Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
BARRY COURTER: Lisa, Tuesday is Make Music Day and here’s the part that caught my eye: It’s free, and musicians of any age or skill level can participate. I qualify on all three counts. I’ve told you I can’t play the radio, so this event is perfect for me.
LISA DENTON: You’re in luck. As part of Make Music Day, Community Karaoke starts at noon at Miller Plaza, or you could opt for a ukulele lesson at 2:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga Public Library. You don’t come across as a “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” kind of guy, but you might surprise me. For your falsetto, you could channel the sound you made when you saw that rat in your rafters.
BARRY: The sound that came out of my mouth when I came face to face with that carcass is still floating through space as we speak, and I’m pretty sure several neighborhood dogs went deaf immediately. I’m not proud of it, but it’s what happened. I swear, it had fangs like a saber-tooth tiger. Huge.
And you are correct about the tiptoeing. I’m more of a tulip stomp kind of guy. In my mind, I’m Prince on the dance floor; the reality is I move like one of the Ents, the giant tree characters from “Lord of the Rings.”
LISA: Make Music Day is actually a very cool event. The website (makemusicday.org/chattanooga) lists 12 places around town that will serve as venues. Programming starts at noon, and the finale is a free concert by The Communicators at 8 p.m. at Miller Plaza.