Farewell Concert

October 27th, 2007

Last Sunday, the Willi held a “farewell concert” for all of our friends and family! We’ve been so blessed by all of them over the years, and we wanted to give them one last gift before we go. I believe it would be safe to say that the concert was a smashing hit!

We debuted many of our own songs, with titles like “After Your Heart”, “For You”, “I Am Unworthy”, and “The Blues Song”, just to name a few. Maybe sometime we’ll cut an album.

After the concert, Mom and Dad got a surprise “roasting”! They entered the “Twighlight Zone”, Dad got arrested by Inspector Holmes of the NYPD, and both of them received “Homeless” posters! It was great.

Now for the pictures…. Before you start the slideshow, click the little blue play button next to “that tattered old flag”. That way you can watch the images and hear one of our songs at the same time for optimal audio/visual experience. :) (Sorry the images appear dark, and that some the heads are chopped off! These are bugs that I’m working on….. For now though, you might want to click “view as picture list” to avoid chopped heads, lol!)

that tattered old flag COPYRIGHT Walter Willis 2007 (lyrics and music)

Thank you Aunt Frances for the pictures! (Good captions coming later… when I find the time)

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  • Aunt Frances

    October 27, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    You’re quite welcome! :)

  • Yvonne

    October 27, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    This beautiful and touching. I LOVE how you’ve put this together. These children are incredibly talented. The music and the photographs mesh perfectly and lovingly. I didn’t think the photos were too dark at all. I enjoyed this very much Fran, and so did my little girl, whose been sitting on my lap dancing, trying to type, then standing on my lap and touching the pictures on the screen with her cute little fingers. :) I’m currently typing with my index finger on my left hand.. :) Thank you for sharing this with me Fran, it leaves me feeling like I was there and that’s totally awesome! Thanks again my friend.

  • Esther

    October 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm

    That was a great day lol uh yes grand stuff i cant wait to see al the footage we have from that (other then wht i took myself) and i love that song you wrote! oh its coming to the bigg boom YA the part with the BOOM BOOM lol good stuff lol ok any way uh good stuff yes…. lol

  • Chronicles of the Willi » Family Fun

    October 28, 2007 at 8:51 am

    [...] (we’re big on card games, especially fast ones) We had movie nights, a wedding to attend, the Farewell Concert on Sunday, a walk through the woods, knitting (I taught that to Joy, who mournfully related to me [...]

  • Mr. Darcy

    October 29, 2007 at 10:06 pm

    Haha, yes Esther, I love the ‘BOOM BOOM’ too. Gets at me right in the soul spot. Great photos Walter, and great job all of you on the concert, gang, it was a smashing time.

  • josh holmes

    November 6, 2007 at 10:30 am

    good stuff good wall ball!

  • Paul McRae

    December 5, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Hello family of Fran.

    I enjoyed the song very much. It reminds me of Fairport Convention.


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