Try Playing for Children to be more expressive

I was sitting in a car repair waiting room. I was by myself at first, so, what do I do, of course: I whip out my Bb and start playing Blue Midnight. A little ways through, a couple with their two young girls (about 4 and 5 years old) walk by. The children stop mesmerized, so of course I want it to be as expressive and fun for them as possible, so I played the quiets as quiet as possible, and built up to crescendos, and hit the COW!s really hard, leaning forward with a twinkle in my eye (they giggled), and just did everything I could to make it as amusing as possible.

I don't know if it's exactly the way you want to play for adults, but it sure shakes things up and gets you trying to tell them a story. Maybe there's a different story you want to tell adults, or maybe.....the child-like delight is about the same at any age.

Try it. Let me know what you think.