Sunday evening Dave and I ventured to the Pavillion on the downtown mall after a meal at Sals' Pizza for a concert featuring Doctor John and The Neville Brothers. I must say that I was impressed with Doctor Johns' performance in several ways. The man is 68 years old and still giving a great performance. He played and sang for an hour and a half and at one point played an organ and a piano at the same time. (They were set up on stage back to back.) He walked with a cane, but he still put on a really good show. The Neville brothers were for the most part loud to me (our seats were on row six) but I am really glad that I got to hear Aaron Neville sing. That guy can really reach a high note and can make a single word have at least five or six syllables. Those guys are getting up there in age as well. One of them was wheeled to the edge of the stage in a wheelchair and assisted to his position on stage.
We have been able to talk to Sevren freqently on his Zambian cell phone. He really loves where he is and has moved in with his host family. The family has three daughters aged 8, 5 and 6 months. Sevren has his own single room hut behind their house, has been furnished with a Trek bike and bikes to his classes about 11 kilometers one way. He has language and agriculture classes during his trainig period. He is in a village by the name of Chongwe and is adjusting to his environment very well. His host family is very hospitable and he sounds happy. He will be happier on August 15th when he will travel back to Lusaka with his teacher who also is a music teacher to purchase a guitar.
It is still way too quite in our house. I hope I adjust to this sometime soon.
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