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PITTSTON &mdash; The Rockin&rsquo; the County concert series pulled into the City of Pittston Friday evening as The Mule Team performed through the streets atop a flatbed truck on one of the busiest nights of the summer in the city.
				The Mule Team band was the feature act driving around the city where weather conditions were perfect.
				In addition to Rockin&rsquo; the County, the City of Pittston was holding a postponed 2nd Friday Art Walk from two weeks earlier when a coastal storm halted the event. The city also featured the movie &ldquo;The Goonies&rdquo; at the city&rsquo;s Slope Amphitheater at sunset.
				&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great night in the city tonight with the Art Walk, the movie at The Slope and this event, I&rsquo;m really excited,&rdquo; Pittston Mayor Lombardo said. &ldquo;One of the things that came out of the whole struggles with the whole pandemic I think our relationship with the county is now at a different level and we&rsquo;re interacting more with the tourism bureau and that&rsquo;s a positive and I&rsquo;d like to thank Dave Pedri and Ted Wampole for selecting us as one of the sites for the concert series.&rdquo;
				Times Leader Media Group partnered with the government of Luzerne County and Visit Luzerne County to bring Rockin&rsquo; the County to residents of Luzerne County.
				In an effort to fill the void of live entertainment within Luzerne County due to COVID-19, county officials came up with a solution to have bands perform each week through neighborhoods of five municipalities in Luzerne County on five consecutive Fridays.
				Chosen bands perform on a flatbed truck, making their way through neighborhoods for residents to enjoy live music from their porches. In return, the county asked residents to stay socially distant and follow health guidelines.
				The Mule Team performed Friday evening at Pittston from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on a designated route starting on South Main Street weaving off and on Main Street before ending at William and Main Streets. The flatbed stopped at various locations for several minutes before moving to the next destination.
				A.J. Jump, a member of The Mule Team band was happy to finally perform live at the Rockin&rsquo; the County event after all of their appearances were canceled due to the coronavirus over the last four months.
				&ldquo;I played last week with the Indigo Moon Band and the people of Hazleton really, really loved it and were thanking us as we were going by,&rdquo; Jump said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a way for us to still play safely and bring music to the community.&rdquo;
				&ldquo;The event in Hazleton last week was a huge success and people came out and said &lsquo;thank you&rsquo; for doing this,&rdquo; Ted Wampole, of Visit Luzerne County, said. &ldquo;This event is time perfectly timed because of the Art Walk and (Mayor) Mike Lombardo and Mary Kroptavich (Pittston City Main Street manager) have been extremely supportive. We&rsquo;re looking forward to Nanticoke the next week (July 31) and Kingston/Forty Fort the week after (Aug. 7).&rdquo;
				Mark Evitts, his daughter Jessica and family made the trip from Bear Creek just to hear The Mule Team band.
				&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve heard them before at the Kirby; they were great and when we heard they were coming here, we decided to put our masks on come out,&rdquo; Evitts said.

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