Stevie Wonder was spotted doing a soundcheck on stage. People claim to have also seen John Mayer and Bradley Cooper. (Bradley Cooper was seen in Yellow Springs several times way before "A Star Is Born" was filmed. Found out he was there to convince Dave Chappelle to be in the movie.) CNN has a film crew there. Mayor Nan Whaley has already spoken, and the event is supposed to start... right about now. Lines are long, but lots of reports of people just having fun. Good.
Curious to see who actually performs...
Wow, sounds like the hot place to be ! Boy, I would love to see Stevie Wonder.
HB, hope you had a great time.
No Bradley Cooper...
Chance the Rapper, Taleb Kwali, Teyana Taylor, and Thundercat performed. Michael Che and Jon Stewart spoke. Dave Chappelle hosted... and Stevie Wonder closed out the night. Chris Rock was seen close to the stage, but I haven't seen where he actually performed or spoke.
Kanye held a "Sunday Service" in a nearby park yesterday morning. He had a bunch of local kids involved with music and choir with that event.
Apparently, Dave Chappelle called Mayor Nan Whaley the afternoon after the shootings and proposed this. No city funds went for security... and the party goers started picking up the trash themselves before leaving last night.
It's been a rough few months for Dayton. Big ole KKK rally that cost the city $650,000 to "protect." Next weekend, 15 tornadoes devastated northern parts of the city and surrounding areas... then three weeks ago, the shooting.
Here's People's run-down of the event:
https://people.com/music/stevie-wond...ayton-victims/
Last edited by CAinOH; 08-26-2019 at 01:39 PM.
It has been a rough time for the area. Hope this event helped with the healing....
Listening to music and playing with my new phone (iPhone 11 Pro Max).
-Austin-
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RIP Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..."
At the Rhode Island Comic Con waiting for the walking dead panel to start. 😁