Last night I went to Disneyland in the rain to see Stompy Jones. The band drives down from San Francisco so I figured it was the least I could do to show up and watch them play. But would anyone else be there?
They'd moved the chairs and tables to the back half of the dance floor (the dance floor and bandstand are the only covered areas) but the floor was wet. So the cast member in charge (I think her name is Margaret) brought out towels and had all the early arrivals shuffling around on towels to dry the floor. The floor stayed damp and slippery all evening and I kept expecting them to stop the band but Margaret told us she would let them play as long as possible.
An amazing (considering the ugly weather) number of people showed up and it turned into a really fun night. Usually there are two or three big groups of dancers who keep to their own sides of the dance floor but we were all squashed together and had to mix more and it was great. All other entertainment was cancelled due to the weather but Stompy was able to play all of the their usual four sets. I don't think that would have happened if it had been any other band.
