I love my city. One of the wonderful things about living in the Rose City is our wonderful, active Parks and Recreation department. Among the things that it offers are free summer concerts. The Washington Park Summer Concert series, which takes place in August (and is sponsored, with a lot of pride, by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)) offers a fantastic variety of family-friendly musical acts. Above is some footage of the Lions of the Batucada. Can you spot the DTNA employee?
They were super fun, as was the Locust Street Taxi, that we saw at Employee Night the following week.
The Washington Park amphitheatre is a wonderful, grassy spot to bring a picnic dinner and relax while watching topnotch entertainment. The kids, if they get bored, can dance near the stage, purchase kettle corn or snacks and form those instant friendships with other children (why can't adults make friends so easily?).
In addition to the concerts (which they host all over town, all summer), they are also responsible for a number of other wonderful activities in which we've participated. The boys and Tad went to the Dive In Movie and saw The Bee Movie, while floating around in wonderful Creston Pool. This summer, the boys went from fairly tentative swimmers to boys who feel comfortable swimming in the deep end of the pool (for parents familiar with the parlance, that's going from penguins, zipping past otter and landing firmly as seals in this last session before school begins again).
In past years, they've taken classes (gymnastics, art, etc). I know some parents rely heavily on these programs over the summer while school is out.
We have such a wonderful city and the Parks and Rec department is one of the best things about it!
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