{"id":9014,"date":"2023-11-11T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2024-11-02T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T19:43:12","slug":"another-successful-halloween-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/another-successful-halloween-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Successful Halloween Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Me and my New Best Friends just LOVE Halloween. And it&#8217;s always a fun challenge relearning a bunch of songs we&#8217;ll just play for a couple of shows. This year, as always, we redubbed ourselves Michael Gaither&amp; His SCARY New Best Friends, added a (&#8220;Purple People Eater,&#8221; &#8220;Cruela de Ville&#8221;) and mixed in our regular favorites along with some of my originals and covers we always love to play for parties.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jf_Lmor8FDA?si=IYrcOFAXZNLDU68p\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>And we ended up with THREE Halloween shows: Our regular run at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalbayfarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Bay Farm<\/a>, a fundraiser at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/svctheaterguild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotts Valley Theater Guild<\/a>, and our third-annual BIG party at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elvaquerowinery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Vaquero Winery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div 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