own again, and I'm happy to say last week has been a good start! The highlight of out-of-the-house activities for me last week was the free Jazz and Shiraz concert put on by the Logan City Council at the Kingston Butter Factory. I had so much fun! Although of course I didn't go on my own, David came with me.

The mellow crowd were just our style, the food was better than your usual hotdogs and hamburgers, and shiraz was for sale by the glass so I got two! We had oven-fired pizza which was made with a portable pizza oven right before our eyes! We also tried the "roo on a stick", which was a succulent sample of kangaroo fillet skewered and cooked to perfection. This was particularly good for me, it's been very hard to get good kangaroo steak since moving to Brisbane. The outdoor event reminded me of Darwin, but thankfully no real home-sickness to speak of, although these kinds of concerts  are something I do miss from my old home. Even though the food was a little on the expensive side, it was well worth it, and the concert itself was free so it was a cheap night out all up.

Then of course, there was the music. We only got to see three of the four acts, we saw all of the performance by The West End Composers Collective, which funnily enough isn't mentioned on their website. It's a pity as I was trying to find out the name of the vocalist, with whom I was very impressed and that doesn't happen often with vocalists! I figure if I can sing something, its a bit 'meh' for me, but in all my time singing, even at my most prime, I Never sounded as good as this vocalist. Her quality of tone was outstanding, like liquid honey, and she was very apt at the jazz scat, which I found hard to do myself when studying it. I thought her name was Holly something... but maybe it was Hannah? I'm not sure, but well worth the effort to get out of the house to hear this live! Another good thing about this trip was that we tried out our new Go Cards for the first time when we caught the train, and my verdict is that it was terrific! I'll be getting back on the trains on my own in no time, I'm sure!
Thanks for listening <3 <3 <3