OH My GOD!

OH MY GOD! You won’t believe what a truly amazing Sunday evening I had here at the Pacific Arts Center. I think most of you hip people have heard of the amazing Percussionist Greg Ellis by now.

I first met Greg when mom took me over to his pad in the Hollywood Hills; they’re working on a project together with Hamid Saeedi. It’s a multi Media piece which is going to premier sometime this summer. It’s going to be awesome (I know this because I have insider information; I have been watching mom rehearse the dance parts with Doris but more about that later; mom says I have a tendency to always get ahead of myself ).

From time to time Greg calls mom and says that he really needs to come and do his Rhythm Trance thing here. He is always busy playing, recording and touring all around the world and he says his favorite thing is to come and play here for release and rejuvenation. He is a big fan of the Arts Center as I am.

Earlier on in the afternoon, a girl called Danielle had about 20 of her best friends come over for her sweet 16 birthday party. They had this really cute guy called Moe come and teach them a Hip Hop routine. I thought the day couldn’t possibly get any better since they had set up the best food table with all my favorite items including various types of melons which I could just die for. Mom reminded everyone not to feed me but of course, almost no one listened and fed me every time she wasn’t looking. God kids are cool.

Anyway, as I was saying I thought it couldn’t possibly get any better till Greg arrived with all his drums from around the world. He set them all up in a big circle and of course being the nosy little dog that I am, I had to smell and check out all the drums he was setting up. I love the smell of the skins on the various drums. Some of them have traveled quite far to be here with us at the center.

Once he was set up, all these hip people arrived, some with their own yoga mats in hand and set them all up in the back studio and most sat around on mats and cushion and watched Greg play. Actually, most of them lay down and seemed to fall asleep. Later on mom explained that they were just meditating but I swear I could hear at least one snoring!! Of course not everyone was laying down; some just danced and let loose, especially mom who always goes crazy dancing whenever Greg plays and this time she actually threw her back out (that’s why we had to go to her favorite chiropractor Dr. John today; he does Non Force technique which is really the only kind that actually works). Mom said even though she hurt her back going crazy on the dance floor, it was well worth it! She’s been in a great mood all day.

I also feel rejuvenated from the drumming not to mention from popping all the balloons from Danielle’s birthday party. I overheard her mom say to the guests that I must hate balloons. No I don’t hate balloons; I just love playing with anything that remotely resembles balls. DAH!

Bye bye for now,
Ziggy