Last free concert of the summer

We went to our last free concert of the summer. It was the Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus. Even Wander attended this time. We packed a picnic supper and ate on the lawn before the concert. Sparkle remarked that it was the best supper ever - not because of the food, but because we were eating outside. It beat our "pretend" picnic that we had in the front hallway for lunch one day all hollow. We didn't have to pretend anything, we could enjoy the breeze, watch the clouds, feel the grass, etc.



The music was good as usual. I didn't recognize most of the songs, but enjoyed them anyway. Glitter really had a blast. She spent almost the entire concert on her toes, dancing her heart out. Thank goodness she is short and didn't block the view of the people behind us.



I think that my favorite part of the music was when they did the Armed Forces Salute. As they played the song for each branch of the armed forces, soldiers and their families members in the audience stood. Normally we don't see or think about soldiers in our everyday life, but they really are all around us and people just like us.

After the concert we saw some neighbors who told us that the international space station and space shuttle would be in view. So we hung out for a few extra minutes and got to see two bright sparks zoom across the sky. Glitter was tired and unimpressed; however, we could tell that Sparkle was trying to grasp the concept that a tiny light in the sky was really a building in the sky.