AEL's First Event

Last night we had our first AEL Wine tasting/English Conversation/Live music Event.
I was so happy and surprised by the turnout of guests. We had 18 people at the event.

The wine tasting was great! My wife did an excellent job of organizing and conducting the blind tasting. She covered the bottles and prepared a list of the wines and the guests would guess which wine they were tasting.

Everyone had fun with the tasting, and two people listed all 6 wines correctly. Although it was a wine tasting, my wife made sure everyone enjoyed (and finished) all the wine. I think our guests enjoyed this part of the event very much.

I was also happy and surprised that everyone was very comfortable and talkative with each other. Although I was the only non-Japanese person in attendance, most people spoke English all night and it was a wonderful opportunity to use and practice their English conversation.

I also performed 2 stages for the event. Though I had prepared 2 stages of music, I mostly played requests. Everyone had such nice compliments, I was very humbled.
I played a few original songs, some Beatles, Sting, some classic and love songs as well.