So, what are they setting up in Powderhouse park?

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

There's tents and about a hundred folding chairs set up in the park by Powderhouse circle.

Anybody know what they're celebrating?

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[ruthling.livejournal.com]

that is isn't raining today?

yeah, I walked by about 6:30 am and saw a couple guys spraying lines on the lawn and I wondered too.

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

the city's annual seniors' picnic, I believe.

[gilana]

For once, the city web site has an answer!

MAYOR'S SENIOR PICNIC WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13th

Annual Picnic to be Held at Nathan Tufts Park, 11a.m. - 1 p.m.

http://www.somervillema.gov/alert.cfm?alert_id=125

The Mayor's Annual Senior Picnic will be held Wednesday, August 13th from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Nathan Tufts Park on College Avenue. Hosted by Mayor Joe Curtatone and the Somerville Council on Aging, the picnic will feature boxed lunch, music, dancing, and live entertainment by the Somerville Sunsetters. All Somerville senior citizens are welcome, with admission ticket, which can be obtained at the Council on Aging or at the Mayor's Office, 93 Highland Avenue.

For more information, contact the Council at 617-625-6600 ext 2310.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see that park getting used. I've always thought it could support more activity than it gets.

[ron_newman]

It would be a great place for a weekly concert series in the summer.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Yes, it would. I'd love that.

[ron_newman]

Are you still on the Somerville Arts Council board? If so, this might be something to work on for next year.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I was never on the Board. I was just on a one-time grant committee. So I don't have much pull at SAC.

[ron_newman]

AARP has been mailing me monthly for over a year now, but I think this event is aimed at a somewhat older crowd. ;-)

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there were already some seniors there when I passed by.

On that note, my uncle gets the AARP magazine and was shocked they had Herbie Hancock on the cover (!). I suppose they'll be mailing me next.

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

> On that note, my uncle gets the AARP magazine and was shocked they had Herbie Hancock on the cover (!). I suppose they'll be mailing me next.

This would have made a lot more sense with ">>I<< was shocked they had Herbie Hancock on the cover".

My uncle has no idea who Herbie Hancock is.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I bet it's paper mail, and that AARP presumes that you don't know what a computer is. I will hate that when it happens to me.

[ron_newman]

Yeah, paper mail. I'd be more upset if they were e-mail spamming me.

[jovianconsensus.livejournal.com]

Really? Isn't it more work to get rid of paper junk mail?

[pushupstairs.livejournal.com]

my girlfriend has been getting mail from the AARP for about 3 years now.

she's 24.

[ron_newman]

Does she have the same name as her mother? (I'm trying to think of any other possible explanation.)

[pushupstairs.livejournal.com]

not even the same last name.

[crunchyjew.livejournal.com]

They have a kids program there most days during the summer, though I would love to see music there!

Young man, there's no need to feel down!

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

What *totally* cracked me up was that as I biked past this afternoon, there were a couple buses from senior centers, a giant truck that read "Elder Care" on the side, a couple hundred folks in the 70+ set, and... a DJ playing Village People, YMCA at full volume.

Uh, dude? Not really a dance party, I think. Or, at least, not *that* kind of dance.

Time to hire a new DJ.

Re: Young man, there's no need to feel down!

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Village People would have been more appropriate just a quarter mile down College ave.

When I went past the second time they were doing the "Tell Me More" song from Grease. And yes they had the "SCM" and "First Call" buses.

Re: Young man, there's no need to feel down!

[bluedaisy.livejournal.com]

My company had a party today that must've had the same DJ, at least in soul---he kept trying to get the buttoned-down engineers to dance, rather than scarf down their free food and go back to work.
YMCA, the Twist, and the achy-breaky heart (he made the poor volunteer picnic organizers learn the line dance) all made an appearance in the 45 minutes I was there. I'm 26, but most of the people there are just getting started (and trying to get taken seriously) or just about to retire.

Ever go to a North End saint's day festival?

[ron_newman]

You'd be surprised what some older folks dance to at these events.