3rd Thursday and Employee of the Week

In an unprecedented event, the Shakers Employee of the Week is going to be named in advance. For the 2nd consecutive time, Dave Swang is being named Employee of the Week. The reason being he is taking time off from work in order to go live on WDAY on Thursday, August 21 to hype our event at the Fargo Legion that evening. Dave does not normally like doing this type of thing but he is putting the band first. What a trooper! Listen to what Dave has to say at about 2:00 pm on Thursday. That evening we start sometime between 6:00 and 6:30 pm, depending on how long it takes us geezers to set up. We will be playing for about 4 hours so we hope to see you there. The weather is supposed to be in the high 80's so I have a feeling we won't be wearing long sleeve shirts and ties!

Now, back to Dave. Let's rate Dave's on air performance with Al Aamodt on Thursday in the following way.

5 points--WOW, what a great job. He was so entertaining I quit doing everything else just take in his wisdom and wit!

4 points--It seemed Dave had a good grasp of the English language and I was pleasantly surprised at how well he handled himself.

3 points--He didn't make any huge mistakes and I didn't fall asleep during the interview. Maybe he should have told a couple of jokes in order to pep it up a bit.

2 points--Tsk, tsk, tsk. I think he should have thought more about what he was going to say before he started singing "Tiptoe through the Tulips", although it was a dandy version.

1 point--What a stumblebum! I cannot believe that Dave muttered and mumbled so much. Boring, uneventful and as entertaining as a Green Bay Packer girlfriend.

Although all the votes have not been tabulated, Bud Fontes will again finish last in the voting.

The Roadhouse

Hello to both of you that read this. The Roadhouse was hopping again on Saturday and I made it home before the sun came up. Once again, no one got hurt, Donny's and my back did not go out loading equipment and we even had time to tabulate the votes for "Employee of the week"!

This week's winner goes to...............................David Brian Swang! In a close vote, it was determined that he should win because he soldered a cord to allow us to run the drums through the P.A. system. Seems a week earlier, a big drunk fell on his drums, trying to get us to do a 3rd encore and broke the cord. When these things happen, you normally don't realize the damage until the next time you play. Dave gave up his pre gig nap in order to fix the cord thus putting him over the top in the balloting. Kind of brings a tear to the eye, doesn't it? Once again, Bud Fontes finished last in the voting.

We have 3 weeks off now. The next gig is 3rd Thursday, August 21 outside at the Fargo American Legion. We are hoping the weather is as nice as it has been the last couple of weeks. Hope to see you there.