A CASUAL THURSDAY IN BAD DOBERAN

 We arrived in Bad Doberan in the early afternoon.
The perfect time to check out the expo.

The new location is great. Three floors of amazement.
Entering, one walks into Helmut King's Universe : Cigarette Box People. (more on this later).
The first floor presents paintings by Peter Görs. (Yes, next to being a musician, and having started Zappanale some thirty years ago, Peter also paints) !
And the second floor is where the Expo concerts will take place, surrounded by posters, images, prints, and other wall art.

Angel's t-shirt collage was also highlighted, as you can see on the below picture.
Too bad about these two passers-by who stood in front of it, but you get an impression.

But we were also there for the music (and for meeting some of those freaks that we call friends).

The biggest surprise of the day was the BundespolizeiOrchester Berlin.
I had expected some sort of marching band, but this was an actual orchestra that jumped from Gloria Estefan to John Barry and then back to Carlos Santana...
They even played a couple of Zappa tunes (for smaller ensemble).

Little Umbrella's, Wind Quintet, Harry, You're a Beast

Next up was local band Blanck Zappath (Zappa with a touch of Black Sabbath), and the Paul Green Rock Academy (performing the music of The Stones, ending the set with some Pink Floyd and a Zappa tune).

And the final band was The Furious Bongos, all the way from the U.S.
This might well be the top act of Zappanale #32.
Great musicianship, lots of humour, and the oh-so important vocals !!
It sure looked like the band had fun, and so did we.
Loved it. (Well, my mind loved it. The body might not agree after over two hours of standing up.)

They'll return to the main stage on Sunday.
Looking forward to that.