I have come to realize that one of the main things I miss most during this pandemic is the opportunity to see live music.
Fortunately, those opportunities have begun to present themselves again in the last several weeks. For example, the Village of Webster held three Friday night concerts at the gazebo, and Barry’s Old School Irish is back to hosting its regular traditional Irish music sessions every Saturday night.
I consider yesterday’s live music event a bonus, however. It was a village block party held on Park Ave., just around the corner from my house (OK, two corners).
I’m not sure who organized the event, but I’m sure my Park Ave. neighbor Doug Pucci had something to do with it. It was on his porch that his rockin’ Red Hot and Blue Band performed for almost three hours to an appreciative audience of almost 100 adults and children.
The organizers distributed flyers all over the surrounding neighborhoods, but everyone in the village was invited, regardless of whether they got one of the “invitations” before they ran out.
The sun was shining, the children were dancing and making chalk drawings in the middle of Park Ave., and neighbors were meeting neighbors. It was a quintessential village experience.
Thank you to everyone who helped pull this together. It was exactly the thing all us music-starved and socially-deprived people needed.
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This post is troubling. New York State social gatherings are limited to 50 people. While we are all “music starved and socially-deprived”, an event exceeding 100 is questionable at best. Consider the Webster 9/11 remembrance ceremony had to be cancelled this year due to Covid-19 before touting a block party occurring the next day.
Responsibility is incumbent on all of us.
Cindi Docteur Webster
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