The Teaching’s trip back to beautiful Savannah

Immediately after Jeremy and I exited the plane we felt that exciting rush of heat rush over us. We quickly changed from heavy jackets into our shorts and flip-flops…ahh it felt good to be back in Savannah! Evan had flown from Bloomington, IN the day before while he was mid-tour with vocalist Meklit Hadero who was touring the mid-west at the time. Jeremy and I were happy to connect up with Evan and be able to return to Savannah in support of our friend and artist Matt Hebermehl. Matt was gearing up for the biggest art show of his life at the Jepson Center for the Arts in downtown Savannah. His exibit, Birds in Flight, is still showing at the center until March 23rd, 2011, so if you know someone in the area we highly recommend checking it out. More info on Matt’s exhibit can be found by visiting http://www.hebermehl.com/2010/09/28/birds-in-flight-sept-23-2010-march-23-2011/

Matt, by the way, did the artwork for our group and four debut CD The Teaching. You’ll be able to see more of Matt’s handy work on the release of our upcoming live CD ‘The Teaching Live at the Triple D due to be released Oct. 27th at our Earshot Jazz Festival performance at Triple Door (details above).

Matt’s show was a huge success and The Teaching also had the chance to perform at 2 old venues we hit last year and add a new one to the list. The Teaching’s best night in town was undoubtedly the night at the Hang Fire on Oct. 23rd (which coincidentally was the same night as The Hang – which we host every Thursday in Seattle…special thanks to Gravity for holding down at LUCID that evening). The crowd was going wild and dancing to nearly every cut we dropped that evening. Keep your eyes and ears open for a PodCast on our website of that live performance in the next few weeks.

All-in-all the trip was a huge success. More connections, great new friends, an even bigger response from the Savannah listeners, extra heaping helpings of southern hospitality, and we even got to take a class at Bikram Yoga Savannah (90+ degree weather outside and Bikram Yoga…are we crazy?!?). We survived it all and came back home with a resolve to try and go back every 6 months or at least every year. Thank you Savannah! We’ll keep coolin’ like a cuh’ here in Seattle until next time!

Here are a few nice moments captured fromthe trip:

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