We just got back and it was GREAT!! Why would you want to sit at a table in the middle of the street anyway and miss the action, the Porch Dogs were Fantastic!!
We got there about 3pm and I got a BBQ plate and my wife got a Chick Filet sandwich and we walked over to a table that had 2 people sitting there and the other 10 or so chairs were all tipped up, and I said to the guy in the Red Sox hat, were just going to sit here while we eat, he said fine. We sat there and ate and then we got up and tried to get as close to the stage as we could, it was 3:45 and the place was packed. Luckily I had brought our own chairs and we got up close but on the side of the stage.
The band played canjun music and during breaks different dance groups came out and it was the best time I've ever had at the square. We stayed until 9pm, which I never usually do. Everyone was having a good time.
The only problem was once about 8pm during an intermission and the Gem Stones or something like that, came out to dance during an intermission and 30 of us on the side moved around to see the show and people started yelling "down in front", so we all sat down on the ground, no problem. But one big guy, probably weighed 300 pounds kept standing and a guy from the seats came up and told him to sit down, and he said, if I sit down I can't get back up. The other guy said something else, I was sitting right there, and the heavy guy said, watch your mouth, I thought there was going to be a fight and I was getting ready to jump up, but the smaller guy went back to his seat.
All-in-all, it was a very entertaining evening and short-sleeve weather up until about 8pm, and then we put on light jackets. I never seen so many people at the square. Take the biggest Rocky & the Rollers crowd, maybe 2000. Multiply that by 5 or 6, I'd say at least 10,000 people. Not only was the square standing room only, but you walk out to the street and it was just as packed. It was an unreal sight.
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