Go Alan Go rocking Washington Square Park, teaching kids music
Alan is a friend and podcast guest. Regular readers know I comment on how people degrade our environment, including public spaces like our parks. Alan is a counterexample, a breath of fresh air.
Alan brings fun, life, community, and joy to the park. Between his music and my New York Times article, we’re in a friendly competition to see who can improve the park more.
I often describe him thusly: I’ve seen lead singers and guitarists get audiences to put their hands up in the air and wave them around like they just don’t care, but never a drummer alone until Alan. He draws crowds in. He gets them dancing, enjoying themselves, meeting each other.
Here he is in Washington Square Park getting kids into the music. Sorry I rotated the camera in the first few seconds so the dimensions may not work, but if you download the video your phone should fill the screen.
Here it is on YouTube, in case playing it there works. Or click here to see it in their “shorts” viewer.
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