A Side of Music with Your Oven-Roasted Turkey

On a routine trip to Pick 'n Save ... I have to digress here. Every time I see that sign, I want to add another apostrophe to the store's name. It really should be Pick 'n' Save. OK, back to the main programming.

On a routine trip to Pick 'n Save Sunday, I was pleasantly surprised by a duo playing live music in front the liquor department, facing the parking lot.

Filled with nostalgia, I thought of the street performers of my past.

Could the parking lot of Pick 'n Save be just like Central Park in New York or the boardwalk at Key West? Be still, my heart.

Maybe, just maybe.

Turns out the two guys, Anthony Stanley and Charles Hutchinson, both 21 and from Milwaukee, are two-thirds of the Charleston Wade band. Keyboard player Wade was a no-show today.

The band was hired by Roundy's, which owns Pick 'n Save and Copps, to perform at a more than a dozen sites.

Says Hutchinson of playing at grocery stores: "It's kinda strange, but it's pretty cool."

Take a look.



For more info about Charleston Wade, visit www.myspace.com/charlestonwade.

Question for you: Which acts would you like to see at Pick 'n Save? I'd like to see a fire-eating juggler.