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06/14/2003 Archived Entry: "River Festival"

RIVER FESTIVAL

We closed down the River Festival last night. After sitting in one of those bucket-type sling chairs all evening I emerged from bed this morning bucket-shaped.

It was a nice relaxing evening. The food was good and was devoured in huge quantities by the hundreds of people who were there. A young, thin daughter of a friend of mine who lives and works in Kansas City announced early in the evening what she intended to eat: corn on the cob, funnel cake, gyro, kettle corn, onion blossom and something else. Maybe German sausage with kraut. And she did. Collectively, they weighted more than she did.

My Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater friends, Teri and Monica, were there but I only got to visit a short while with them. They were heading to the ACC to join my daughter for dinner and the evening. They are consistently one of the best performances at the Festival, imo, as they have one terrific show for children that adults love too. Back in the days when I was doing promotional concerts, I was on the road to bringing them to Ellsworth. It would be great to have them perform here.

As the evening ended and people were gathering up their kids, blankets, chairs, coolers and trash, I ran across Jack Stewart, a close friend of over 70 years. We quietly agreed the music wasn't exactly what we we grew up and most enjoyed. Time marches on!