The guy who won the Pearl Drums drum-off was a 15-year-old kid from right here in this neighborhood. And that was some serious competition, too.

It's been a great event for this community.

Once the meat is through inspection, they can start cooking, and I suspect some of them will be cooking all night.

Nobody is going to go hungry if they want barbecue, though. We've lined up a good group of vendors who'll have plenty of barbecue for sale.

We're going to get it set up for next year so we not only have blues, but we also have a barbecue competition. All in all, for a first-time event, it was a success.