Rise and shine, campers. It’s Groundhog Day.
This more than 100-year-old tradition began on Feb. 2, 1887 in Punxsutawney, PA when a newspaper editor declared the town’s groundhog Phil the country’s “only true weather-forecasting groundhog.”
While some of you may be waiting to hear if we’ll have six more weeks of winter, others might be wondering what it would be like to be stuck in a time loop reliving the same day over again. We have Bill Murray’s 1993 movie to thank for that.
This concept got us thinking — if we could live any day in Kansas City over again, what would it be? ⏰
From the editor
Editor Travis is an old soul, a history nerd, and a saxophone player. He would go back in time and relive the day in 1936 that Charlie Parker messed up his solo at the Reno Club. The 16-year-old played some wrong notes + got a cymbal thrown at him. Many consider that incident to be the moment that changed his career — and ultimately jazz as we know it.
To reminisce on days we’d play on repeat, we asked you what local day you wouldn’t mind having again. Here’s what you said:
From the readers
- “I’d like to relive the Royals wild card game. It was an emotional rollercoaster with an amazing ending!” — Peg K. We think she means this one.
- “I would go back to the day of the Royals World Series parade. It was a beautiful sunny day, and I had a front row spot. I got to see all the players up close and take tons of pictures!” — Hannah B.
- “Being a music lover [...] Count Basie at the Reno Club in the late 1930s, or BB King at the Cowtown Ballroom on Mar. 19, 1973.” — David C.
- “Aug. 6, the day I moved to Kansas for college. If it weren’t for Aug. 6, I would not be able to call Kansas City my home. Not a date I would change for anything.” — Amanda M., KCtoday sales
I guess the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl was too easy of an answer.
