pickup truck opera

i was double booked for the day. first event to attend was a 'pickup truck opera'. i was able to google it based on a few key words given by my meetup friend. it was at swede hollow in St. Paul, a park i hadn't been to before. my friend was there filming it with two different cameras and i was able to sit in his lawn chair nearby. i recognized most of the modern music in it as the genre was 1990s grunge. this included violin versions in the opening segment, one was 'hey jealousy' by the gin blossoms, and 'only happy when it rains' by garbage. i had seen both bands in concert. some songs of the day i had heard more than once. nirvana's 'heart shaped box' i not only heard when having a sandwich for lunch at Jersey Mike's, but also at the opera. dolly parton's '9 to 5' was heard at the opera, and at the event i did after the opera was done- a baseball game. the opera ran longer than expected and i went to the St. Paul Saints game right after it was done. the saints lost to Syracuse, 9-7. it was game number 11 for me this season, actually 12 as one night in July was a double-header. this was food truck night, and i had an egg roll from a Vietnamese place. the converted ambulance was absent. then there were fireworks after the food trucks. and the dolly parton song was one of those played during the fireworks show. next visit to this stadium will likely be for the holiday lights, which are normally between thanksgiving and New Year's Day.  i bought one final souvenir for the season, it was a blue ball with both the Twins and Saints logos on it.