Dave Chappelle's Dayton Block Party "live feed".

[FarPoint]

Dayton Ohio Block Party, " Gem City Shine" Event for the Oregon District shooting victims and the city who is in pain....

Chris Rock, John Stewart, Dave Chappelle.....Stevie Wonder was seen warming up earlier today......maybe Lady Gaga....preformers list was pretty tight lipped/

Stage stuff just getting ready.......soon the magic will start....




https://www.facebook.com/muthanna.akram/videos/10157572166748421/UzpfSTE0NzAwNTIzMTc6MTAyMTQ5NjkzNTE3NzUxNjY/

[underpants]

1. Yellow Springs finest

He moved into Yellow Springs a few years after we left.it's truly an oasis. A DREAM for a kid to grow up in.

[FarPoint]

2. Dave Chappelle is a natural local....

he hangs out in Yellow Springs ,,,,shops, plays ball with the kids....

[FarPoint]

3. Okay....

They are on stage now....and it begins...

[OilemFirchen]

4. Gaga is confirmed.

Can't get close to the stage, but can see Chance on the mini-Jumbotron.

[FarPoint]

5. YES!

I just googled Gem City Shine....saw Gaga's web site for a link...YES!

[Skittles]

6. oh I LOVE Dave Chappelle

[FarPoint]

7. He has a really, really good soul....

Same with John Legend....they have been sincere and embraced the community through the mass shooting and the 15 F-4 Tornado's we had Memorial Day...

Dayton has had some real shit come down in the past 90 days....

Love our locals.

The venue is right near Miami Valley Hospital too! .....probably why we keep hearing the siriens

Proud of our local STARS....

[Skittles]

9. I have virtual coworkers in Dayton

great folk, I like them a lot......no nonsense, straight to the point, easy to deal with

[FarPoint]

11. Indeed we are.....

See how we rise up and out of any tragedy.....we take the hits better than Rocky Balboa....

[FarPoint]

13. Ohhhh

this concert is in the Oregon District....near the scene of the mass shooting....truly honoring the victims....

[FarPoint]

8. I'm waiting and looking forward to Lady Gaga!

I'm glad my kids are down there....

[bearssoapbox]

10. Thanks. Hard to hear, understandably

But can see size if crowd and they've been telling who's there.

This linked right up to the FB stream. The other linked up also but this one worked better for me.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157572166748421&id=507408420

[FarPoint]

12. I looked for a better stream....

No luck...this was put together quickly.....needed security control....it's free as they look for donations....

I'll try yours now...


Update...it's broken...

[bearssoapbox]

19. Hi, FarPoint

I tried the link a few times and it worked but I'm doing it on my phone and we don't get along.

When I clicked on it my phone asked me how I wanted to open it. Chrome, FB. They both worked.

I'm still learning how to copy&paste with the phone. Sometimes it works.

Back in the 70's & 80's I worked part time as a bouncer in a few places in the Oregon District but mostly up and down the Dixie Strip.

My full time bouncing job was in a bar up north of Dayton called The Brass Rail.

Those were some good times. Memory might be a bit sketchy about some of it but it was good times.

[OilemFirchen]

23. The Dixie Strip is pretty much history.

Between the cops raiding strip clubs - leading to their closure - and the tornado that destroyed pretty much all of Dixie and Siebenthaler, it's just a smattering of used car dealerships now.

[bearssoapbox]

25. Yup, it started in the late 80's.

I think the last time I was down that way I lived in Piqua and we drove down Hoagies for pizza and draft beer, then down to where the McCook Theater used to be just to see what it looked like.

The Strip was pretty run down then. Then they closed all those no tell motels and no other much has moved in to replace them.

That was probably in the very late 90's.

We moved out of Piqua back in 1999.

Still north of Dayton though. Those tornadoes went to the South of us to Dayton and north of us to Celina.

[FarPoint]

14. Stevie Wonder is up now.

I am amazed how committed Stevie is....he's ill but wants to help.

[OilemFirchen]

15. Stevie Wonder up now...

[FarPoint]

16. YES!...

I just realized......No one is going to make it to work tomorrow! hahahahahaha

My Emily is right up front by the stage...getting good pictures...

[OilemFirchen]

17. I finally made it to the stage.

Awesome.

[FarPoint]

18. OHHHH

You are there!

[OilemFirchen]

20. Wouldn't have missed it.

This is EPIC.

BTW, the sirens you hear in the stream are little fire department vehicles (like golf carts) attending to the crowd.

[OilemFirchen]

21. Lady Gaga and Chris Rock were no-shows.

She was definitely here, doing a sound check earlier:

Celebrities have been spotted in the Oregon District performing sound checks ahead of the Gem City Shine event later in the day. Kanye West hosted a Sunday Service at RiverScape MetroPark and Lady Gaga was seen on the stage doing her sound check.

https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/watch-live-kanye-west-hosts-sunday-service-at-riverscape/

... and she was spotted just prior to the show by volunteers guarding the bus docking area.

Chris Rock was on the playlist:



I'm thinking that the show ran late, including two full sets by Chance the Rapper and Stevie Wonder, both of which were absolutely stunning.

Not complaining, though. It was a thorough blast and a huge boost to a grieving city.

[OilemFirchen]

22. ...

[FarPoint]

24. Here are a few clips of event....

https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/watch-live-kanye-west-hosts-sunday-service-at-riverscape/