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pics from recess show

our monkey-masked drummer will has posted a whole bunch of photos from last week's elementary school recess show. the kids were really excited, dancing and screaming and marching along with us, which made for our super-awesomest performance yet. some of those kids could really dance, man! they also really loved the "monkey man," as they called him, whom they chased all over the playground (okay, repurposed parking lot). after he'd taken off the mask to appease a girl who was crying from fear of it, the other kids followed him relentlessly, chanting "we want the monkey, bring back the monkey!" then dan on tuba led the kids in a perambulatory parking-lot-perimeter pied-piper parade.

memorable quotes from the kids:
"are you coming back tomorrow??"
"i'm telling my mom about this!"
(little girl to her friend, with tone of authority) "they are a REALLY GOOD band."

finally: looks like a front-runner for the band's name is the "What Cheer March Band," in reference to the Narragansetts' legendary greeting to Providence founder Roger Williams, which appears on the Providence city seal.