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Originally Posted by jhrc4
The Park in Silver Springs ( Ocala ) is the gateway for some (not) all of these yesteryear entertainers who honestly have seen better times. I can name a slew of them but why bother. Hey it puts a few $$'s in their pocket so that's good but hitting the musical notes ...whew it has to hurt.
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With the buyout of the operators of Silver Springs and management taken over by the State Park, concerts seem to be up in the air. Hopefully, they will continue spring/summer concerts (we went to most this past year)
There's actually an extensive circuit for the "performers you thought were dead" - lots of small towns and counties in rural areas (like WV) book them for things like 4th of July. Most of those groups spend the spring/summer/fall north of here.
EPCOT books a lot of the same era of groups for FlowerPower (in the Spring - mostly late 60s, early 70s) and Eat to the Beat (October/November - a wide range). We use our annual passes and go to hear groups that we want to hear and have lunch or dinner. I've also see some folks booked into various Orlando venues.