Today was beyond hot – for southern Minnesota. The air temperature was up over 90°F for a good part of the day and the heat index was up over a 100°F for even more of it, while the relative humidity was in the upper 70% range and the dew point was well over 80°F for most of the day – including an outrageous 90-something high in the early afternoon.
Which was when I had the time for a run. Oops.
Later on, the girls and I braved the heat to catch one of the last acts in the second annual Vintage Band Festival here in Northfield: the phenomenal Ameriikan Poijat, a brass ensemble that plays Finnish and Finnish-American music from the 1880s to the 1940s (or so). The music is beautiful, and the girls liked it – though they didn’t like the heat.
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1 Mnmom // Aug 8, 2010 at 9:02 pm
This darned heat made me miss the Civil War era band. I was sooo looking forward to that.
2 Christopher Tassava // Aug 8, 2010 at 9:04 pm
We caught a little of the First Brigade Band on Saturday afternoon – good stuff. They played an 1860s arrangement of the national anthem that was almost unrecognizable.
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