Mary and I spent a rare 3-day weekend out at the Hawksbill Cabin this weekend, so we were in town on Friday night and were able to do some local stuff. One of the highlights of our weekend was going into town for the "Concerts on Main" event, sponsored by the local business community.These concerts start at around 7 and take place at Ruffner Plaza, a nice little gathering spot near the Hawksbill Greenway. Shown here are two photos, below, one looking from the crowd at the stage (that is local act Acoustic Thunder performing), and above, a second looking back at the crowd from the Main Street bridge (Bob Prestage, a national blues act, performing).
We're guessing that more than 500 people were attending, boosted by the Ruffner Family Reunion that was going on at the time. The Ruffner's forebears gave the original land for the founding of Luray, an act that is memorialized on a plaque in the plaza.It was a real delight running into our friends at the Plaza - Mickey and Candie, Howard and CFM (sorry we missed Andie).
We were hungry and left most of the way through the second act of the show, heading over to the Mimslyn for a quick bite. Since we don't have internet at the Cabin, and no cable, and no newspapers, we were surprised by the new of Michael Jackson's death - but that was only one of the notable passings this weekend.
For more info on the concerts, there is an entry on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=2014177&id=1237389208&ref=mf
and here is a link to Bob Prestage's site:
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