{"id":39332,"date":"2026-09-04T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=39332"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:21:37","slug":"another-plaza-concert-fouled-by-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/another-plaza-concert-fouled-by-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Another plaza concert fouled by weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather has plagued concerts on the Madison St. Plaza in Decatur this season and Thursday night continued the pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperatures were a stifling 90 degrees at the start, but it was a heavy downpour that put an early end to Adams Health’s sixth annual Senior Living Event, shutting down the Sweetwater All-Stars after about an hour of a scheduled three-hour show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Approximately 175 Adams Health residents and staff were on hand for the event which began at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By about 6, radar was being checked as huge black clouds loomed overhead. Staffers began moving out the numerous residents\/patients who had been brought in for the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain cut loose 10-15 minutes later, sending concert-goers to seek shelter, most of them jumping under the big tent set up for the Adams Health folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 15-20 minute downpour forced the All-Stars to shut down their equipment and get ready for the trip back to Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just three weeks earlier, on August 13, rain rolled in and halted a concert by Simply the Best, a Tina Turner tribute band, after about 40 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The week before that, pending storms forced postponement of Derek Jones & 50 South. That one was been rescheduled for next Thursday, Sept. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat was a big problem at a couple of other concerts, with a woman overcome and taken away by ambulance at a July 9 event.
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NO KELSEY: It was the first time the Al-Stars have played Decatur without Brett Kelsey, who is moving to or has moved to Florida and no longer plays with the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he grew up in Fort Wayne, Kelsey has many ties to the Pleasant Mills area and Adams County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett’s mother, the late Thelma Noll Kelsey Alexander, was born in Pleasant Mills. She had 15 siblings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His late father was Ned Kelsey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marilyn Noll Young is his aunt and among cousins are Janelle Young, Keith Young, Decatur Mayor Dan Rickord, Elaine Rash, Kip Massoth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelsey was an original member of the Sweetwater All-Stars, now in their 11th<\/sup> season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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