I went with my friends Chris S. and Melanie to see a couple of nifty free concerts in downtown Durham last night. First, I showed up a bit late for the Warehouse Blues performance by George Higgs and Lightnin' Wells at my old stomping grounds at West Village. It was nice to see, and brought back memories of when I first moved back to Durham. The crowd was very friendly, and I saw a couple of people there that I knew, and one more that I had never met in person before but know from the blogosphere. Also, a tourist from Greece who was in town for the Rice Diet program struck up a conversation. These are some of the reasons I love Durham. :) Also, the concert was sponsored by the Music Makers Relief Foundation, which supports life-long musicians with basic living necessities, instruments, and tours to help their careers. Seems like a worthy cause.

When that was over, we went to Carnivalito at Brightleaf Square. I was mesmerized by the dancing - some fantastic salsa dancers were doing very complex group dancing. During a music break, I went up and asked the guy who appeared to be calling the dances for the group and asked if they were part of a salsa dance lessons group, and he gave me his business card for stepbystepsalsa.com. Now I totally want to start lessons there. It was beautiful and exciting at the same time.