Sun City musicians last month performed an impromptu “driveway concert” to entertain their neighbors during shelter-in-place, and they added an encore on Easter Sunday, April 12.
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Sun City musicians last month performed an impromptu “driveway concert” to entertain their neighbors during shelter-in-place, and they added an encore on Easter Sunday, April 12.
Dale Elliot and Eric Laubach performed for about 70 neighbors, friends and members of the Sun City Piano Club from a home in the area of Cameo Drive and Boswell Boulevard. The show was a follow-up of sorts to their first “driveway concert” on March 29, which at that time attracted 25 curious neighbors who watched and listened from safe distances across the street, on their front lawns, and on driveways.
“It was entertainment brought to them during a time when there is no live entertainment in Sun City,” Mr. Laubach stated at the time.
This time the piano was placed in the driveway with external amplification pointed up and down the street. Neighbors sat together but kept appropriate distance from one another.
Piano and vocal selections included show tunes, movie themes, jazz and ragtime. The concert ran from 5:45 to 7:25 p.m.
Mr. Elliot offered a musical tribute to the late John Prine, who died April 7 from complications caused by COVID-19, with Mr. Prine’s song “Dear Abby.” Mr. Laubach finished the concert with “Exodus.”
The performance was streamed live on Facebook, and was heard in Australia, Colorado, Michigan, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.
Donations of $254 were received for the Banner Olive Branch food bank at the Banner Olive Branch Senior Center, 11250 N. 107th Ave., Sun City. The center offers a Mobile Pantry to all members of the community providing a variety of food items from seasonal produce to breads. Call 623-465-6000.
Steve Stockmar has been with the Independent Newsmedia team since 2017. An NAU alum and Peoria resident, Steve’s community journalism pursuits focus mostly on arts & culture, education, and profiles of neighbors making a difference. In his spare time Steve plays in a vintage baseball league using uniforms and rules from the 1860s, and also acts (badly) in community theater. In addition, he has an unhealthy obsession with baseball and the Chicago Cubs.
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