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Matt Hanson’s Brain Archive
December 19, 2005
Rick Charrette and the Bubble Gum Band
Rick Charrette is a bit of celebrity in Maine, at least amongst the kid circuit. For years he has been singing and performing his songs for kids. I personally don’t remember Rick Charrette from when I was a kid, but there are others my age that do. Perhaps his fame never quite made it to the sleepy town of Hampden. Kaley and I were first introduced to him when he played last Christmas at the Portland tree lighting. It was a very cold and crowded square of people that squeezed in to see the lighting of the giant 60′ tree and Bubble Gum Band in action.
This past November we were invited to take Kaley and see him in concert at York High School. But not only that kaley was invited to go up on stage with several other kids during his “Alligator in the Elevator” song. She was the yougest of the kids and we met Rick before hand so he could meet the kids and tell them what they were to do. Kaley was a bit scared and I really didn’t think that she would end up going up there. But when the time came around I just nudged her in the direction of the other kids and away she went. She got to stand next to Rick and had a great time as can be seen in the pictures.
December 6, 2005
The HUB in the Parade
Dover, NH has a holiday parade every year at the beginning of December. This year we marched in it as part of the HUB, a community resource center and also where Kaley goes to a daycare a couple times a week. Maizy went in the baby backpack that I carried and I got a chance to take pictures of a parade from in it rather then from the outside.
