East Coast Kitchen Party

The people on Canada's east coast have a tradition that they call a kitchen party. Someone in the house will drag out an instrument and start playing. Some other instruments may join in and, more likely than not, plenty of voices join in the song.
No sheet music and proper lyrics. Just fun.

The closest thing to a kitchen party I have been to was at the last Hotchkiss reunion when the guitars came out and there was lots of singing.

Almost like a concert.
And speaking of concerts.
By far the favouritest concert I have been to is Great Big Sea - I caught them twice, both times with Andrew. The first time we were way up in the balcony. And the second time we were about 10 rows back from the front. If you want to sit during their concerts then you best be in the balcony because those on the main floor stood and danced for most of the time.
Lots of singing along (my apologies to the people I sat behind)
Lots of fist pumping (sorry to anyone who witnessed the 'old lady flabby arms' awavin')
Lots of dancin'

When my grandson sleeps over on Friday nights he wants to start his Saturday mornings with a bowl of oatmeal and the GBS dvd that I have of one of their concerts - his favourite is Bob - mostly because he can say Bob's name the clearest - Sean and Alan are harder for him to say.

Those boys from Newfoundland really know how to put on a show.
It's almost like a kitchen party.