I work for the Open Society Foundations in the Latin America Program. I also like music.Tumblr (3.0; @davidholiday)https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3003a2971bf0cd54448a191cdd7fc22f/tumblr_mlzti8MnI31r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Miss Tess and the Talkbacks</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/49143552877https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/49143552877Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:30:07 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_16725450532" src="https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16725450532/audio_player_iframe/davidholiday/tumblr_lyl2erkF3c1r3saey?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidholiday.com%2FSolo_se_trata_de_vivir.mp3" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="540" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Solo se trata de vivir!</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16725450532https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16725450532Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:25:39 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykxzyLD4r1r3saeyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I played with this group, <a href="http://www.itsaboutmusic.com/spaceopera.html" target="_blank">Space Opera</a>, as part of their stage band (bassoon), during high school. I’m listed as contributing on several of the tracks.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16719477602https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16719477602Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:50:21 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykxsmnhbT1r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No, I’m not really playing cello any longer – although it sits in my study, calling out to me to be rescued from the silence of its coffin (case).  I did play for the wedding of our friends Kathy and Charles on Labor Day weekend, 2011, but only in support of a real musician, John Wright.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16719199550https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16719199550Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:45:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykwkopocn1r3saeyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717537744https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717537744Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:19:36 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykwh8Wykr1r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A rose blooming in late December, 2011, outside our home in Falls Church, Va.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717405137https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717405137Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:17:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykwen8G2p1r3saeyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>These cool looking people form <a href="http://wethesweetness.com" target="_blank">The Sweetness</a>, who will be appearing at our next house concert on Feb. 19th.  Check out this and other concerts at <a href="http://www.stoneroomconcerts.com" target="_blank">The Stone Room website.</a></p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717307231https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717307231Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:15:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykwd63n1n1r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Becky and Nathan Bliss of <a href="http://www.barnabybright.com" target="_blank">Barnaby Bright</a>, who played the first concert in the <a href="http://www.stoneroomconcerts.com" target="_blank">The Stone Room.</a></p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717255327https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717255327Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:15:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykwa3Lhk61r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.davidberkeley.com" target="_blank">David Berkeley</a> in October 2011 at our first “outsourced” concert, at Geri Critchley’s house in Washington, DC.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717138013https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717138013Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:13:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykw7kJDbg1r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717037137https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16717037137Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:11:00 -0500““I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.” – Etta James”https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16718899744https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16718899744Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:41:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykuerpzU11r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rio!  from a 2011 visit.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16714582010https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16714582010Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:32:00 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykvz8eFjQ1r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>with Jag & Dash in the fall of 2011</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16716725405https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/16716725405Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lro8j3vvI01r3saeyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A wedding photograph!  June 4, 2011.</p>https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/10315431229https://davidholiday.tumblr.com/post/10315431229Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:35:00 -0400