Wealthy Elementary, East Grand Rapids, June 7

Set list:

Natalie
Venango County
All Again

Thanks to Juliet for the picture. Note the visitor's badge on the jacket. 

Does this count as a show? Sure. I was there to tag the set list, and there was a captive audience of 70 or so 10 year olds. Yeah, we'll count it.

Chance came in to Wealthy Elementary this afternoon shortly after 1 pm and answered a few questions from my class of 4th graders. We have a student named Natalie, so of course we were treated to an acoustic version of it. It sounded great, and the kids loved it.

At 1:30 we headed down to the library to meet up with the other 2 fourth grade classes, and Chance continued to answer questions from the students and staff. Intermingled between the Q and A were acoustic performances of Venango County and All Again. Both were raucous sing-alongs. All Again being especially cute as the kids were trying through-out the song to find a place to jump in and sing "All Again." The dam broke at the end of the song, and heads swayed and arms were linked. But the spirit of the song rang true; I'm sure we'll do it all again next year.

After the performance wrapped up we were treated to what must definitely be the most disorganized stage presentation of Coraline ever. An emergency 24-hour intermission was declared, and the Chance Jones autograph session began as the kids headed out to recess.

I'd like to thank Josh for taking time out of his day off (on a beautiful Monday afternoon no less!) to come and be with my students. They certainly enjoyed it, and I already have ideas on how to make it great for next year.