Interpretive Dance To Kings of Leon at Winthrop University

I knew tonight was gonna be awesome. We were working with Boyd and the DSU Entertainment Crew at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Most days we have no idea what we are walking into. But when you are working with Boyd, you KNOW you will be taken care of!

Boyd and I met at a NACA conference a few years ago. I didn't know it at the time, but Boyd is legendary in the college world... as in, there's an award named after him that is given out each year! :) When we met we quickly figured out we were from the same hometown - and his parents lived 2 streets over from mine. SMALL WORLD!!! His Daddy, Wimpy Jones, was always the host of the Liars Contest during Mule Day every year and was ALSO legendary for his storytelling. And Boyd's father remembered me from a fiddle contest I played in when I was 8 years old.

Yeah...

And tonight I played at Winthrop University for the second time in my life. How cool is that?

Boyd is known for his GIANT Bear Hugs and Stinging High Fives :)


And Boyd sure knows how to pick the students for his Entertainment Board! They helped so much with load in and load out, and even had my merch table up and going without any instructions on how to do so! AMAZING!



Plus this is the VERY LAST SHOW EVER for the Dinkins Student Union. They are getting a new building, new name, new members, new logo - the WORKS! SO they had Eric O'Shea and myself for their final event.



Eric is HILARIOUS. Seriously, had me rolling. And it is really a great pairing to have a comedian warm up the crowd - he gets 'em laughing, we get 'em rocking. It's a great combo that we hope to do a LOT more of!
Just so I can share... I found a short clip on youtube for ya :)
He does this bit on what songs should go to television commercials...
(Plus he does a great Elmo, Family Guy, etc.)


Maybe because Eric got em going... or maybe because it was the last night, or who knows? Maybe just because they are awesome... these brothers broke out the worm, clogging, snake, sprinkler, acted out ALL of "Devil Went Down to Georgia" and even did a little interpretive dance on Kings of Leon. :)


Thank you so much for choosing us to be your last event! We now have a close friend now in Eric - who has stayed up and hung out with us all night tonight!





I haven't written a blog at 6am in a long time! It's time for some shut-eye :)

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie