\u201cGreat day,\u201d I said to Randy as I walked through Strawberry Fields.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou should have been here yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The combo played \u201cBlue Moon\u201d near Daniel Webster.\u00a0 \u201cNot to be confused with Noah Webster of dictionary fame,\u201d I overheard a buggy driver say with an Irish lilt.<\/p>\n
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Colin said he\u2019d play for another 15 minutes, so I decided to sit down and wait for him.\u00a0 The temperature was in the mid-70s, with a cool breeze blowing off the water\u00a0 \u201cNo,” Colin corrected himself, “make that another 45 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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So I set up under the maple.\u00a0 Pushing his double bass ahead of him, Vasili, formerly of the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra, now with the John Boyd players in the arcade, threw his hands up in delight to see me.\u00a0 He danced a hula-like jig and said, \u201cYou are always so happy, how are you, my friend?\u201d\u00a0 It had been more than a year since I\u2019d seen him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBeautiful day,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou should have been here yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A preteen girl from the UK was keen to hula.\u00a0 Her parents tried to whisk her away, but she prevailed and did a credible hula to the \u201cHukilau Song.\u201d\u00a0 Her name was Olivia.\u00a0 Her dad gave her a dollar for me.\u00a0 As she walked away, she waved \u201cAloha.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A man peeled off from his guided tour and sprinkled 77 cents into my case.\u00a0 Two local girls hula-ed amid shouts (\u201chukilau!\u201d) and giggles.\u00a0 Pushing his instrument back down the path, Vasili returned from the fountain, where there was no work for him, and joined the girls in the hula, then both Vasili and the girls walked away.<\/p>\n
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Two 20-something women walked by; one of them gave me a dollar, but would not dance.<\/p>\n
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At the end of my set, with $3.77 in my pocket, the big bubble man came by with his bucket and netting.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful in the fountain, you could go there now,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cThe guitar guy is packing up.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe said he\u2019d be done at 1, it\u2019s almost 2.\u00a0 He must have had a good day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know about that,\u201d said the big bubble man.\u00a0 \u201cTuesdays aren\u2019t so great.\u00a0 You should have been here yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"