Stilettos for giglettos?

My black strappies
on stage in a detail
of this bigger pic.

"Are you wearing stilettos for your giglettos?"

My friend Bob Miller of Foliba loves to play with words and sent me that question three weeks ago.   What an adorable rhyme!   Plus, it's a fair question because

   (a)   I love my stilettos ~~ they make me 5 inches taller!
   (b)   I have four different pairs.
   (c)   I've worn them for other gigs.

From my favorite shoe store:
Family Discount Shoes and Furniture
in Keokuk, Iowa, which is where
I got my stilettos, too
photo by J.Y.Welty

But I didn't wear them that night ~~ I wore my trusty black canvas Keds instead.

Lately they've been dancing Lindy Hop with me.   It's a lively swing dance that's wearing them out!

Big Band O Yeah (Artie Shaw)

At the Sondheim tonight, I saw, heard, ingested the Artie Shaw Orchestra, a tribute band of the legendary band leader.   Their encore number was Mack the Knife, one of my favorite dance songs.   It usually played at least once during a Lindy Hop dance practice.   So inspired I rewrote the song for us and I hope Ira, Mike, and Russ are as excited as I am.

An old photo of the new incarnation of the Artie Shaw Orchestra.
These are different members than we saw.

Very enjoyable to listen to the big band swing sound of the orchestra.   The conductor kept the music moving along, sometimes starting a new piece before our applause for the previous piece ended.

I figure in our band blurb I'll say we have a small horn section.   That would be a small section (one horn) and a small horn (flute).   :)

* When I say "tonight" it means the evening during the time period before I sleep.   The posting says this was posted Saturday morning, and the orchestra played Friday night.   So, to bed I go now ... goodnight!