Rock ‘n’ Roll Music Finally Debuts at RV Parks

Finally! RV Park activities directors are scheduling music performances that appeal to the Boomer audience. When we first started RVing, I couldn’t get over the music played regularly at RV park events—the same music that used to entertain my parents. Then I looked around and realized that I was one of the younger RVers on the road then. But as the years passed, I couldn’t help wondering if rock ‘n’ roll music would ever be heard in the parks, or would they continue to hire groups that played ‘30s and ‘40s music until the last WWII survivor played no more. The following tells the good news.

"THE CATSKILLS AREN'T DEAD YET—they just moved to RV Parks in Arizona. The Smother Brothers and many other Sixties headliners like Ricky Skaggs, Tanya Tucker, Frankie Avalon and Brenda Lee, are performing now for the Boomer (and older) RVers. Jacque Lamoree,Valley del Oro's activity director, played a pivotal role in launching the talent sea change for Arizona's RV industry. "Our people just go crazy. And our audiences are just like teenagers again. "See who's playing at
http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/1228ev-bignames1229.html."

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