At the moment’s cats and dogs are raining all over Tom Lee Park. But it’s expected to last only another 20 minutes or so and Diane Hampton, Memphis in May spokesman, says the day’s Sunset Symphony events will continue as planned. So come on out but forget the white shoes.
There’s another act just announced for the Sunset Symphony lineup.
The Four Tops and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra are headlining, of course, but Memphis in May just confirmed that the guy known for last year’s accompaniment of Patti Page on her re-recording of her 1950 hit “Tennessee Waltz” will perform. You may actually know him better as the senior senator from Tennessee, former governor, former U.S. Secretary of Education and guy who likes flannel shirts, Lamar Alexander.
He last tickled the ivories at the sunset event in 1982 when he was governor. He may have been too busy to add much material to his rep since he’s doing an encore of the medley of Memphis music he did back then.
But that’s OK. Any politician who can be associated with the Tennessee Waltz and come out looking good is going to be a crowd pleaser.
The Congressman had a busy day.
With that fancy pig shoulder being offered up for the first time, the Pink Ladies welcome their judge and cross their fingers.
Stéphane Déom gives the lowdown on how the Belgians do barbecue. The Deominox Belgium team brought its own unusual cooker to accommodate it’s singular way of doing up the whole hog.
Friday night was raucous, noisy, besotted and gluttonous. And those were the positives! But Saturday morning was gentler, quieter except for the power vacs/blowers as the booths and their attendants, some perhaps nursing a hangover or two, cleaned up for the day’s judging.
And long-time contestant Crosstown Cookers has it down to a science after 30 years doing the cue.
They’ve been at it for 10 years, but this year The Pink Ladies have given up ribs and gone exotic. Here’s their story.
It’s been wet and cold today, but Joey Sulipeck promises — as much as a weather forecaster will actually promise — that the remainder of the barbecue contest will be fit for outdoor consumption.
Walking around cuetown is a visual feast, along with the other kind (if you’re connected with a team). Here are a few choice scenes as the MIMWCBCC gets underway.
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