This past weekend we attended an outdoor concert of the Classical Mystery Tour (www.classicalmysterytour.com). This is a Beatles tribute act which my husband and I have seen several times. Two of the performers in the band are friends of his so we always enjoy seeing the show. We brought along a group of our friends who are about our age so we all were able to relate to the time period when we first heard many of the songs that were performed.
The concert venue welcomes people to bring picnics and wine and to enjoy the evening as they wish. We had a table but were surrounded by families with younger children. As the sun set into the West the venue was lit with candles and fire pits where families and friends gathered. The children lit those multicolored glow sticks and then fastened them to their heads, necks and wrist. It looked like some futuristic tribal ritual with the running and dancing children all aglow with light.
There was a dance floor in front of the stage that was packed with people. There were couples, children, parents and grandparents all dancing and swaying to the music while singing ALL the lyrics to ALL the songs. As is common with any concert now many people raised their arms holding cell phones to get photos and video of the show to share with their friends. One person even had an iPad they were using to take video! I guess I would not think to bring a tablet like that to a concert and then take photos.
It was a beautiful night and a great concert. As one of the performers told us many of the later Beatles songs were never heard in concert by the Beatles themselves, they were just released on records or tape. The crowd loved all the songs and was very happy with the performance.
It's so interesting to me how humans like to hold back the darkness of the night. Between the candles, fire pits and glow sticks the crowd was alight. Maybe it's part of our collective unconsciousness that if we light the night we can hold back the monsters of the darkness.
In addition to the light from the crowd there was the glow from cell phones and iPads. I'm of an age where I remember years ago at the end of a concert the crowd would signal their happiness and desire for an encore with lighters held above their heads. Now in the digital age the crowd holds their cell phones!
It was a great evening!
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