This *is* a great idea for a thread, isn't it!

There's a picture in my high school yearbook (1965) showing me as part of a trio sharing a mike at some kind of school talent show. That would have to be my first such appearance, a good four or five years before my first nervous solo appearance in front of a barroom "open mike."

I honestly have no clear memory of playing that school show of which I have photographic evidence, although I do of course remember the other two guys, playing with them first just for fun and eventually as preparation for our big talent show appearance.

The banjo player was a very enthusiastic Kingston Trio fan (for at least a year or so after the other two of us had begun to move on to other interests), and I must assume that we probably did one of his big favorites, "MTA."

There must have been one or two additional numbers, which I honestly do not remember, although I'm sure they were at least as cringe-worthy if not moreso. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" perhaps? I wouldn't be surprised.

I can assert with confidence, however, that we did NOT sing "Kumbaya."