He also plugged the Sunday night show, and I'd like to make a point here. The past several years, there has been a stunning trend, which I wrote about on this very site, that people leave en masse on Sunday morning, and that the place is shockingly empty by Monday. That would not be the case this year, and I can't PROVE that people stayed longer this year because of the Sunday night’s entertainment, but they did indeed, in the words of the old song "stay...just a little bit longer". The Sunday evening show goes on, and people are enjoying themselves as always, but there’s a genuine vibe that this is really the last hurrah, or, if you will, 'The Last Waltz', because like a television show that goes out with a guest-star laden extravaganza, Ike is bringing a lot of guests onstage, some playing the harp, one gal did proud with the old Kris Kristofferson chestnut "Me and Bobby McGee", heck, even myself and Drag Racing Online got some props in the stretch run.

There was still a bit of crazy entertainment this year like this flaming party wagon.