The Amazing Milwaukee Race is a local version of the The Amazing Race as seen on TV. Pairs of people team up to run a course, stopping at checkpoints and solving puzzles or performing tasks to receive clues that get them to the next destination in the race. I ran one a couple of years ago with my friend Linda (the name of our team was "Second Place" but we actually came in fifth), and last summer Ian and I did the version on bikes (we were "The Slow Spokes" and I'm impressed we finished at all). This year I sacrificed getting to run the course in order to have Korinthian Violins be one of the secret locations.
Our stop was a "Roadblock" which means the team arrives and must choose one person to complete the task before they can receive their next clue.
There were 77 teams, and the violin store task was to learn to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on the violin well enough that it was recognizable and then perform it while being video taped in front of the store. I figured it would be fun because our store is pretty and in a location off the beaten path and a lot of people would be surprised to discover it there. I also know there are a lot of people curious about holding a violin and trying to play it who have never found an excuse to do so. As long as we kept it fun I thought we could be a memorable stop on the race.
