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Concerts at Fort Reno
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Jump, jump, jump. Dive.
Jump, jump, jump. Dive.
Jump, jump, jump. Dive.
An antiwar anthem happens to be accompanying this particular bit of stylized choreography, but she doesn't care, the dancing toddler in sandals that blink with each bounce.
It's her concert, too. Hers and her dad's -- whose lap is the landing pad for those giggling dives -- and also her big sister's, who has taken off at the moment to roll down a hill while fireflies and Frisbees zoom overhead.
"Forty years, Fort Reno. That's incredible," Ian MacKaye, one half of the Evens, a rock duo headlining tonight, purrs into the microphone. Their fans have dotted the lawn with more black T-shirts and old Converse kicks than flowery sundresses, but when MacKaye invites people to dance -- "we are a dance band, after all" -- he clearly means everyone.
"I was thinking, with all these kids running around, wouldn't it be great if some day, 40 years from now, they said, 'My first Fort Reno was in 2007.' "
" 'My first Fort Reno' " -- MacKaye left out the word "concert." Maybe because it's assumed. Or maybe because it's more than that. It's a tradition and a party and a giant twilight play date for kids and dogs and their lounging, laughing chaperones.
"Light show!" MacKaye exclaims as he and his partner, Amy Farina, flip on a couple of floor lamps perched on either side of a simple stage that sits in the shadow of a Civil War lookout tower in Northwest Washington.
Then they're off again, rocking, and the toddler is up, beaming and dancing.
Show-Tune Singalong At JR's Bar & Grill
"You're the one that I want,
"You-are-the-one-I-want,
