
One of my friends is on the ad hoc committee that organized the first PechaKucha Night in Springfield, so we met her and her husband there. The place was packed -- about 170 people crammed into the bar, mostly people around our age. In the front was a large screen and a podium where each presenter stood to talk about the images flashing on the screen.
There were 9 presenters, a real mixed bag. Some presentations were very self-serving, commercials for the presenter's business. Other presenters seem to have understood the idea better. I like a couple of these very much: a jazz musician who recited song lyrics while surreal images flashed behind him and a woman who sang part of her presentation on bee-keeping.
It was fun, but probably not for the reasons it should have been. As a friend observed, we middle-aged people don't go to bars much, so it was unique. Also we knew lots of people there, and the emcee was "older" too. Just a fun time.
Maybe we'll go to the next one in October and see if the quality has improved.
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