Because my dad has been a trumpet player from a young age & comes from a musical family (my grandma was the best piano player) I grew up in a family that enjoys music. Now my parents enjoy going to the band concert in the Payson park every Sunday evening. For the last 2 weeks the boys and I have joined them since we have nothing better to do and the boys like to get out and see the cousins (when they also decide to come.) The boys of course go play on the playground and I sit and listen to the music with my parents. It takes me back to when I was a child and we'd meet my grandma on Sunday's at the Provo park band concert. Everyone would bring their own lawn chairs and blankets and sit and listen to the music. The best memory I have of that is that at some point during the concert the band leader would leave his band and lead all the kids in a march throughout the park. All of us kids would follow him, marching along. I remember loving to do that each Sunday. They don't do that here in Payson but I wish they did so my kids could experience something simple and fun that they would perhaps look back and remember when they get older.
Band concerts have changed in the years - now they have benches to sit on and people bring their electronic devices (notice the guy in back of Paxton with his lap top.)
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Concerts in the Park
Posted by Rebecca at 8:36 PM
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Technology. So good...yet so not good! On our cruise a couple weeks ago, long story short, the pier collasped underneath my 3 brothers and their families. They fell into the ocean, terrible, but one good thing about it was the cell phones got ruined (along with cameras, etc) but I finally got to TALK to my neices/nephews. They were finally NOT able to text!
I remember going to a few of those concerts in the park myself, however I had forgotten about it until I read your blog. Thanks for helping me remember! I have to agree with you that Grandma was the best piano player :)
I don't remember going to any concerts in the park, but what about those senior citizen dances?! I loved dancing with the old ladies.
I LOVED grandma's senior citizen dances! She would bring a blanket so I could lie down if I got tired. I remember singing for the old people - "When I'm 64" and "It's so Nice to have a man around the house" and the little old men and ladies would give me money for singing. I remember Grandma's TAB she always had to be drinking.
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