2 More Entries in the "Flower Power" Concert Series

EPCOT's "Flower Power" Concert Series continues until the end of May and we intend to see many of the remaining acts in the series. Having bought yearly passes to the Disney parks, we are afforded the luxury of going to whatever concerts we please and since renewing the passes in February, we already have our money's worth for the investment.

"The Fifth Dimension" were on the entertainment menu last week and filled the American Gardens to SRO status. The one original member, Florence LaRue, (red dress in photo) made a valient attempt to being us back to the 60s and the "Age of Aquarius" by dressing in a tight, spangly outfit with a spangly baseball cap, which was not quite fitting for her 60+ years. She sang the leads, but not with the same smooth, covered sounds that we hear on the recordings of decades ago. She and her other female backup singer sang full out to reach the notes, so consequently, that smooth unison sound which she and Marylin McCoo so seductively posessed in the heyday were absent from the performance. Nevertheless,

LaRue and the restructured vocal band performed the old favorites admirably and a fine time was had by all. For the younger folk, some of The Fifth Dimension's songs include "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine" and, of course, "Up, Up and Away".