2015
It was taking every ounce of self discipline that Manny possessed to keep himself from rushing the stage, grabbing the lead trumpet, knocking him out and stealing his instrument to show the crowd how a real trumpet sounded. However, that probably wouldn't have made quite the best first impression on all of his new English comrades in arms.
Instead of assaulting the band members he'd spent most of the evening flirting with a very nice English Rose by the bar. And another by the buffet. And another to the right of the dance floor. Manny liked keeping his options open and plentiful and tonight was no different.
The only problem now was deciding who to dance with first, but it was a good sort of problem and kept his mind off of the trumpeter's many shortcomings as he made his way through the crowd with a drink, scanning around for possible partners. Emmanuel Palomo was in fine form tonight and there was no stopping to pay attention to anything so trivial as where he was walking.