(The following letter originally appeared in The Huntsville Forester on Aug. 5, 2009.)
What a treat to sit on the grass at River Mill Park on Saturday afternoon and enjoy excellent jazz entertainment under the new bandshell.
Then there was the last-minute addition of bass player Jamie Bestwick to the Herbie Koffman group, and you can add delight and pride in our home-grown talent to the experience. We were only disappointed in not being able to take in the many other excellent groups, something we hope to rectify next year.
Many thanks to everyone involved in creating and maintaining our beautiful new park; a special note of gratitude to the tireless members of the Huntsville Festival of the Arts and their sponsors, who continue to expand the venues of entertainment for the benefit of all.
George and Sheila Hoo
Huntsville
