Deep Steep in Good Groove Turns Tea Leaf to Dance Party

Tea Party Steeps in Good Groove

On a recent rainy Saturday night a just jammed Moody Street looked lonely, felt vacant, empty , a little too quiet. Eerie was the right word for a look down Restaurant Row recently overrun by sampling gourmands like long ago, everyone,"Going down the street" to dye yellow prom shoes for the perfect match, to mix pink powders for the perfect cheek. This thoroughfare known for its bustle back then, foot traffic like cars Santa Claus directed from a Clause -in-the box in the middle of Moody.

But this rainy night, at the top of the mast, where Moody meets Maple, just two doors down, someone was working hard to change all that.
Spilling out the front door, at ease and ajar, notes on rhythms and riffs were tumbling over G Clefs, rolling over flats and sharps, time signatures falsified, and forged…falling out on Moody Street .

It was enough for passersby to put a nose in a window to three tiered trays, flowery cups snuggled tight in their saucers.

Because back in a corner, a guy known for coffee, ever so slightly from out of town, put prim and proper back on their heels, trading stirrers for sticks, behind a kit and three perfect pitch pals, proceeded to cut a rug right up the middle causing a dance party to break out in a tea shop.

“The things you do” sent tea cups shivering, weak hips shaking, you couldn't help but dance. Then it was, “Lighten Up Boston “ off a perfect pen in the pocket protector of drummer Paul Delmonico, an anthem to changing lanes, or not.
Open House at The Tea Leaf for the Waltham Arts Council put “West of Willow “ in a corner, when nobody does that, a back beat coming back behind a deep groove.

“Happy Birthday “, also went around the room for a tender friend, just before Smokey sat in because he didn’t care about anything else but being with you.”