The following column will appear in the May 2009 edition of Gaston Alive:
It’s hard to slow life down. There is always something else to do or somewhere else to be. And it seems, the older we get, the faster it goes by.
That’s what I love about the Gaston County Museum’s Blues Out Back concert series. It forces me, for just a few hours on a summer night, to slow down and do nothing.
Now you don’t have to love the blues. You don’t even have to know any blues songs.
All you have to be willing to do is to sit back and relax. And do nothing.
The Gaston County Museum does the rest. They create this place once a month, from May through September, so we can shut out the noise of the world and enjoy time with our friends and our families.
It’s a small glimpse into a simpler time - a time before air conditioners, televisions, cell phones, and computers. It’s a time where the only entertainment available was stories and songs.
For better or worse, we live in a different time. And in our world, we must shut it off if we are able to enjoy the present. So, turn off your computers and your cell phones. Leave you air conditioned home. The Gaston County Museum offers you the chance to live in the here and the now.
Blues Out Back Schedule
May 8 - Abe Reid
June 12 - John Dee Holeman
July 10 - Big Ron Hunter
August 14 - Drink Small
September 11 - The Harris Brothers
WANT TO GO?:
WHAT: Blues Out Back Concert Series
WHERE: Gaston County Museum, 131
West Main Street., Dallas
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 8,
June 12, July 10, and Aug. 14
COST: Free
ONLINE: www.gastoncountymuseum.org
