Thursday night at the Wiregrass Mall

Well.... I went over to the Wiregrass Mall tonight to check out the bands. The ad promised bands on three stages, 6 pm to 9 pm Thursdays. It was just that. The Wiregrass Mall is BIG and is outdoors. Probably a half mile wide, and semicircular. The stages were far enough from each other that you could not hear competing music from the other stages. There were lots of benches and rocking chairs near the stages, and those that could not find chairs just sat on the curbs. Each band was different. One band played smooth jazz, another disco hits, and the third sort of techno-rock. They were all really good and very professional. In the Center Court were food and drink vendors. Kids and adults were dancing to the music or just sitting around, in this our "sort of" town square. For a long time, our town never had a town square. It was a collection of roads in search of a city, and everything friendly or necessary was a half hour away. Now it's nice to have a place to go to connect with locals and have a good time.