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...that tragic Sunday morning, Joy had been in the backyard fixing the hair of five-year-old Montez. The twins, Earnestine and Adia, were running around in their bathing suits. Young John, at two the baby of the family, was riding the swing. His dad, a deacon at the Allen Temple Baptist Church, had decided to miss morning services and worship in the afternoon. Reading the newspaper in bed, John focused on one story in particular: an account of a brush fire that had erupted the day before in the nearby hills and that fire officials said had been extinguished...
...Valerie Anderson served up a forceful, albeit politically incorrect, rendition of "Peel Me a Grape"--she was not honoring any boycotts--and her two other solos of the night were equally impressive. Katie Guillory's solos in "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Don't Tell Mama" deserved highest praise, and Clancy Drake's smoother than smooth performance in "Scotch 'n' Soda" provided a delightful encore for the audience to savor...
Near the top of their set, "Take the A-Train," featuring Eric Pitt, was snappy as can be. "The Kroks' Swing Medley" followed, taking the audience back to a time before either rock 'n' roll or the Leverett Towers existed. In the medley, David Kim's crooning lead for "Moonlight Serenade" was more romantic than a moonlit night...
...such distractions as Andrea Joyce and Lesley Visser roaming the stands for human-interest angles (and a few extra female viewers). The camerawork has been solid, but the announcing just adequate. Play-by-play veteran Jack Buck bobbles too many easy chances. (Was it a strike or a checked swing? Watch the ump, not Jack.) Tim McCarver, his partner in the booth, knows his stuff but tends to babble. And ratings, for all but the final two games, were down once again. Somewhere Red Barber is weeping...
Tuesday: Reedman Novick joins with guitarrist Van Duser to produce spirited jazz and swing classics. 9 p.m. Tickets...