Family entertainment

Special entertainment was provided this week by sons Mark and Eric. On Thursday night, Margret and I, plus her husband Ed Goldman and Bruce Lippert, went to All Asia, a little club in Cambridge right near MIT, to hear Mark (Markaholic) in a debut performance of his songs, complete with dancing girls! He even included Eric playing cello in some songs. It was a small but supportive and enthusiastic crowd that cheered him on. He survived the test of public performance!

On Friday night the Calder Quartet played in Kresge Auditorium at MIT to an unexpectedly huge crowd of at least 600. Perhaps it was the result of an appearance earlier in the week on WGBH, or because two of the players come from Boston. They were received warmly and enthusiastically. So Eric and his performing group also survived the test of a Boston public performance.