Forest City, Iowa Winnebago GNR #6

Wednesday started off with a dog parade. So I decided to enter Bono and Charlie. Bono was in his glory -- he wagged his tail the whole way. Charlie on the other hand couldn't stop focusing on his goggles and harley hat so I had to carry him most of the way. When we came back, both dogs were exhausted -- I don't know why Charlie was but as you can see from the pic above he had had it. We spent the rest of the day looking for bargains at the vendors and over at the Winnebago surplus store.
The evening entertainment was Bobby Vee. He was a teen idol and one of the original stars of American Bandstand and most of his hit songs were from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. He's still out there playing and entertaining around the country but most of his tours are over in Europe, and Branson, MO and cruise ships. His 3 sons play in his band and two of them were here last night; one on the drums and one on the base. They were very entertaining. Just a few of his songs are; Come Back When You Grow Up; Rubber Ball; and Will You Love Me Tomorrow. To be honest, I didn't remember him til he started singing those songs and then it brought back memories from my teenage days. One of the interesting things he told us that while he had made a few records back in the late 50's, he didn't get his big break until Buddy Holly died in Feb 59. He said after Buddy Holly's plane crashed right here in Clear Lake (about 15 miles from Forest City, IA); Buddy's managers decided the show must go on and they quickly looked for a rock and roll singer to take his place at a planned concert and they found Bobby Vee. Last night's show almost got rained out, but we just had a few sprinkles and Bobby Vee said he would keep going until they tell him it's raining too hard. We were able to watch him for an hour and 15 minutes and they even did an encore. He is such a wonderful person; he loved reminiscing with the crowd and it was interesting hearing about his family and how he got his start. When he sang Come Back When You Grow Up he stopped and said, see that you all grew up and came back. He said he was even going to show us his medicare card!! It was a very fun and entertaining evening.