Memphis in May 2007: Sunset Symphony
We went to see the Memphis in May 2007: Sunset Symphony on Saturday evening. We didn’t know exactly what to expect, but I had heard about a mini airshow going to be going on. That really drew me in. Neat event. The mini airshow was quite small, but topped off with a wonderful performance by Skip Stewart. I’ve seen him perform before and, honestly, the dude is nuts. There is a fine fine line between someone that is really really good and someone that is insane. I think he tips toward the insane side. I’ve read that he lost his FAA performance waiver for a while over a particular maneuver, so I’m not the only one. They reinstated him, though, so maybe I’m just too conservative. After the airshow was the Memphis Symphony performing many general public friendly pieces. We didn’t really see that from where we camped out. We could hear it, though. This was followed by the Temptations, which was certainly a crowd pleaser. Then for the closing act, the Memphis Symphony played the 1812 Overture with fireworks in place of the cannons. Then after that was a beautiful fireworks display. It started off kind of slow, but was really well done overall. It was huge. I’d say it’s the best fireworks display I’ve ever seen. Very cool.
