Dan's the Man

Artwork by Donald Saaf

Tomorrow, Bede, Lucia and I will attend the 1 pm show of Dan Zanes and Friends. We have front row seats. Maybe we'll see you locals in the mosh pit? Children's mosh pits tend to be slightly less dangerous than grown-up mosh-pits. There's usually no body-slamming or stage-diving. When we saw Captain Bogg & Salty in January, the moshers had strict instructions from Mr. Bogg himself only to jump up and down, not side-to-side or headlong into one's neighbors. At the end of "Nellie the Elephant," Captain Bogg made motions to dive into the audience, but Buckle held him back and said, "No no no!"

For a snippet of Dan in concert, check out "Polly Wolly Doodle."