It's film festival weekend in our town. We've attended the festival every year, and usually enjoy most of it. We loved it best during the years that silent films were offered, sometimes with musical accompaniment performed by a live band. Silent films are such a lot of fun to watch, especially the comedies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, whose brand of humor is still hilarious today.
But we've enjoyed other film and concert offerings too. Today, we went to the museum to see two humorous short films. One centered on an eccentric and rather reclusive lady who baffled her community in the southern part of our state during the Great Depression and for years afterward. The other film was an animated spoof on strange historical events in another state. Both were very funny.
Tonight a band well known in our state performed the music of a famed 1940s musician, also from our state, who influenced creators of rock n' roll and blues. More people should have turned out to hear this excellent group. Maybe the chilly, rainy weather kept folks at home. Whatever the reason, those who missed this concert missed a musical treat.
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