By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Sunglasses at Night, a Fort Wayne band, makes its first appearance on the Madison St. Plaza stage Thursday night as the Decatur Chamber’s 2025 Summer Concert Series rolls down the homestretch.
Just two concerts of the 13 originally scheduled remain, this Thursday and an appearance by The Bulldogs the following Thursday.
This week’s performance will start an hour earlier than has been the norm lately as the Sunglasses are scheduled to perform from 6 to 9 p.m.
Another local talent, Lexi Lamons, 20, will also perform.
Rather then kick off the show, Lexi will hit the stage around 7:30 when Sunglasses takes a break.
As always, no admission will be charged. Food vendors and adult beverages by The Oasis Pub will be available.
Sunglasses at Night says it plays ’80s rock and pop “along with fun, danceable songs from all eras.”
Five men and one woman make up the band, with Justin Lee Whaley and Vickie Harter handling vocals.
The band performs frequently in the Fort Wayne and northwest Ohio areas.
“Sunglasses at Night” is a song by Canadian singer Corey Hart which was released on January 21, 1984, as the first single from his debut album.
How the name came about is an odd tale.
According to co-producer Phil Chapman, the recording sessions for the album took place in a studio whose air conditioning/heating vents were directly above the mixing console. Air from the vents blew directly into the faces of the control room personnel, so they often wore sunglasses protect their eyes.
Hart, working on a new song, began to improvise lyrics that included the line “I wear my sunglasses at night.”
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