Enjoying Saturday In The Park

In 1972, the band Chicago released a song titled Saturday In The Park. I found a video on YouTube that may be from 1972 that opens with the following lyric:

Saturday in the park
I think it was the fourth of july
Saturday in the park
I think it was the fourth of july
People talking, people laughing
A man selling ice cream
Singing italian songs
(fake italian lyric)
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For saturday

That song apparently had an impact. Each year, on a saturday around the Fourth of July, Sioux City puts those words to action with their free all day festival named for the song, Saturday In The Park, in their Grandview Park.

This shot was pretty late but does show the setting and a sense of the crowd. It was a sunny afternoon of an interestingly varied collection of performers that moved smoothly from one to the next. During the breaks, people visited the vendors, got hydrated, and back to their seats for the next band. It really was an excellent afternoon in a classic park.