Clarkassic Park Redux
TALK ABOUT A TOUGH CROWD, the band Himalaya looks like it's about to be devoured by inflatable Tyranosaurus-Barneys during Saturday's Friends of Clark Park Volunteer Picnic and Celebration (and to think that this West Philly open air concert used to operate under annual titles like "Feast of the Drooling Love Dog.") Despite corporate sponsorship and three enormous -- 35 foot, 30 foot, and 25 foot father-son-holy-ghost dinosaurs -- and eight musical acts that performed from 11:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., the numbers of the audience at Clark Park barely exceeded that of daily dog walkers.
What a shame. What they missed was the closing act, King Britt, performing in complete darkness but not without good humor before an appreciative audience who demanded an encore and got their answer when the band answered yes and the powers-that-be answered by deflating the dinosaurs and cutting off the sound.
