Thanks, Bruce. During the summer, our town has smaller Friday evening concerts on the courthouse steps, where folks sit on the grass, or in a pedestrian alley, where chairs are set up. This was a larger Jazz Festival event, and they barricaded three blocks around the Courthouse for food, beer and other venues, and brought in a mobile bandstand owned by the County Park Commission. Some listeners sat in chairs in the middle of Main Street, but more made themselves comfortable on the courthouse lawn, in the shade of tall maple trees. It was a concert and a picnic and a dance and a party all in one, with perfect weather as a bonus. These gentlemen expressed admiration for the female vocalist performing at the time, but seemed less interested in the instruments solos that are so much a part of jazz.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > A great example of looking behind for a shot. I love these > on-the-grass outdoor music scenes. > > Mississauga, where I live, used to have a fine square where they held > events like this: pop, jazz, indie-rock, orchestral; you name it. > Couple of years ago they decided to spend big bucks to install a > permanent stage, large screens, etc. But they ripped out the gras and > put in this bizarre floating interlocking plastic "carpet". Now > everyone is forced to stand to listen. I swear that while general area > attendance may be higher, the let's-move-along impulse is higher too. > Nobody stays for more than a single tune of anything now. I don't even > consider going to music there anymore. Sad. > > Thanks for this one, Dan. > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Listening to the outdoor Jazz Festival. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16455292 >> >> Comments are always appreciated. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
