West Park

Ann Arbor Civic Band Concert attracts about 150 people.  About two-thirds sit on the new retaining wall benches, the rest in chairs they brought.  As handy as the retaining walls are, the lack of back support makes chairs look attractive after a while. The juxtaposition of new Public Art stylized “trees,” only feet from newly-planted actual trees, was an amusing irony – or would have been amusing, had I not paid for it via my water bill.  Interestingly, the swamp surrounding the bandshell did not produce noticeable mosquitos.  ”The Stars and Stripes Forever” seems to be both an eternal crowd pleaser, and the reason the piccolo exists.