CD Release Show & Party

On Saturday evening, I attended the CD Release Show & Party for flutist Julie Johnson.  It was held at the MacPhail Center in/near downtown Minneapolis.  Julie was one of my high school classmates, and it was such an honor to attend this event, watch her perform and celebrate such a great accomplishment in her life.  I met up with a few classmates prior to the show (Erika, Hannah, and Carl - plus Hannah's husband and her parents), and we all had dinner at Matty B's Bar nearby.  (Side note: owned by Matt Birk of the MN Vikings!)  I had the boneless chicken wings that were sooooo spicy.  They had a garlic butter sauce, so they weren't exactly "buffalo" style, but along those lines.  I was dying.  :)  

Anyway, the performance was phenomenal.  It was such a treat to get a little bit of culture in my life.  

I took a photo of the room that the performance was in...unfortunately, it's blurry since I didn't have the flash on (I didn't want to draw attention to myself), but you get the general idea.  It was a gorgeous room.  I believe the MacPhail Center is a fairly new building, so everything was spotless.

  

There was a reception afterwards and I awkwardly mingled my way through it.  :)  There were a couple other folks from up north and I laughed and laughed listening to "remember when" stories.

Gordon stayed home and watched the little one.  I think he would have enjoyed it, but would have been bored to tears listening to old stories from high school.

In summary...BRAVO to Julie!  And, I must mention, you can buy her CD here -- CD Baby