Magic on the Square

I heard her voice as I crossed south at Sixth and Vine. As I reached the square the guitar started to carry. Bounding up the steps I grabbed a seat near the sound board and said hello to Claudia, Anna's mother. Booking Anna & Milovan was one of my best accomplishments for Acoustic Thursday on Fountain Square. All of the musicians who I bring in are capable and worthy. However, over the three years I have been booking this event, no other artist has literally stopped traffic. Yes, it was foot traffic but people stopped in their tracks to listen to this amazing girl, accompanied by her father, Milovan. Anna sang her classics, her blues and a few of her originals. Folks flocked to Claudia's table to purchase the newest CD. I was among them.

Neil Jacob was the logical artist to book for the same day as Anna & Milovan. An awarding winning classical 12-string guitarist, he too held the crowd's attention. Listening to his version of Bolero, enormous in its presentation and filling up the square, folks were mesmerized.

Today was one of the few times I saw the lunch crowd turn their chairs to the stage and stop their conversations. In my three years of booking Acoustic Thursday on Fountain Square... today I definitely got it right.