LOCATION: St Elizabeth Church, Cincinnati, OH
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Nick Radina, Jason Goforth
REVIEW BY:
December 18th, 2005 marked the start of a great new tradition (even though I’ve been told that there is no such thing as a “new tradition,” I’m sticking with it for descriptive purposes), the “Sunday Soiree” @ St. Elizabeth’s in Norwood.
For those unfamiliar, St. E’s is a beautifully worn, old church, abandoned and sold years ago by the Catholic church. It is nestled in the middle of the Norwood neighborhood, just a couple of blocks from “the Grey Ghost” home that Karin & Linford lived in prior to movng to the farm. the area is full of longtime friends of K&L and has a very cool, hippie-ish, communal, artistic vibe to it.
These shows are very casual and have grown from a small group of serious fans in 2005 to capacity (sold out w/standing room only) crowds the last two years. There is wine, appetizers, coffees & latte and some of the finest freshly grilled belgian waffles that you will ever taste.
These shows are like no other, as i said, casual but beautifully presented, lit only by the ambiant light from the huge, beautiful and original stained glass windows and candles and 36 dozen roses scattered around for a little added ambiance.
There is more interaction between the audience with than usual with Linford often pausing to ask “anybody got any questions?”
The line-up for the show was scaled back to K&L + Nick & Jason, which fit the set and church well.
Afterwards, K&L are always around and available to chat, pose for pictures and sign pretty much anything that people put in front of them.
It is the perfect way to wind down this weekend, the show starts at 3:00 and wraps up about 5:00ish. But, one of the (coolest) things that I always notice about these shows is that so many just don’t want to go, people just hang, chat, and hug. It’s kind of funny but there were some that I know that I said “good-bye” to probably 3 or 4 times, yet they never seemed to leave. It’s like, “if I don’t leave, it won’t end! I don’t have to go back to the real world.”
And in reality, it doesn’t end, it’s always there, in our heads and
in our hearts, once you been a part of it, it’s engrained in you, a part
of you, you just have to take a 363 day break before we continue on…