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0:00AThank you, everybody.
0:00BThat was fabulous. You are welcome back anytime. We’re so happy to have you here. Welcome to Philadelphia, and we look forward to much more music from you.
0:09AThank you.
0:13BThose of you on Zoom, our traditional toast is coming after this last performance, so please have your drink of choice ready. Returning to the salon is Gorgeous Porch, the lo-fi dreamy art rock solo project of drummer and multi-instrumentalist Christopher C. Wood. His songs are as catchy as they are moving, with his sunny vocals, airy tones, and devotional feel. Let’s welcome Chris. Someday I want to hear the story behind the gorgeous porch. Maybe at the reception you can Tell us where that came from.
0:55CUm... Thank you guys so much. This next one is a friendly song that has a funny title. It’s just -- it’s called Wow Mom Wow, one word, capital letters, for all the moms out there. One week late on Mother’s Day, I guess, but here we are, post-Mother’s Day celebration.
8:13AWow, Mom, wow. Shelter me in the fold of the fox. Give my ears the words of wisdom to unfold.
11:47BThank you, thank you. My spirit is soaring from all of the passion and the sensitivity and the artistry and the heart of all the performers tonight. So can we give them a big round of applause? And let’s give it up for our extraordinary volunteer teams. Tech wizards, please wave.
12:19AZoom attendees, if you’re on, maybe you can just call them with lots of hearts and lights coming up.
12:28BHouse team, please wave so we can thank you. Lorah, for the wine. So at its At heart, the salon exists to bring more beauty, inclusion, and peace and connection to this world. Please consider supporting the salon. The donation link is in the chat and at salonarts.org for those who feel moved to make a tax-deductible gift to the salon and its musicians. My team and I gladly volunteer. A few quick things. If anyone has any leads to TV stations or a program that might like to do a story on the Salon’s 40th, please let me know. My, um, I have to do just a little plug. The composition I’ve been working on for 3 and a half years, I finished at 11 PM last night.
13:22ASo please come.
13:26BLong Live the Queen: Her Story of Drag, with a cast of nearly 100 premieres at the Wilma Theatre June 18th, 19th, and 20th. Tickets are on my website, it’s Art Philly. If you can’t find it, just write to me. And we have one of our singers is here tonight, so we’re all very, very excited to bring this piece to life. And, uh, lastly, mark your calendars for September 27th, the 40-year anniversary. And before our toast We will sing happy birthday to a very, very special person, my longtime friend and salon assistant for decades, Jennifer Cobb Lewis. Would someone bring Jennifer up? Here’s the team to meet you.
14:10ACome on, Jennifer.
14:14BLindsay, you’re the singer.
14:20AAre you ready?
14:21BYes. The key of this song is very strange.
14:25AHappy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Jennifer. Happy birthday to you. And many more, and many more.
14:51BWe have stories from the salons over the years. Jennifer has just been an amazing, amazing amazing, uh, help and a wonderful friend. And now our Salon tradition. For those of you on Zoom, please raise your glasses, and those of you here, raise your hearts, and you will have yours very soon. To music, to community, and to peace. Cheers!
15:33ACheers!
15:37BI now invite tonight’s performers forward if you’d like to join our Q&A. I’m going to face the Zoom audience and answer their questions, and I’m sure they’d love to speak to some of you. Those of you here, please enjoy the reception. And Bill, if you wouldn’t mind, please open up that door so people can go out on the deck. It’s really beautiful out there, so do enjoy it.
15:59AThank you.
