Spokane Symphony’s Labor Day Concert

Before the annual Spokane Symphony concert in Comstock Park, Vivienne Massey 5, gives the violin a try at the Instrument Petting Zoo, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Eckart Preu conducts the Spokane Symphony during the annual Labor Day concert in Comstock Park Monday Night. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
For their opening number, conductor Eckart Preu with the Spokane Symphony, performs ÒThe Star-Spangled BannerÓ during the annual Spokane Symphony Labor Day concert in Comstock Park, Mon., Sept. 3, 2018. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Before the annual Spokane Symphony Concert in Comstock Park, left to right, Jane Baldwin, Maureen Berndt and Mary Cressey enjoy a picnic dinner, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Staking out a spot before the annual Spokane Symphony's Labor Day Concert in Comstock Park can be serious business.