Well, my wife, Julie, is still visiting with family back in Boston so I traveled over for a second night to Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival by myself to see yet another Eat to the Beat concert at the American Garden Theater in front of the American Adventure.
Performing tonight was the group Kool & The Gang. WOW, were they great! Over the years I’ve been to a lot of these concerts and very seldom does a band get the crowd up on their feet, in the aisles, dancing and singing. The Cast Members working the show had their hands full trying to keep the crowd of young (and not so young) women from going up on the stage.
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They did change a couple of songs from set to set, however, Ladies Night and Celebration were in each set. As they started to sing Ladies Night they asked all the ladies in the audience to stand up and invited them down to the front of the stage. That’s when the CM’s almost lost control. I’ve never seen so many people dancing in front of the stage like that.
Seeing how popular they were I don’t understand why they were only there for two night. My advice to Disney is to make sure they are back next year and for more nights. They really had the place rockin!
The familiar Eat to the Beat concert series sign that’s on the stage.
Please leave me a comment and tell me if you were there what you thought of the concert or what your memories are of the group or of previous concerts. I love to get comments.
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Well, that’s all for now. As my good friend says, “See ya real soon””¦.DizneyMike
we were there for kool & the gang,, too. just returned from 2 weeks in the world. that band was the best reason to buy a pass into EPCOT those days! we’re in our 50’s and loved every minute! the band was Fresh! Exciting! (yea, i stole their song lyrics!) and really had the crowd moving. definetly want them back again! you got some great photos of the band members, too.
DizneyMike replies: Yes, they really put on a great show. Glad you liked the pictures. ..Mike