Road Trip! The Bay State

Massachusetts might kill me.  More specifically, Boston might kill me.  That "up to three acts" thing?  Yeah, uh, forget it for now because we have a lot to listen to here.  Before we get to Boston, though, we're making a couple of other stops.  Ready?

Cape Cod is home to the town of Mashpee, MA.  Mashpee was at one time a reservation for the Wampanoag tribe but was incorporated as a town in 1870 by the State of Massachusetts.  Their history is fascinating and infuriating.  The tribe hosts an annual pow-wow and the Wampanoag drum circle Eastern Suns travels to perform for dancers at other pow-wows, including this one at Brown University. 

 

Our next stop is in Lawrence, MA to poke around where Leonard Bernstein was born and raised.  His father owned a bookstore and seems to have discouraged young Leonard's interest in music as a profession, at least for a while.  Aren't you glad he changed his mind? 

We're stopping here for now because Boston's gonna be big.  Have some lunch, we'll be back on the road in no time.