Thursday, August 4, 2011

North Country 2011--Day 9

Beautiful weather and great music.







Started this day off with a fantastic start. First we got up to mild weather with a much lower humidity than we have been experiencing. Next, after breakfast our friends, Ron and Kay Rivoli, did a gospel music concert for anyone wanting to attend. They do these shows separate from their contractual performance of last night. They do ask for a "love offering" of whatever anyone wants to contribute. This money goes to a Christian charity for disadvantaged youth. Joanne and I were privileged to pass the baskets around to take the collection. In the picture to the right Kay is signing while Ron is getting the audience involved. A wonderful show was enjoyed by all. After this show Ron and Kay had to catch a plane to Minneapolis to join up with a Tea Party Express group for a three day bus tour/campaign on behalf of the embattled Wisconsin Governor, who is facing a recall petition backed by the Wisconsin public employees union. The best thing I can say about our friends is they live their convictions. We'll see this couple again in October at the Monaco America Fall Rally in Marksville, Louisiana.




Most of the day was spent attending some seminars, ordering a small addition for the coach and an afternoon ice cream social. We also had a detail company here at the rally give the coach a well needed bath, from the top down. This evening we returned to the rally hall for dinner and the evening entertainment. Tonight it was a group called The Doo-Wop Daddies. This is a group of "old" guys that do mostly 50's doo-wop music. Most of these guys looked to be in their 50's or 60's but did a really good job performing their music. Our crowd related well to these guys since most of the folks attending these rallies are 60's plus and mostly retired.







2 comments:

Bob and Marlene Rea said...

As always, your enjoying another rally. As you said, its great to see your RV friends, we miss seeing them.

Shelley said...

Not my kind of music, but I've found that any sort of live music is much more enjoyable than the recorded type. That's where I first learned to like R&B, at the New Years Eve festival in downtown OKC...many years ago.