RyRod
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So, I really don't think the DIA had any idea just how many people Jake would attract. There were people all over the place. People were sitting on the floor, the planters that ran all along the back wall, standing in corners and blocking entrances. He played one set then he went out to do the meet and sign thing. Then he did a second, shorter set and then did another meet and sign.
I wasn't sure how the DIA would treat ukes so I didn't bring mine in at first. Anyway, we were walking around and my dad and I ran into Mr. S downstairs and talked with him for a few minutes. He "recognized" us from the Ann Arbor Show in November(it probably helped that I was reppin' the UU tee again) and I told him that I won that kala uke during the undies and blah blah blah. After a lot of "thank you's" from both parties(you know how he is) and "you're phenominal", we let him go and we went to find out where he was playing at. Well, we should've gotten there much earlier. For the first set we ended up being some of the suckers that sat on the planter for an hour.
After the first set people got up/left, and well... we grabbed some front row seats. Before the second set started I saw a bunch of people with their ukes so I decided to get mine after the set was done. When it was finished he came over and and thanked us for staying for the second set and I ran out to get my uke out of the trunk and ran back in.
When I was waiting my turn in line some lady was asking some girls about their ukes. After I took my uke out she asked me about what key and how many frets and so on.
I represented UU hard tonight. I told the lady about the free lessons and stuff and a lot of people commented on the shirt as well.
When I got up to Jake he was like "woa, so this is the uke you one?". So he examined it and played it a little bit.
I asked him to sign it and he gladly obliged.
It was an awesome night that I'll never forget.
I wasn't sure how the DIA would treat ukes so I didn't bring mine in at first. Anyway, we were walking around and my dad and I ran into Mr. S downstairs and talked with him for a few minutes. He "recognized" us from the Ann Arbor Show in November(it probably helped that I was reppin' the UU tee again) and I told him that I won that kala uke during the undies and blah blah blah. After a lot of "thank you's" from both parties(you know how he is) and "you're phenominal", we let him go and we went to find out where he was playing at. Well, we should've gotten there much earlier. For the first set we ended up being some of the suckers that sat on the planter for an hour.
After the first set people got up/left, and well... we grabbed some front row seats. Before the second set started I saw a bunch of people with their ukes so I decided to get mine after the set was done. When it was finished he came over and and thanked us for staying for the second set and I ran out to get my uke out of the trunk and ran back in.
When I was waiting my turn in line some lady was asking some girls about their ukes. After I took my uke out she asked me about what key and how many frets and so on.
I represented UU hard tonight. I told the lady about the free lessons and stuff and a lot of people commented on the shirt as well.
When I got up to Jake he was like "woa, so this is the uke you one?". So he examined it and played it a little bit.
I asked him to sign it and he gladly obliged.
It was an awesome night that I'll never forget.