Village Jazz

6 places to eat in this courtyard in front of the Theater.  We're at the Mall for the Season kick-off for the Village Jazz on Thursday nights.  Tonight the entertainment will be a "Big Band"

Approximately 18 musicians in the band.  They did an excellent job.  Played mostly all familiar tunes from the 40's.

We had dinner there in the Hawaiian BBQ.  It was good.

Marlys getting settled in.  She has her pajamas on under her clothes. :-)  Expecting a cool evening

Some of the groups are totally professional.  The Yuma Big Band is of professional quality, but made up of local musicians that have other jobs :-)

The programs are recorded by this NPR station, and aired a couple times later in the week

This Red Hat Lady plays a Baritone Sax.  And, a fine job she does.

Nice street lights.  This section of the mall is like a small city.  At 8 PM when the show was over, there were still a lot of shops open around the area.  Bookstores, cafes, clothing, and specialty shops of different kinds.  Fun atmosphere.

Wonder how we ended up with this chair :-)

There were several soloists.  Never a boring moment.  Especially liked the Glenn Miller tunes.

One of our local theaters makes a nice back-drop for the performers

Various shade of color as it gets darker outside

Janet and Marlys are ready for a blizzard.  Turned out to be a beautiful evening, and never did get very cold

Marlys is no "Spring Chicken". But, she's a lot of fun and enjoys going out.

Sparkly eyes...

The "Birthday Girl".  Katie has on her fuzzy gloves.  Only a few more hours and it will be whole year before she has another birthday :-)