It's not uncommon for musicians to play on the street by my apartment building hoping for a few coins. In some cases, the word "musician" is charitable. I don't give any coins to the trumpet players blaring out of tune. I do, however, enjoy the marimba players who occasionally show up on my street. I have posted videos of them a couple times. This week there was someone new serenading the neighborhood... a violinist.
He had a loudspeaker playing background accompaniment, and there was a microphone on his violin to amplify the music. He was pretty good, and I took some coins and put them in a plastic baggie. In between tunes, I threw it down to him. I thought that with the coins in the bag, it would plummet to the sidewalk. But in the breeze the baggie floated lazily to the ground. The musician retrieved it and thanked me. The neighbor below me also threw him some money from her window.
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