Dolly Parton – June 12, 2016 Art Park, Lewiston, NY

 

Written By: Scott Brown

Summer is a time to enjoy family outings, BBQ’s, sight seeing, and the highly anticipated outdoor concerts.  Lewiston, NY at the accredited venue known as Art Park provided all this on June 12, 2016.  A family outing within a scenic park, not far from Niagara Falls itself for its kick off to their summer concert series.  What a kick off as Lewiston hosted country music’s legend one and only Dolly Parton.

Now, at the age of 37, this particular writer never expected to attend a concert of such an entertainment icon.  If not for her talent as a musician, able to play five different instruments, her rare four-decade career may not have prevailed.  Not only spanning four decades, but touring in support of her new album due out in August, “Pure and Simple with Dolly’s Biggest Hits”.

As I sat there and watched this musical great pick up a guitar, banjo, autoharp, dulcimer, and saxophone playing each with ease.  I just wondered how could one person learn so much and share it with the world?  Sometimes whether a fan of a particular genre of music or not, you just know you’re in for something special.

Dolly brought something for everyone this night.  When I say everyone, I mean all in attendance, as some of the concertgoers were young enough to only be with us for a quarter of Mrs. Parton’s career, other’s its entirety.  Mrs. Parton further tantalized the audience with a twenty five-song set-list.  During, before, and after each song, Dolly shared her life from early childhood to present day in short stories, life lessons, and a sense of wit mixed with comedy sketches that were not only entertaining, but enlightening.  It seemed as though she was trying to show us to be grateful for what we have and truly appreciate live entertainment.  Truly a gifted entertainer and showman are sure to check out this country hall of fame inductee on this tour.

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