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Sunday, Aug. 03, 2003 - 3:10 p.m. The wind far more damage to the Mohall Celebration than the rain did yesterday. Downdraft winds estimated at 70 mph roared through the downtown Mohall area, ripping apart the weaker booths. The hardest hit area was the area they call �Commercial Expo�. That sounds like an upscale sales spot, but it actually contains (or did contain) a bunch of lightweight booths housing novelty plastic crap and Sprint PCS sales folks. By the tiem we made it back up yesterday, many of the sellers had abandoned the area, leaving behind the twisted wreckage of their awnings:
Many of the food vendors in this area were also damaged badly. By 9pm, most had cleaned up the wreckage and started selling their food again. The rain made most of the night�s music a washout, too. Not a big deal for us, since we didn�t have a favorite we wanted to see anyway. Lease did want to see the disco/dancing in the street band Dr. Zhivegas, but the stage they were set to play on was the most damaged of them all. That is the setting for tonight�s The Outfield concert, if the rain holds off long enough for them to play. We had a shower roll through an hour or so ago, and the radar doesn�t look too promising, either. People came downtown anyway. Since most of the acts canceled, the streets resembled one large backyard cookout. People were standing around, conversing at a normal volume level (no music=the ability to have a conversation). Those that were desperate for any music congregated at a flatbed trailer/stage to listen to a novelty band, �Hypnotic Clambake�. Too strange for my taste. An accordion only work in rock music if Weird Al Yankovic is hitting the keys:
The sunset was pretty cool, though� Ran into my old pal Gary. Made him stand still while I took his picture. Since nearly everone else was moving and the lighting was low, that gave me this end result:
Yeah, and about the one-armed juggler? He was pretty funny. You would have to be, if you made your living tossing items in the air, and you only had one hand to catch them with:
Let�s see- Taste of Chicago gets Elvis Costello and Cheryl Crow. Mohall gets Hypnotic Clambake and the Amazing One-armed Juggler. I guess that�s what I get for living in Mohall, North Dakota, eh?
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