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Banjo Kid Pledge at Home

February 12, 2022
With the recent covid surge, the Gainor & Friends musicians have again stepped down from the bandstand at the Broadway Brewery where we have played benefit gigs for the Children`s Hospital on Sunday afternoons for more than a decade. During our tenure at the family-friendly brewpub, the BRC gig master has enjoyed sharing the fun “Banjo Kid Pledge” with families dining in the restaurant. For more details, click-on “Banjo Kid Pledge” in the Categories menu on our home page or enter “pledge”  in the search engine.
To observe Valentine`s Day at this beginning of yet another pandemic year, the BRC founder has initiated an option that the Pledge can now be administered remotely with youngsters at home by any parent who has purchased or been gifted a banjo from our workshop.
The oath can be easily accomplished by a parent reciting with their youngster and siblings, ” I promise to always do what my mom and dad say.”  The new inductees are then congratulated with, ” You are now a Banjo Kid forever.” This vow is non binding and can be renewed at anytime.
Hopefully, somewhere in the not too distant future, the G&F band will step-up again onto the microbrewery bandstand to resume its benefit gigs and on-site Banjo Kid Pledges. In the meantime, we celebrate Valentine`s Day with a special thank-you to our faithful readership.
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Banjo Kid Pledge, G&F Band

The Banjo Kid Pledge

February 27, 2020

During our Sunday afternoon benefit performances at the local brewpub, parents often bring their children to the bandstand to see and hear live music up close.

In between songs, the BRC founder will step down from the mini stage to greet the families and encourage the kids to freely strum his banjo. When the child becomes acquainted with the instrument and the parents have photoed the fun interaction, he then offers the youngsters to take “The Banjo Kid Pledge.” With their right hands raised, the children are invited to recite, ” I promise to always do what my Mom and Dad say.” The new inductees are then instructed, “You are now a Banjo Kid forever.”

Although non binding, this oath extends into adulthood and can be renewed on any Sunday afternoon. The above siblings recently returned with their parents to the brewpub brunch to reprise their recitation of the aforesaid vow. As they posed for the above ceremonial picture, a woman dining at the adjacent table pleasantly surprised us with her fashionable banjo earrings, and she took a photo of the kids` pledge reenactment. She then made a generous donation to the Children`s Hospital in the open banjo case stationed for tips in front of the G&F bandstand.