Did that blog post title get y0ur attention? And “zombies”: there’s a word I never thought would be included in any of my blog posts. More about that later.
Several months ago, my long-time friend, Bev, learned that The Oak Ridge Boys would be in concert in Hopewell, a city a little over an hour from us. Back in the day, she and I LOVED listening to their music. And we saw them in concert back in the early 1980’s at Scope, a huge arena in Norfolk. Our seats were so far from the stage, the group looked like ants. But we enjoyed hearing (and “kinda” seeing) them perform live.
So, we got tickets to the show in Hopewell, which was Sunday night, August 10. We met Bev and her husband, Bill, at a nearby restaurant for dinner before the concert. Right outside our window were the most beautiful hanging baskets of petunias. The hummingbirds put on quite a show for us. I think the slight glare from the windowpane gives this picture a nice watercolor effect.
Then, on to the concert. This venue is much smaller than Scope, and we had seats on the 11th row from the stage. Thanks, Bev, for the picture.
Now…. on to the zombie part of today’s post:
This is a slideshow of what we saw on the side streets just a couple of blocks from the concert venue.
It seems that they were filming a spin-off of “The Walking Dead”, which I understand has something to do with zombies.
During the concert, Joe Bonsall, spokesman for the group, would occasionally chat with the audience between songs. During one of those breaks, he asked if we’d all seen the movie set. Then added that, of course, there weren’t any zombies there right now. And a woman in the audience yelled out: “We’re all HERE!”.
The entire audience erupted in laughter, as did the guys on stage.
The show went on, and, thankfully, we made it out of Hopewell and back home without spotting the first zombie.
~These Days Of Mine~
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