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|  “Best Friends Forever” band performed at the June 26th Music in the Park in Crosby - photo by Hatie Parmeter | Crosby Music at the Park Featured “Best Friends Forever”By Hatie Parmeter Starting Thursday night’s Music in the Park in Crosby was the Nancy Drew Crew, a Minneapolis based hip-hop group. The group consists of MC Smells, Skullbuster, and Mayhem, all bright eyed twenty-somethings. The younger set appreciated the new age style and random song content while some of the older folks wondered how “the crew” could talk (rap) so fast. The weather was perfect and they played a good show. The second set was played by a few of Crosby’s own, Bri Smith and Jes Seamans. The two met while attending school in Crosby-Ironton High School and formed their now 13-year friendship. After years of Crosby schooling, Jes and Bri pursued their musical aspirations and attended the Perpich Center for Arts Education for their last two years of high school. The girls, along with drummer Joe comprise the band, Best Friends Forever. The songs the group played on Thursday night included “Handpocket”, about a spill into the lake through the ice, and "Eisenhower is the Father”, a song about how “Eisenhower is the father of the interstate highway system.” The music was perfect for many enthusiastic fellow arts high school students in the audience to “hippy dance” to. (Hippy Dancing: Uninhibited young people with arms splayed and big smiles.) While the band played and the students canoodled, you could see the light in the eyes of the older crowd members as they were thinking back to their own days of “hippie dancing.” Although the group’s name isn’t on their drum set, it doesn’t need to be. Their energetic and unique sound makes you want to remember Best Friends Forever. The next performance at the Serpent Park band shell will be played on the Fourth of July where the S.T.A.R.T band will be playing from 6 pm until sundown. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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