On the last Wednesday of June, we went to see Dawn Weber and the Electro Funk Assembly perform as part of the 2010 Whitaker Music Festival at the St. Louis Botanical Garden. The weather was cool and breezy, and because we arrived super early, we snatched a great patch of grass to the left of the stage, in the sun but partly shaded. Lovely. It sort of made me forget that I was no longer in the Bay Area.
One of the best things about the Whitaker Music Festival in the Gardens is that you can bring your own picnic and set up almost anywhere -- for FREEEEE. It was great! There were folks who wheeled in tables, champagne bottles, glasses, cheeses and delicious grapes. Others brought their BBQ and coolers with delicious food. I saw one couple who brought a cute little round table and votive candles; they sat around it with wine glasses in hand, reclining in armchairs. It was wonderful to see! Definitely go again next year! Side note: This is a smoke free environment, which is much more preferable than the Saint Louis Summer Concerts (formerly Live on the Levee) which are sponsored by Budweiser et al. We went to the Clint Black concert (he was DIVINE!), but there was a lot of smoking, which I didn't much care for. We were also not allowed to bring in outside food and drink, so we set out our stuff on the sidewalk right outside the metal gate they set up around the perimeter and plunked down to enjoy our lemonade and chocolate. (It didn't take too long before an entire family of like 10 people showed up and hunkered down right next to us on the right, and then several more couples sat down to our left. And everyone brought their own food and drinks, too!) If the organizers had allowed people to bring in their own food and drinks, the concert would have been better attended. Oh, and if only Clint Black wasn't scheduled to perform at the same time as Lady Gaga at Scottrade Center, that might have helped. Overall, the country music was great!
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