The Best of Riverdance DVD
Watch what happens when the human spirit soars
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Good morning crew,
I am glad to report that I did not spend the entire weekend
sitting at home and drinking beer. Nope. I spent part of the
weekend out, drinking beer.
More importantly, I was at the Ravinia concert venue in
Highland Park, Illinois drinking beer...while listening to
Jethro Tull.
That's right, the girlfriend managed to score a couple of
tickets to see Jethro Tull live and in concert. Well, "see"
is not completely accurate. While Ravinia does have a
Pavilion, we were seated in the park which is, well,
basically a large park surrounding the Pavilion. It is
equipped with speakers, so we could hear everything that
was going on, but the stage was completely out of view.
The advantage of being in the park is that there are no
restrictions on what you can bring in.
Into the truck we packed two coolers...one full of beer,
wine, pop and water, and the other full of sandwich fixings,
rolls, cheese, crackers, chips, dips and sundry comestibles.
In addition we brought blankets, tarps, wraps, rain gear, a
change of clothes (just in case) and a deluxe, collapsible,
dual camp chair complete with arm rests, cup holders and a
center storage compartment for chips or supplies or whatever
a camper might need.
When I surveyed all of the supplies and equipment we had
packed I started to feel a little self conscious. I mean,
we must have had a hundred pounds of gear which we were
going to have to haul from the parking lot, and then set
up under the scrutiny of thousands of other concert goers
who were sure to be laughing in their sleeves at us.
But as it turned out, we were among the most under-equipped
groups there! People were pitching entire camp sites in
the park including folding tables, sun umbrellas, table
clothes, china, candles...even flower arrangements!
There was quite a feeling of bon homie about the whole
affair. It was a pleasant afternoon and nobody seemed to
think twice about expending huge amounts of effort to make
themselves as comfortable as possible for a two hour
concert.
When it was all said and done it turned out to be more
about having a late lunch in the park while drinking wine
and beer with about ten thousand other people than it was
listening to Jethro Tull.
It was still a lot of fun, but next time I'm bringing a
two-wheeled dolly to cart around those damned coolers!
Laugh it up,
Joe
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