Lee
and Karen Duquette
went to the Lights of Liberty Drone Show
at City Lake Park
in Albemarle, North Carolina
on June 5, 2026 |
NO
NO NO - They will never recommend this event to anyone unless they live
in the area. It was not worth the 1-1/2 hour drive from South Carolina
for sure. There were so many people, that many people were not even able
to get food from the food trucks. Karen Duquette saw several people throwing
the food away instead of eating it.
But enjoy the photos below and
learn about this event. |
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Below: Karen Duquette
was not sure why two skeletons were in somebody's yard, since it was the
beginning of June, NOT Halloween time. But Karen snapped a couple of photos
as Lee Duquette drove past the skeletons without stopping. |
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It was advertised
that the first 800 people to arrive would get a USA Flag (one per couple).
The flag had a light button on it that gave three different ways to enjoy
the light. Of course, Karen Duquette managed to get a flag. |
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Below: After Lee
and Karen Duquette arrived, they walked around the area and Karen took
a few photos. |
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Below: A few of the food trucks |
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Below: The Cotton Candy dude |
Below: Sign on a food truck |
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Below: Finally it was time for the music show before the drones. The
group was called "Heartbreaker" and Stacy McBeth
was the female singer. She said the group has been together for 20 years.
Lee and Karen Duquette thought that the band was ok, but they were NOT
impressed with Stacy's singing. The first three songs she sang could
not even be heard by the people sitting near Lee and Karen Duquette.
Finally someone complained and the band turned their volume up. But,
In Karen's opinion, Stacy was not that great of a singer. And she didn't
even dress in a great looking outfit.
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Finally, it was time for the Drone Show, which was the reason Lee
and Karen Duquette came here. But they were totally disappointed because
the drones did NOT go out into the open sky space. Instead they stayed
partially BEHIND TREES. As can be seen in the below pictures, this was
a BIG disappointed to many people and sure was not worth the drive here
for Lee and Karen Duquette. Several people even LEFT left before the
drone show was over. Karen took photos and posted them below, even though
she was extremely unhappy with the show.
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Leaving here was a real problem. Although Lee and Karen Duquette got
to their car quickly, Karen had to stand behind the car to tell people
to let Lee get out of his parking spot. Once he did, they thought they
would just drive slowly out of there even though people were walking
real close to their car. But within minutes, the line of cars stopped
for quite awhile. It took a very long time before the line of cars started
to move again, and by then the people walking had already walked way
up front and many got in their cars and fought their way into the front
of the line. But where Lee Duquette's car was, the line was not moving
for quite awhile.
Then when they finally got to the roadside, they were directed to
the left instead of to the right. This was the wrong way and it was
a one lane in each direction, very dark outside with no street lights
and the ride was scary. It was not long before they were almost the
only car going in that direction, and the oncoming cars blinded them
and made the ride scary. Many times it was hard to actually know where
the road was because it curved right and left a lot. At one point, Karen
yelled "stop now" and of course Lee did and they realized
they were inches in front of a stone wall. But Lee saw the highway and
everything was okay from that point on.
They decided that they will not be doing night driving anymore. And
they would not recommend this event to anyone in the future.
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