The other day in the mail we received a puzzling envelope. It had the following address:
To the Tuesday Night Jam Session participants
c/o McBride's Heritage Railway Station
Main Street & 1st Ave
McBride, BC
Somehow the letter found its way to my mailbox. I wasn’t sure what to expect inside as I opened the envelope, but it was very gratifying to read the animal-covered card that was inside. It said:
Dear Musicians!
Pete and I are most anxious to thank all of you for the best evening. It was absolutely one of the highlights of our trip this fall.
You were all so welcoming and inclusive.
We had such a good time and the music was all so familiar. Your enthusiasm for music was all in your faces. It was contagious.
Thank you all!
What a gifted group,
Sincerely,
Ann and Pete
When our jam meets every Tuesday Night, we sometimes do get tourists that hear our music and stop to listen, particularly during the summer, when we play outside on the Train Station porch. I remember Ann and Pete, they were tourists on fancy three-wheeled motorcycles, that where traveling west to Prince Rupert.
At the time we were playing inside the lobby of the train station, and they came to the doo. I saw them and waved them in. We handed them one of our songbooks, so they could sing along and pick songs, and they stayed the whole time.
They told us their trip was to celebrate their anniversary. When we closed up and said goodbye, they were putting their biker helmets back on, and starting up their motorcycles. I didn’t expect to ever see them or hear from them again.
When I read their card to the jam, everyone was very touched that they took the time to send us a card to tell us how much they enjoyed our playing. We just play music for our own fun, but it was sure nice of them to tell us they liked it too.
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