Jazz Fest 2008

Murfreesboro held its annual Jazz Fest this past weekend, and as was tradition, it rained a good part of Friday night =o)

We decided to go Saturday.

It was quite fun! Not so crowded in the early afternoon, which made it easy to move about and meander around the square. Naturally, the food was way too expensive ($3 for water), but the atmosphere was light and fun. It was warm outdoors, but there was a breeze that kept us cool. We sat and watched Smyrna’s high school jazz band while we ate lunch and wandered through some shops after. Then we stopped and watched Joe Johnson for a while. I tried to take some pictures but couldn’t figure out why my phone/camera (remind me to blog about that…) wouldn’t save the ones I took. So while Jackie, Ali, John and I were sitting in Clay Cup, they helped me figure it out and I got this shot.

Then we went to a wedding shower for Ricky and Erica which was fun! They got a lot of great stuff… including 2 signs that said “RELAX” and 3 that said “LAUGH”… I guess Bed Bath and Beyond hadn’t updated their registry in a while! Haha

After the shower, it was back to Jazz Fest for Me, Alicat, RubyRed, and Papa John! We got there just in time to see the main event for the weekend, Nicholas Payton. He is a Grammy winning trumpeter and has worked with several outstanding jazz legends (according to Papa John). The crowd started off really dense, but people slowly left when it started getting colder. People were using what they could to stay warm…

But one of the more entertaining moments came from the group of girls who were maybe 13 doing “the kick” from The Karate Kid movie.

Things really do come full circle!