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The nice thing about visiting my mom in Florida is that I don't generally have to get up early and as there's not much to do (I don't drive) we only go out and do something maybe once or at most twice a day--yesterday we met my dad's family for lunch at the Peter Pan Diner, our usual hangout halfway between (they live in Miami).
Because we had a huge lunch (I couldn't even finish my half a duck) we barely ate before going to see The Platters at the clubhouse. I've just googled to find out who the actual contemporary "Platters" are but apparently there are no less than 4 groups using the The Platters name. In any case, they were fantastic, playing many of the original groups' hits like "The Great Pretender" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," Chubby Checker's "The Twist", plus some motown. The entire band and four singers were excellent and were each given a solo number. They regularly induced the audience to sing along when they knew the words or at least clap in time to the music.
The original band was started in 1953, when I was too young to be aware of musical groups and the lineup that recorded most of their songs lasted until 1960. It was never my music but I was surprised that my mom and her generation would be interested. The theater was almost sold out and the audience --of 65-90 year olds--was enthusiastic.
Then we came home and watched tv. (something I never do at home, as most of you know).
Today we're having lunch with my cousin and his wife and we're thinking of going to the movie at the Clubhouse t his evening, Get Low.
Because we had a huge lunch (I couldn't even finish my half a duck) we barely ate before going to see The Platters at the clubhouse. I've just googled to find out who the actual contemporary "Platters" are but apparently there are no less than 4 groups using the The Platters name. In any case, they were fantastic, playing many of the original groups' hits like "The Great Pretender" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," Chubby Checker's "The Twist", plus some motown. The entire band and four singers were excellent and were each given a solo number. They regularly induced the audience to sing along when they knew the words or at least clap in time to the music.
The original band was started in 1953, when I was too young to be aware of musical groups and the lineup that recorded most of their songs lasted until 1960. It was never my music but I was surprised that my mom and her generation would be interested. The theater was almost sold out and the audience --of 65-90 year olds--was enthusiastic.
Then we came home and watched tv. (something I never do at home, as most of you know).
Today we're having lunch with my cousin and his wife and we're thinking of going to the movie at the Clubhouse t his evening, Get Low.
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