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Good food, great music and sunshine. What more could you ask for?
Rocky Mount’s downtown block party today was a blast!
Plenty of food, great music and sunshine. All it lacked was a few hundred more people.
That’s to be expected. The block party idea is new, so word is still spreading. It’s summer, so a lot of folks are on vacation. And it’s July, so it was fairly warm, even under the tarps the city put up on Howard Street.
But I’ll challenge anyone to come up with a cooler way to spend a lunch hour, especially on a Friday. There were probably 50-75 people when we were there, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.
I’m proud to say the musical entertainment included two Telegram staffers - Content Editor Gene Metrick and City Hall reporter Eric Klamut. They played mostly cover tunes written by artists such as Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Neil Young and plenty more. And they’re pretty darn good, too.
Hats off to Ian Kipp, the city, the Downtown Merchants Association and everyone else who made the event a success.
Downtown Rocky Mount rocked today! Hope the rest of you will join us next time.
Comments
By Holt
July 19, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
I just looked at the picture gallery. Sorry I missed it. I’ve been to the last two before and the two jazz bands.
Looked like many more people than the last two. Not surprised as its now the middle of summer more folks are out and about.
By Jeff
July 19, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
Wish you could have been there, Holt. I’m sure we’ll catch up at another one. If you see me, please come up and say howdy.