Picture of the day - July 29, 2007

"The Drifters" at the 2007 Virginia Highlands Festival "Beach Bash"

Every summer the beautiful and historic town of Abingdon, Virginia hosts the Virginia Highlands Festival, a two week celebration featuring the finest in arts and crafts, great food, and live entertainment galore. The town always kicks off the festival with the "Beach Bash", a highly popular event where they block off a large section of Main Street and turn it into a sandy "beach" by dumping and spreading around dozens of dump truck loads of sand. Then, from 6-10pm, thousands of folks sit on the "beach" in their lawn chairs and listen to a famous group from the 1960's sing a bunch of the great oldies that many  of us remember from our youth. The musical entertainment for this year's Beach Bash was provided by none other than The Drifters!     The Drifters began their legendary career way back in 1953, and for more than a decade they turned out hit after hit, including such classics as "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Up on the Roof", "On Broadway", and what is surely one of the most popular songs ever recorded: the ever-popular "Under the Boardwalk". These days The Drifters are staying busy entertaining audiences all around the country with their still-superb performances of their timeless classics, and they were certainly a big hit at last night's Beach Bash! You can find a lot more information about this amazing group by visiting their website.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"