Stage Debut

Last night was a big night. As I mentioned before, Drew, the guys, and Molly were asked to play at the Wednesday night service at Mount Vernon and Evie wanted to play, too. Drew told her she could play a couple of songs with them and she said that would be great. After they (including Eves) warmed up, Drew showed Evie where to put her fiddle until it was time to play with them. She sat with us in the audience and when Drew called her up, she gladly proceeded up the steps to the stage, got her fiddle, and held it in the "rest" position until it was time to play.

Here is the whole group warming up and having a sound check.
When Drew first asked Evie to come up and she was set and "in position" he said, "This is my daughter, Evie, would y'all please make her feel welcome?" The audience clapped and Evie politely bowed. She's a natural! By the way, notice the screen in the background of this picture. After her two songs, Evie came back down to sit with us and sing along. Mary Fran was very supportive saying, "Yeah, Evie!" when her big sister went on stage.
These two pictures are from the end of the show when Evie, Ruthie, and Mary Fran joined in for the last song, "I'll Fly Away." It was so wonderful to see our family up there and hopefully instill in them a love for music.

Ruthie is accompanying her daddy (aka Uncle Dustin) with a little dancing.

We had a great time last night with singing and dancing and playing. I have videos but have not had the time to figure out downloading them to YouTube. As I am canning beans today and we have family coming into town this weekend it may be the beginning of next week before they are up and running. Thought y'all might enjoy some pictures and a narrative in the meantime. Have a wonderful day!