Jazzy Night

It’s been two weeks since I moved here but yesterday was my first real outing in Peoria. Brad and I went to the Contemporary Art Museum of Peoria. Our interest – Dorann and the Mystic Soul band. It is a local band usually playing jazz, pop and blues. I did not know what to expect out of it as it was my first experience of this kind. Brad on the other hand was quite excited about it as an ardent jazz lover he was dying to go there for weeks. The set up was interesting and interesting enough was the idea that you bring your own food and drink. Needless to say that we did not know, and hence went there unprepared. There was considerable crowd when we reached and music was already on. It took me just few minutes to come to realization that we were the youngest in the room.

The first song we heard was a pure jazz tune but what followed was something else. The band switched to other popular tunes like ‘we are a family’, ‘lady marmalade from Moulin Rouge’ etc. I did not recognize many of the songs. Crowd was on their feet all the time. I was just amazed to see some of the ladies dancing that would embarrass today’s teenagers. It seemed that they have not aged or at least did not lose their groove in all these years. The energy and enthusiasm was unbelievable. Next to us was a nice couple who brought a picnic load of food and drinks with them. Seeing us sitting there without any food, they offered to share their food. We took some chips and salsa from them. Again interestingly all the flavor of chips like black beans chips, guacamole chips etc. and Mango salsa, Brad or I never had. It was two hours of nice music, not necessarily jazz what we expected. Brad seemed to enjoy though he might be a little disappointed as they played less jazz and more blues. But I must say that when I came out, I was very happy with what I experienced last night.