Outdoor concerts are a wonderful part of summer for me, and I've been to three in the past 10 days. At Anson B. Nixon Park, local favorites Mason Porter played a terrific set on July 15 (with a delicious fried chicken dinner by the Kennett Inn), and on July 22 a band called Kategory5 ("Kat" is Kat Pigliacampi, the lead singer) covered classic hits from my youth: great stuff from Heart, Kansas, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, the Doobie Brothers and lots of others. No one needed to be encouraged to sing along; we knew all the words by heart. Loved their versions of "Hotel California" and "Rocket Man"!
It's always fun to hear the emcees at these Anson B. Nixon shows. Kennett merchant Doug Harris did his inimitable high-energy intro for Mason Porter, and Bob Listerman gave a spirited pitch for the local Rotary groups to open the July 22 show.
On July 23 we headed over to the Brandywine Valley Association to hear the jazz fusion band One Alternative (bass, guitar, oboe and drums). A couple we know attends these shows every Thursday, not only to hear the music but also to pick the wild raspberries that flourish back in the woods. They pointed us toward the brambles before the show started (after, of course, securing their own two pints). As the sun set it became actually blanket-worthy chilly, a far cry from the temperatures in the 90s just a few days earlier.
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