Saturday, I again caught a performance of Jamey Turner and his glass harp, and this time I remembered to hit record. Yay. Unlike my previous sighting of him right outside the Torpedo Factory Art Center, this time he was just steps away at the corner of King and Union Streets.
I was kind of surprised that the woman I captured here in the video interrupted him with a question in the midst of his performance. Urgh.
Following is a video of Jamey Turner playing his glass harp. If you’ve seen Jamey before then you know about his amazing skill of making beautiful music on water-filled wine glasses. He’s performed across the U.S. (and abroad?) and has been entertaining area residents and tourists for years from various spots around Alexandria’s waterfront. It’s been awhile since I last saw him but he happened to be performing Saturday outside of the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in Old Town Alexandria. I can’t believe that I stood and listened to him with a camera in my hand and didn’t have the mind to record … hellooo … earth to holly … Thankfully I found this video on YouTube. Although some of his other videos are of better quality and are better performances (he has a noticeable flub early on), I love the song, Take Five. According to the video’s owner, Jamey told the crowd that he was still working on the Take Five arrangement. Still, he and his glass harp are amazing.
Nice, huh?
So, I did take three photos and yes, he’s wearing almost the same outfit, sitting in almost the same spot.
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