For our third Valentine outing we went to the Inverness Courthouse to see a Latin band that has been very popular in Tampa for a long while.
https://www.cccourthouse.org/
It was a mixed experience. They have the audience sit at huge tables decorated for Valentines. They have food provided downstairs before the show. Practically no one brings the food upstairs, so the tables are totally useless except they use up space. We were very crowded at ours. Half the table has to turn they chairs around in awkward positions and we could hardly walk between the final arrangement. The guy next to me could not keep from bumping his knees on mine, drumming on the table, and singing along.
The second half we went to the far back and sat in chairs there where the absence of a table made some room for dancing. No annoying guy.
I mentioned to one of the volunteers that there was never much that a diabetic could eat in the food. This time I could eat a meatball or two. The rest was pasta, two kinds.
The desserts are always sugary cookies. Fruit of bites of cheese would be a much better pick for this aging crowd of people. 25% of people over the age of 60 have diabetes and should not be eating sugary cookies created in carb loaded recipes.
The band was very good. Much of the music sounded the same to us in spite of the attempt to give some overview of changes over time. Perhaps that is our lack of an educated ear. However, I do know the sound of "bolero" and their sound is not what I expect if something is called "bolero."
Well, we had a fun time nonetheless. Elizabeth got to see some real Cuban motion and went up to learn a bit of it from the woman dancing. That was helpful as that is her goal. Costa Rica should help.
I liked the horns as always, but I thought the trombone a bit off on some of the notes. And the trumpet was just a bit too much in my face with few smooth sounds. Perhaps that is Latin trumpet.
https://www.cccourthouse.org/
It was a mixed experience. They have the audience sit at huge tables decorated for Valentines. They have food provided downstairs before the show. Practically no one brings the food upstairs, so the tables are totally useless except they use up space. We were very crowded at ours. Half the table has to turn they chairs around in awkward positions and we could hardly walk between the final arrangement. The guy next to me could not keep from bumping his knees on mine, drumming on the table, and singing along.
The second half we went to the far back and sat in chairs there where the absence of a table made some room for dancing. No annoying guy.
I mentioned to one of the volunteers that there was never much that a diabetic could eat in the food. This time I could eat a meatball or two. The rest was pasta, two kinds.
The desserts are always sugary cookies. Fruit of bites of cheese would be a much better pick for this aging crowd of people. 25% of people over the age of 60 have diabetes and should not be eating sugary cookies created in carb loaded recipes.
The band was very good. Much of the music sounded the same to us in spite of the attempt to give some overview of changes over time. Perhaps that is our lack of an educated ear. However, I do know the sound of "bolero" and their sound is not what I expect if something is called "bolero."
Well, we had a fun time nonetheless. Elizabeth got to see some real Cuban motion and went up to learn a bit of it from the woman dancing. That was helpful as that is her goal. Costa Rica should help.
I liked the horns as always, but I thought the trombone a bit off on some of the notes. And the trumpet was just a bit too much in my face with few smooth sounds. Perhaps that is Latin trumpet.
