Suburban Spotlight: Thursday Nights on Bluff St.

     As we've seen, there's plenty of stuff to do in the city all throughout the summer, but there is also a good amount of stuff that can be done out in the suburbs.  One of those things can be found in Joliet, where every Thursday during the summer residents are treated to a series of concerts at the Bicentennial Park band shell.  Constructed in 1976 on the site of Bluff Street(Joliet's first ever street), the Park served as a commemoration of the nation's 200th Birthday.  Every year since then, the park has played host to a dizzying array of artists and genres, from clogging, to solo singers, to theatrical previews, to traditional concert bands, to even polka.  This year has been no different, with a wide variety of acts performing.  One of the acts is the park's own Pops Band.  In existence since the 1990s, the Band plays 5 concerts per year at the band shell.  On Monday nights throughout the summer, the Band meets up at the park and rehearses its music.  All throughout the summer, the band improves from performance to performance and continues to wow the audience week in and week out.  The Pops Band just concluded their season last night, but you can check out the Concerts on the Hill every Thursday through the end of August.