Good Golly, Miss Molly!

Last night, Elizabeth and I did ourselves proud as we took advantage of an unusual and free thing to do in Macon even when our other friends decided that it didn't sound like much fun.

We left a birthday party early and headed over to the, uh, not-so-safe side of Macon for the free Little Richard concert! Lots of controversy over this one... apparently, our mayor (C. Jack Ellis) had promised the concert, regardless of the fact that he wasn't sure where the funds needed to pay for it were going to come from. No one was real sure that it'd actually go on as planned until the day of the concert, and even then, unfortunately, it was moved from outside in front of the GA Music Hall of Fame downtown to the much less appealing Macon Centerplex/Coliseum.

Liz and I decided to brave the shady crowd that we knew would be there and make an appearance. Not only, though, did we make an appearance, we made our way up to the front, as close as we could get, and danced to tunes such as Good Golly Miss Molly, Blueberry Hill, and Tutti Frutti. We laughed at the Macon-native Little Richard's strange ramblings, hellos to old classmates he could see in the audience ("Oh, look, there's George. Hello George!"), and 'serious' social commentaries such as, "Not all black folks are bad... but not all white folks are good." We only stayed about 45 minutes before we had had enough of the scene, but it was a good time and we're certainly glad we went.

Earlier in the evening, we had been at a birthday party for a friend who we go to church with. Here's a pic from that; the birthday girl is the one in the middle, to my left...



Tonight is a chili cook-off with the FPC Singles, hosted by none other than Elizabeth Hall, aka "Ms. Lizzie" for the Texas-themed evening. She's a better woman than I, that's for sure.