The Saturday fun continued ...

After I got back from playing at Faneuil Hall, I changed out of my fancy band outfit and headed over to Riverfest.

I was just passing the first big concert tent when I stopped dead in my tracks. Because I recognized the player.

It was my sax teacher, Stan Strickland!

Okay, former sax teacher. I took alto sax lessons from Stan in the nineties, and eventually got to join the Longy Jazz Band (where I met Tom, I might add!). I loved playing jazz sax and Stan was a funny, mellow, calm teacher. And I love to hear him play.

He has the coolest sound!

Once I found Stan playing, I didn't move until he was done. Medge found me at this tent, listened with me for awhile before wandering off, then ran into Tom elsewhere at the Fest and told him where I was. So Tom joined me and we both listened to the rest of the set.

Afterward, Tom and I strolled around the Fest, enjoying the mild weather and the happy crowd.



We also had some great food -- amazingly tasty cheese arepas and Thai dumplings. There were tents with foods from all over the world, along with the usual things outdoor-festival foods like fried dough, Italian sausages, pizza, ice cream, fresh-squeezed lemonade, Hawaiian shave ices ...

Hang on ... what??

Now, it's only this year that I've seen "Hawaiian shave-ice" anywhere in New England. What's up with that?

And of course ... well ...

Yeah.

Saturday was pretty awesome!