Since Caleb had Eurhythmics at the NEC today, we decided to focus on getting more pianos today around town. Our first one was right at the NEC, just around the corner from Caleb's classroom. Lina enjoyed playing "Old McDonald" and Caleb quickly drew a crowd of admirers.
After a spectacular lunch at a Persian restaurant, we stopped at the piano at Symphony Hall. Caleb again received lots of complements and comments about him one day playing at Symphony Hall.
Next we went to the Mary Baker Eddy Library at the Christian Science Center. This was the only piano we've encountered so far that has been indoors....and completely in-tune!
Lina playing Old McDonald
The next two pianos were at the Berklee College of Music...one at the bookstore and another outside of a college building.
Caleb had a couple of spectators who returned the favor and played music of their own. It was so amazing!
After leaving Berklee, we headed to Newbury Street to the Boston Architectural College. There was a very talented pair singing and playing the piano and we enjoyed their performance very much. The vocalist is a student at Berklee and she provided lots of encouragement to Caleb about his dream to attend Berklee.
Our next stop was on Boylston St, outside of the Prudential Center. Caleb captured the attention of a photographer from the Celebrity Series (a sponsor of Street Pianos Boston). There is a chance Caleb might make the Boston Metro newspaper!
From there, we went to the Ben and Jerry's on Newbury Street and had a magical experience! When we walked up, there was a man playing Elton John and he had drawn a big crowd. Caleb jumped at the chance to play once he was done. I wish I had been videoing this moment. When Caleb started playing, it got quiet and when he finished, he got roaring applause. People were asking his name and age and saying "Encore, encore". He hopped up and said "Can we go get ice cream now?" and everyone laughed! After we ate our ice cream, he was asked to play an encore, which he happily obliged, and got to meet the artist who painted this particular piano.
Another piano/vocalist team....wonderful!!
The next stop was Copely Square. Again, it was so cool to see people stop to take pictures and videos of Caleb while he was playing!
Our last stop was Titus Sparrow Park, which is just on the edge of South Boston. This piano was beautiful, but unfortunately had lots of keys that didn't work.
Randy was "super Dad" on the way back to the car! After 3 miles and many hours, the kids were exhausted (as were we)....but what a perfect day!!
