{"id":823,"date":"2008-09-30T03:36:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T08:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/?p=823"},"modified":"2023-03-20T22:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T03:49:23","slug":"kansas-city-serb-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/2008\/09\/30\/kansas-city-serb-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Serb Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived in KC to drum once more for Majstory.  We were playing a big Serbian festival (&#8220;Serb fest&#8221;), where groups from Joliet, Omaha, and Kansas City all gathered together and celebrated, Serbian style.<\/p>\n<p>People ate and choirs from all three cities sang.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Omaha choir representin'.\" title=\"The Omaha choir representin'.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3539-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were set up in the corner.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"You can see our stuff over there next to the choir.\" title=\"You can see our stuff over there next to the choir.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3542-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, we were ready to start.  People were still eating so we began with the ballads and such, but it wasn&#8217;t long before we busted out some kolos (like the Serbian equivalent of a jig or reel).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Getting our Serb on.\" title=\"Getting our Serb on.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3546-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We played for hours, and there was much dancing.  Then after an adventurous night with crazy drunk people people visiting our hotel, we were ready to play again in the morning.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mario, Iliya, Joe, and Zach are MAJSTORY\" title=\"Mario, Iliya, Joe, and Zach are MAJSTORY\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3545-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights from this gig:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bed!<\/li>\n<li>Good times playing Serbian music.<\/li>\n<li>A guy thought I was Serbian!  I was sitting at a table finishing my beverage and a guy leaned over and said, &#8220;Blah blah blah blah.  Blah?&#8221;  At least, he may as well have said that because I only know a few words of Serbian, and he didn&#8217;t use <em>either<\/em> of the words I know.  So I replied with a cheerful &#8220;Dobro nam doshli!&#8221; which means something like &#8220;hello&#8221; or more literally &#8220;good life to you.&#8221;  I let him look confused for a second before apologizing and explaining that I&#8217;m not actually Serbian and had no idea what he said.<\/li>\n<li>A crazy drunk dude that kept calling everyone &#8216;crazy&#8217; and &#8216;nuts&#8217;, then laughing at the sound of his own voice.  I think he laughed at the sound of his laughing too.  It was a textbook example of the &#8220;feedback loop.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Some delicious Serbian food, unfortunately not including roast lamb this time but still pretty good.<\/li>\n<li>I learned how to ask &#8220;Where is the bathroom?&#8221; in Serbian.  This adds to my prior Serbian knowledge of &#8220;ice&#8221; and &#8220;What&#8217;s going on?&#8221;  The cool thing is I can now synthesize addition sentences; now I can say things like &#8220;What?&#8221; and &#8220;Where is Iliya?&#8221; and even &#8220;What is ice?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEXT: I finally get a much-needed break back in Omaha, but fail to get any rest during it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived in KC to drum once more for Majstory. We were playing a big Serbian festival (&#8220;Serb fest&#8221;), where groups from Joliet, Omaha, and Kansas City all gathered together and celebrated, Serbian style. 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