More fun stuff during the time off from school. Hit the desert for a bit. This photo has a certain "American Gothic" quality to it...
Shaw got inside of a hurricane simulator- 36 MPH...
69 MPH...
Top speed- 78 MPH!
Lesa and Shaw participating in a Flash Mob at the Superstition Springs Mall. Shaw is a rebel- He's holding his sign upside down.
Visited the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale. Ummm... Scott, this pic is for you.
The Museum is really high tech and it's good that it is that way because each musical display does not interrupt another. You wear headphones and a receiver on your belt and as you get within 10 feet or so of each exhibit, you'll hear 3 or 4 samples with a video of that instrument being played. There is a map as to where that instrument came from in the world and some historical facts on a placard. This was my 4th visit and I still don't think I've seen all of the exhibits. That's Lesa in the background.
Lesa just visited a 200 yr old square piano from Europe. The videos are a mix of historic performances of famous symphonies around the world, families playing folk instruments in their living rooms or on the porch, college students perserving the art form or children learning from thier fathers and grandfathers. I suspect that some of the histsoric videos on display from the 1920s or 1930s may represent the last time some of the more obscure instruments were played and it would be lost if not for this museum.
A hip-hop/turntables display with the Sugarhill Gang on video. I didn't photograph it, but the piano that John Lennon wrote "Imagine" on is here too.
This gong makes a beautiful thunderous bass sound.
Shaw playing a hollow log type drum from Oceania. The Aborigine in the back ground seems to like what he's doing.
Here's some video of Lesa and Shaw playing some gong/bells from Thailand.
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