Friday five - summer word association

Think summer......are you there yet? Below you will find five words or phrases.
Tell us the first thing you think of on reading each one. Your response might be simply another word, or it might be a sentence, a poem, a memory, a recipe, or a story.
You get the idea . . .

1. rooftop: fireworks

2. gritty: I like grits - especially when my mom cooks them

3. hot town: ”summer in the city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty”

4. night: the sounds of cicadas (or were they crickets?) chirp-buzzing in the thick night air

5. dance: salsa! " . . . que la vida es un carnaval…es mas bello vivir cantando!”