Saturday, May 27, 2006

Chubby Checker on Stage at Riverscape


With a last minute notice from our good friends the Williams, we scrambled to Riverscape to see the Chubbster twist onto the stage. We actually arrived just as the man of the hour was exiting his tour bus and was able to get some great photos.

As he started his show we quickly came to a conclusion, Chubby didn't have enough of his own hits to fill a two-hour show. He borrowed from others however and still put on a great show. He was very interactive with the crowd and at times pulled fans onto the stage to join in the fun.

The concert was actually part of the annual "Riverblast" festival held in downtown Dayton encompassing Riverscape and many of the surrounding streets. I had never seen Dayton so full of pedestrians, it was a cool experience.

We all enjoyed Chubby and the festive environment but of course we were all anticipating the big hit "Twist". However after about 40-minutes we stopped waiting and went over the levy to secure good seats for the laser/fireworks show. Chubby held off the twist for the very end of the show and we all missed it. Thats the breaks I guess.



The seats we had however were well worth the missed hit single. The show we experienced on the banks of the Miami River was the best fireworks show I had ever seen.





We had a great time with our great company, great music, awesome fireworks, and perfect weather.

The Williams and Riverscape, the list keeps getting longer............leaving Ohio is not going to be easy.

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