As mentioned before, part of the
Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival is the Flower Power Concert
Series featuring entertainers from the 60s & 70s. Three 35 min. performances (basically mini-concerts)
are held at the outdoor American Gardens Theatre on Fri., Sat., & Sun.
nights by a featured entertainer. We had
missed the first couple of weekends, but finally made it over to see The
Guess Who (American Woman, These Eyes, No Time), with original
founding member, Jim Kale (bass player in the black t-shirt above), celebrating his
51st year with the band, and what a concert! 
These guys are all master musicians with
guitarists Dexter (lead singer) and Laurie doing some incredible work on
dueling guitars and who seem to have a blast doing it, really playing off of each
other. So many hits are covered in each
35 min. set, and
keyboardist Leonard really gets the audience involved during Clap For The Wolfman. Their shows are definitely a rockin’ good
time! We arrived for the first show,
stayed for all three, and then caught the Illuminations fireworks
before heading home.
The following weekend I went over to Epcot by myself to catch the early show of Ricky Nelson Remembered by The Nelsons. The Nelsons are Ricky’s identical twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar, who not only perform music by their “Pop”, but regularly tour with their own rock band, Nelson, and are platinum recording artists in their
own right. In fact in
the early 90s when one of their songs shot to #1, the Nelson family (Ozzie, Ricky, and Matthew
and Gunnar) made history and are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only family
in entertainment history with 3 successive generations of #1 hit makers. We had never seen them perform so I wasn’t
sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed the show. They shared memories of their dad and sang several of his songs such
as Travelin’
Man, Hello Mary Lou, and of course Garden
Party. These guys don’t look
anywhere near their age of 45! Joining
the "boys" onstage were an original member of Ricky’s Stone Canyon Band, David
Morgan on keyboards, and two of Bobby Vee’s sons on bass and drums.
Before the concert I spent a couple
of hours wandering through exhibits like the Butterfly House and checking out
the many topiaries located throughout Future World and World Showcase. (Can you spot 3 butterflies in the photo at right? Click on the pic to enlarge.) I also stopped to watch 
a little of Miyuki in 
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Hi Susan & Russ,
Thx, interesting review of the choruses in Orlando. Yes, we went in April and ended up again with C -! C'est la vie! We enjoyed the weekend, however.
Glad you're enjoying the area there.
Well, I am now Team Leader for the next year!
I retire on June 7th, so Barbara Jones and JoAnne Wheeler have had enough work for awhile. We have a couple of girls from COD visiting us now.
Take care, Anne Babcock
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