Merry Christmas And ETC.

Barry got up to take the dogs out. He went into the bathroom to dT his necessary business. When he got finished he turned around and there was Carly. If you wait I'll go out with you when you let the dogs out she said. Sure thing said Barry as he went in to get dressed. Carly came back into the main part of the bedroom to get dressed. She went downstairs where she met Barry and the dogs. The six of them went out to the backyard. The dogs did their business which was picked up by Carly and Barry. They all went inside the townhouse.  Barry had started the coffee maker before he went to bed so the coffee would be ready for him. Carly got out the stuff to make waffles. I thought we'd have some waffles for breakfast she said. I made some mixed berry compote to go on top of the waffles. Or you can have real maple syrup on them. Barry cleaned the dogs water bowels out and put in fresh water. He also cleaned the food bowels and gave them their dog food. Barry got out his favorite coffee mug and poured himself some coffee. He then went to the fridge and got out the cream and put a splash in his mug. He put his mug on the dining room table so he could put out dishes on the table. When he had everything on the table Carly came in with a plate of waffles. Merry Christmas said Barry. Carly said the same back to him. After breakfast they put the dishes in the dishwasher. Well what do you say we go open up some presents said Barry. Ok said Carly as the two of them headed to the living room. Carly handed Barry a present from Garry and his wife. Barry opened the present and said Garry sure knows how to pick them. Barry turned the present around so Carly could see it. Yes he does she said. It was a Beatles box set that Barry didn't have. Barry handed Carly a present from her parents. Carly opened the envelope to see a bed and breakfast gift card. Oh My God she said. my parents gave us a one thousand dollar bead and breakfast gift card. There's also a note that says they made reservations for us at A Butler's Manor in South Hampton for the last weekend in April. That's from Friday April twenty-second to Sunday April twenty-fourth. It has a four point eight stars rating on Google. P.S. mom says we both need it after everything we've gone through this year. They opened up the rest of their presents. Barry got clothes, a Jo Malone gift card, a fitbit, vinyl records and a few gift cards. Carly got clothes, Bath and Body Works, Barry Manilow calendar 2016 and a few gift cards. Barry said now this isn't exactly a Christmas present. The jeweler finally finished the
engraving of our wedding rings. Their wedding rings were two platinum band that when next to each other you saw two intertwined hearts. The rings were engraved with their names on them. Carly's ring had Barry's name on it. While Barry's ring had Carly's name on it. Oh and I do have one more gift for you he said. I just need to go get it. So off Barry went to get the gift. Barry handed Carly her last gift. It was a box and inside was a piece of sheet music. Carly looked at the sheet music which had been autographed by Barry. The title of the song on the sheet music was called My Dear Carly. Now this  song is going on the 2:00AM Paradise Café II album. Carly is a waitress at the Paradise Café jazz club. The piano player in the quartet that plays there nightly is in love with Carly. He  sat down and wrote a song about her. What I did was I  made you the waitress at the Paradise Café. While I'm the piano player in the jazz quartet that plays at the Paradise Café five nights a week. The rest of their day went fine. Carly told Barry she had another gift for him but it hadn't come yet. The days after Christmas flew by fast. New Years Eve came real quick. Here it was Thursday December thirty-first
already.  Barry was in his dressing room ready to go out on stage. Barry chose to wear a black tuxedo with white shirt, vest and bow tie. The tuxedo jacket went down to his knees. Barry had been told by Marc that it was standing room only. The show was starting at ten pm and going to twelve midnight. All the guys had on black tuxedos. While the girls wore silver sequined dresses. The show started with a slightly different opening number. Barry kept in the "Right Here Right Now" piece. The band was already on stage when the introduction number for Barry began. Out came the backup singers Kye Brackett, Muffy Hendricks and Melanie Nyema.  The backup singers started singing the opening to It's A Miracle. Out walked Barry to sing  the song. When he finished singing Barry said yes I know I sang that song differently than Brian Murphy dose. However I wrote that song back in the seventies with my partner Marty Panzer. I sang it the way I originally wanted to have it sung. A more bluesy version than a pop version like Brain did. Barry sang songs from all of his albums. He even did a song from 2:00AM Paradise Café II like he said he would. All to soon it was close to midnight and time to ring in the New Year. Barry went into the audience to find a fan to toast the New Year with. The lucky lady was Jillian Thomas from Newark New Jersey. After they toasted the New Year in Barry gave his New Years resolution for two thousand sixteen. Which was to make more time to do other stuff besides making music twenty-four seven. Then it was time to sing It's Just Another New Years Eve. Barry then said "Hey John do we have a curfew here?" John the theatre manager said no we  don't.  Then I guess we can stay a while longer. If that's ok with you fans? asked Barry. The fans yelled yes Barry we can stay. Great cause I don't want to go home just yet.  I'm sure everyone needs to see the boys and girls room.  So I'm giving you fifteen minutes to use the boys and girls room. By the way did you notice the TV cameras that are down here in front? Well there here along with the audio guys who are in the sound both with Ken Newman. You might be wondering why is Barry telling me this. Well this entire New Years Eve concert is being taped for a dual disc. CD/DVD. The entire audience went completely crazy. Ok you have fifteen minutes to go the boys and girls room staring right now. Barry and his gang also made a mad dash for the bathrooms in the back. Once everyone was back Barry continued his show for another full hour. You know I should let you guys go home. I'm sure some of you have a long drive ahead of you. So one more time. Here's to a New Year filled with all sorts of  Big Fun. With that Barry and company did one more song. This one was from the techno swing album Swing Street. The song was Big Fun. After that Barry said to coin TV host Rachel Ray "I'll see you when I see you." Have a safe trip home. Love you all lots. Barry then blew the fans a kiss as he left the stage. Once he changed into his street clothes Barry got ready to leave by the stage door. When he came out there was a bunch of fans waiting for him. Ok he said who's first. Barry signed everyone's program, posed for pictures and let fans give him a kiss on his cheek. Ok everyone I'm pooped. With that Barry got into the waiting SUV to head home.