THE LARGEST OUTDOOR CONCERT EVER HELD…on Southeast 2nd Place
In the 80s, we created one of our many campaigns to raise funds. We called it HippoWeek…a week so filled with stuff it took 10 days to complete. We went to Tallahassee and had Governor Graham issue a proclamation…and tape a PSA. We had all kinds of events, including a concert with Bo Diddly on the steps of HIPP III. The Blues Bros were a band that Festival Sign Shop employees (our neighbors) put together. They were really great! Mariah and I performed the balcony scene from ROMEO & JULIET, with Mariah atop the Hipp outdoor balcony (must be a better word for that), and the Gainesville Fire Dept brought a ladder truck which I scaled to the top. We both had wireless lapel lavs we wore. The Fire Dept would never do that now.
I had a huge banner made stating: THE LARGEST OUTDOOR CONCERT EVER… held on Southeast 2nd Place The banner stretched the entire width of the HIPP.