Labor Day Weekend
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blueeowynAs was mentioned on Sunday; Saturday was way up the list of worst days at Fest due to weather (I think we were told it was number 4 ... after the September snow storm).
Saturday
Hot, humid. I prefer to breathe my air, not swim in it. Sheesh, I am fairly used to the heat but it was brutal. We danced what we could, traded off as much as we could, and did some slower stuff.
After dancing, I got some salt into me (pretzel style) and continued my quest for water. Then I wandered around. Gave people directions, watered various cast members that I could find, then wandered some more. I stopped by the German Camp (I'm not going to try to spell it properly right now) and visited. Then the storm came. I helped move the stuff to the chapel, stayed inside for the worst of it, then off to slog in the mud. The coolness was wonderful for about an hour, then the heat and humidity came back. Ugh. I got to hear William Teller's adult stories (there weren't any kids at the show so he brought out some more intense stories than he usually does) which was nice, stayed for part of Bedlam's set as well.
Got home, did laundry, passed out.
Sunday
Much cooler, still a bit drained from heat on Thur, stress on Fri, and the beastly heat on Sat. Dancing went fairly well (with a few minor bobbles that we have fixed) and I did more wandering. I saw a couple of things, parts of some things, but mostly wandered. I ran into![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
silmaril and her guests. Did a fair amount of direction giving. Enjoyed the pub-sing with the King's birthday celebration. That was pretty fun. I have heard Happy Birthday to the Star Spangled Banner/Anachreon in Heaven, but hearing the tune on a shawm and bag-pipe was cool.
Monday
I didn't want to get up. Yuck! But I did, got to site fairly timely, had a huge line for lacing (I am flattered that P. put her corset next to me to secure a place in line). We had a guest dancer for Creekstomp in the form of JD who used to do the part but can't this year due to schedule. I am amazed at how much fun it is to watch him dance. We miss him. There were some minor bobbles but mostly it went well. I then went and got salt (it was hot and humid again, but not as bad); tied up the constable again (with a release option); then went wandering. Found Mom and Pete, spent some time with them (enjoyed sitting quite a bit ... I was more ragged out than I knew).
It was ladies night at Pubsing and there were many fun jokes. It was the last time that we got to see the two dancers with Gypsophilia (which is a shame because they do add quite a bit to the show ... I'm hoping that one or the other will be back as a solo act). The crowd was mostly polite about staying out of the way (with minor exceptions). The worst being the person who wouldn't move except to shove companion into me (ugh), then spilled beer on me (major ugh) during the very nice song at the end.
Dinner with friends, sleep in, then off to do Locator Service.
Saturday
Hot, humid. I prefer to breathe my air, not swim in it. Sheesh, I am fairly used to the heat but it was brutal. We danced what we could, traded off as much as we could, and did some slower stuff.
After dancing, I got some salt into me (pretzel style) and continued my quest for water. Then I wandered around. Gave people directions, watered various cast members that I could find, then wandered some more. I stopped by the German Camp (I'm not going to try to spell it properly right now) and visited. Then the storm came. I helped move the stuff to the chapel, stayed inside for the worst of it, then off to slog in the mud. The coolness was wonderful for about an hour, then the heat and humidity came back. Ugh. I got to hear William Teller's adult stories (there weren't any kids at the show so he brought out some more intense stories than he usually does) which was nice, stayed for part of Bedlam's set as well.
Got home, did laundry, passed out.
Sunday
Much cooler, still a bit drained from heat on Thur, stress on Fri, and the beastly heat on Sat. Dancing went fairly well (with a few minor bobbles that we have fixed) and I did more wandering. I saw a couple of things, parts of some things, but mostly wandered. I ran into
silmaril and her guests. Did a fair amount of direction giving. Enjoyed the pub-sing with the King's birthday celebration. That was pretty fun. I have heard Happy Birthday to the Star Spangled Banner/Anachreon in Heaven, but hearing the tune on a shawm and bag-pipe was cool.Monday
I didn't want to get up. Yuck! But I did, got to site fairly timely, had a huge line for lacing (I am flattered that P. put her corset next to me to secure a place in line). We had a guest dancer for Creekstomp in the form of JD who used to do the part but can't this year due to schedule. I am amazed at how much fun it is to watch him dance. We miss him. There were some minor bobbles but mostly it went well. I then went and got salt (it was hot and humid again, but not as bad); tied up the constable again (with a release option); then went wandering. Found Mom and Pete, spent some time with them (enjoyed sitting quite a bit ... I was more ragged out than I knew).
It was ladies night at Pubsing and there were many fun jokes. It was the last time that we got to see the two dancers with Gypsophilia (which is a shame because they do add quite a bit to the show ... I'm hoping that one or the other will be back as a solo act). The crowd was mostly polite about staying out of the way (with minor exceptions). The worst being the person who wouldn't move except to shove companion into me (ugh), then spilled beer on me (major ugh) during the very nice song at the end.
Dinner with friends, sleep in, then off to do Locator Service.
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you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 07:45 am (UTC)Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 09:33 am (UTC)Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 10:04 am (UTC)As for bees, I don't know why people get stung. I sat in the middle of a swarm and composed a poem to them on Monday (or was it Sunday?) and they didn't touch me. Maybe they liked the poem...
Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 02:33 pm (UTC)1) Someone else swats at the bee and it is annoyed and ends up stinging you
2) You step on the underground hive (not seeing it) and they attack you to defend it
3) You sit on a bench, chair, railing, etc. with hive attached, and get stung by the defenders
4) You are clapping along to a song and a bee flies into your hands and objects to being used as a percussive device (BTDT)
5) You lean against something and don't see the bee you are about to squish (aka tick off)
etc. You will note that most of these are random chance but being in the presence of people flapping their arms around is not a good thing for one who is allergic.
Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 02:56 pm (UTC)Does that mean no chicken dance near Hengrave Hall?
Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 01:02 pm (UTC)I will have to call Maria and see how she is. I hope she's alright as she's terribly allergic. Still, she always has benedryl nearby, so she was probably fine.
Thanks for the status report! :)
Re: you survived!
Date: 2003-09-03 02:29 pm (UTC)