June 25, 2015 VOLUME 95 | ISSUE 18 | 75¢
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WHAT’S INSIDE
Read all about it: Euclid eighthgraders compete in National History Day contest. See Page 5
Press start: Video games are becoming a part of family time. See Page 11
Seven-on-seven event: Heritage and Littleton compete in Broncos tourney. See Page 17
Cyclists ride along the Mary Carter Greenway north of West Union Avenue on June 21 near the site where a man fell from an inner tube into the fast-running South Platte River the day before. Despite hours of rescue efforts, Joseph Goodwin, 20, had not been found as of June 22. Find more coverage on Page 3. Photo by Chris Rotar
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Concert provides gathering place People come to socialize, listen to the music at weekly event By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com
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PL E ASE RECYCLE T HI S C OPY
Mother Nature set the perfect scene with mild temperatures, a cool breeze and some sunshine for about 500 people gathered to hear the Rock Dog band perform at the June 18 Sounds of Summer concert. The concert is the second of the series of free musical performances presented on the stage of the Englewood Civic Center Amphitheater located just west of the intersection of Inca and Englewood Parkway. The amphitheater is adjacent to the civic center and is nestled between the two curving stairways leading from the light rail stop to the ground. The stage is against the west wall, looking out on a grassy area that is usually home to blankets and chairs brought by concert-goers. Band members also look out on a broad semicircle of bordering concrete that becomes a seating area as city workers set up folding chairs to accommodate audience members who didn’t bring their own. The crowd assembled slowly, and it seemed every age was represented. Several groups of senior members of the community set up their chairs in the shade while children clustered around their parents, some whom sat in chairs while others lounged on blankets
Seated in chairs or on blankets, members of the audience gathered to hear Rock Dog perform at the first free Sounds of Summer Concert of the year. The concerts are held each Thursday in the Englewood Civic Center Amphitheater. Members of the audience are encouraged to sing along, clap their hands in time to the music, get up and dance or simply sit back and enjoy the performance. Photo by Tom Munds spread on the grass. Early arrivals created a low hum of conversation as they chatted and watched the band members set up their equipment. The conversational hum soon blended in with the band’s sound check. The concert started on time, and as Rock Dog provided the entertainment of upbeat music one mother swept up her toddler and danced around. Nearby, another mother clapped her hands in time to the music, encouraging her toddler to dance. The youngster invented her own dance steps and style, moving around her mother
with unbridled energy and enthusiasm. A number of people brought their dogs. The pets generally were well behaved, and one lady with a fuzzy little dog attracted a crowd of children when she told them the dog wouldn’t bite and loved to be petted. Occasionally, a train rumbled by on the tracks located above and behind the stage, but while the train noise was loud, it seemed as if the rumble of the cars and the clacking of the wheels somehow harmonized with Rock Dog’s music.
Some of the crowd lingered across the civic center circular driveway from the stage. In general, these were families with young children. While the adults were close enough to hear and enjoy the music, most of the children were more interested in expending huge amounts of energy, running, chasing each other, rolling in the grass, climbing on the sculptures or running through the water sprays around the fountain. Rock Dog wrapped up the concert and the crowd dispersed … at least until next free Sounds of Summer concert.