Lock 4

Diane's parents were delightful. We had suspected that a couple celebrating their 65th anniversary would not want the full 30 minutes we had been booked for. Well, an hour and fifteen minutes later we parted ways from our new friends, with everyone feeling quite happy!

Lock 4's part in the birthday party for Linda's father, Tom, went very well. The crowd of about 25 was most attentive and even sang along with us sometimes, and there was lots of laughter all around. For the sake of our future clients, I am glad that Linda has given me the opportunity to clarify the matter of repertoire. Our quartet knows about 30 songs and chooses from those the tunes we think will be most enjoyable for that day's audience. But there is so much involved in locating, rehearsing and then memorizing a new song—in four-part harmony, of course—that it usually isn't possible to fulfill requests. Again, though, our time with Tom's family and friends was a joy, and we hope to see them again sometime.