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Hansel & April
April Hill
November 17, 2008
Singer/songwriter April Hill is a new voice in the soul scene. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, April moved to New York City to make her mark as recording artist.
April quickly caught the attention of soul singer/producer Marlon Saunders. Marlon fell in love with April's soulful jazzy sound and invited her to share the stage as his opening act on tour.
Love 360 is her debut release and as much as it may not be "RocknRoll" so to speak, it is a strong debut, one that is both hypnotic and funky...and besides, she's had a Date From Hell and wanted to share her story with us.
What if Hansel dumped Gretel, and went out with April? How would the story change?
I enjoy doing the dinner and a movie thing, but I really like it when a man
I go out with comes up with something different to do.
Well, while living in NYC, I dated someone who suggested we drive upstate and go hiking. For now, we will call him “Hansel.” I enjoy nature. I find it very relaxing, and I love new scenery. What better way to really learn about someone than a road trip?
The first part of the trip was great. I enjoyed the conversation up there. We sat and enjoyed a beautiful waterfall. He was the perfect gentleman and helped me across slippery rocks.
It was a great trip until Hansel decided he knew of a short cut back to the car. My first inclination was no lets stay on the trail, but hey he had hiked up here before so why not.
I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Ten minutes in, and we are lost. It’s hard enough to get a sista out in the woods in the first place, and you have gotten the sista lost. The sun is going down, and we have passed by the same rock formation about 3 times now. I found myself thinking, “great I am in my own Blair Witch Project, and I don't do the woods in the dark.” :-( Plus, I didn’t hear or see any animals, which I found quite strange. I didn’t even see a squirrel. Great! All the animals must come out at night.
Now of course you can't see over the trees, and the Verizon network was not with me so I have no cell phone signal.
Hansel of course is jotting out in different directions with no particular strategy and yelling at me to keep up. I try to stay quiet sensing his panic and not wanting to add to it, but after I fall on my but trying to chase after him, its time for me to speak up. I suggest we stand still for a sec and try to figure out which direction we came from and then try to go back in that direction. We know we came down a hill so therefore we need to go back up. We know we came down the hill on right diagonal. So, let’s try to turn around and go back up that right diagonal. With a little logical thinking, we made it back to the trail only to hear something crashing through the woods. Okay, so I'm not going to die of starvation in the woods instead I will meet my death at the paws of a disgruntled bear.
Well folks, it was not a bear but an androgynous person, who was very nice but a bit peculiar when explaining why he/she was out there at that hour. But thank God for this person, because he/she helped us figure out how to get to the main road from the trail. However, would you believe Hansel felt he knew where he was at one point and tried to get us off the path again?"
Well, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice....
No buddy, I'm not doing that again, and I suggest you get to the car first. If you don’t, I may leave you. Well, I believe he knew I was serious and continued down the path with me. We made it to the main road, but we were like 10 miles up the road from the car and its night time, and my companion flagged someone down to ask for a ride. I dodged starvation in the woods, a sweet but peculiar mountain person who could have killed us and nobody would have known, and now I have become a hitchhiker. Well, I sat in the back ready to jump out the car if things got crazy. My companion is chatty Kathy with this man, who said many people get lost in those woods. A disabled teen was lost not long ago, and they hired people from the area to search for him. Our driver said he wanted to feed the kid ice cream and hide him for a while so he could have gotten a few more hours of pay.
Who says things like that?
I was praying most of that day to just get home. We finally get to the car, and “Hansel,” says I guess we probably will not be going out again huh? What do y’all think I said?
The Moral of the Story is...Always go with your gut people, and the short way is more than likely not the best way.
