Essay Fundamentals

 

1.   The Midwestern sky is  reddened by the sunset, as clouds approach to cover it all with the arrival of darkness.

 

 

2.         Even the threat of rain can’t stop twenty thousand fans from flocking to the River-front Coliseum to see and hear Pink Floyd.

 

 

3.         Several thousand fans arrive three hours early, wearing their best rock-concert jeans and T-shirts, keyed up for the high-energy Pink Floyd show.

 

4. Newcomers arrive to the rock scene, standing out in their pressed slacks and expensive shirts, gawking at the others conspicuously.

 

 5. Loners weave aimlessly about in circles, arms dangling uselessly at their sides, eyes barely open, squinting to steady themselves.

 

 6. Couples cling to each other in near fountains or in remote corners.

 

7. Real police, not the rent-a-cop breed, stride confidently in large groups among the crowd, twirling their billyclubs and sweeping the area for trouble.

 

8. Hawkers call out to the crowds, trying to unload cheap t-shirts and pennants, only drawing laughter from most of the concert goers.

 

9.  As the numbers grow, roamers, couples, and cops swarm confusedly over the acres of concrete that lead up to the auditorium.

 

10. The management realizes the hordes can no longer be contained peacefully, and the doors open to let waves of fans pour into the coliseum, tired and sweaty from waiting, to wait for something, the final hour before the show.