Saturday’s Floydfest Highlights
1. Old Crow Medicine Show sang my favorite song about the “Down Home Girl” who came right off Maggie’s Farm … Well I swear your perfume, baby, is made out of turnip greens … Every time I kiss you girl, it tastes like pork and beans … (Video HERE .)
2. The heat didn’t hinder festival attendance. It was at full capacity on Saturday. Can you find yourself here, or maybe find Waldo? If not maybe you will in the video HERE.
3. My two year old grandson Bryce was a happy highlighted part of Saturday’s scenery. He’s his nana’s favorite photo-op.
4. Somewhere after Spiral Hoop’s dance performance and before Old Crow Medicine Show, Senator Warner showed up with his daughter Madison and made a brief appearance at the Dreaming Creek Stage, saying “Virginia is for lovers and for music lovers.” Later, when I saw him back in the hospitality tent he said he didn’t remember meeting me at Floydfest 2 years ago when he as an unemployed governor. He’s a senator now, still a nice guy and still happy to pose for the camera when asked. (Video HERE.)
5. Homegirls!
6. Along with the full moon and the giant fire breathing junkyard dragon, dancing with Bryce on the new floor in the dance tent was definitely a Floydfest 9 bright spot. Bryce has inherited my dancing gene. My face was so red after dancing that a woman who saw it thought I had such a bad sunburn that she wanted me to check in at the First Aid booth. (Video HERE.)
7. Did I mention homegirls?
8. I got my yearly blessing from my favorite Blue Fairy, aka my friend Alina Ever.
9. I attended the Children’s Universe parade and took a video clip, which is HERE.
10. Bryce made another jamming appearance, drumming with his Opa Joe at a drum workshop taught by Charlottesville’s William “Whit” Whitten (far left) and Charisse Minerva (video clip HERE). Both Whit and Charisse stayed at our house over the festival weekend. Charisse works with Joe putting on meditation retreats for teens.
11. Other Floydfest highlights were seeing friends, old and new, and some I only see now at Floydfest.
12. Family time is a big part of what makes Floydfest so special. Saying goodbye to Bryce, his mommy, daddy, and big sister was bittersweet. More highlights to come … Read the Floydfest story I wrote for The Floyd Press “Music Remains Mainstay of Festival” HERE. More photos HERE.
July 26th, 2010 3:08 pm
[…] 10. Only a few vending tents remained in operation after the power went out for a few hours, like this one that was solar powered. More photos HERE. […]
July 26th, 2010 6:45 pm
Wow that looks like heaps of fun and lots of people as well. I can see that everyone had a blast!
July 26th, 2010 6:55 pm
It’s a nonstop photo-op!
July 26th, 2010 8:00 pm
I Love your pics!!!! xo
July 26th, 2010 8:54 pm
Some great shots in there, Colleen. Nice.
July 27th, 2010 11:14 am
Looks like a good time had by all!! I couldn’t make myself go out in the heat, spent lots of time in the pond. Thanks for the Greta pic!
July 27th, 2010 6:35 pm
always fun to see the photos of you guys having so much fun! looks like bryce is following in your footsteps, ms dancin’ queen!
July 28th, 2010 8:47 am
[…] notes: More Floydfest 9 photos are HERE and HERE. You can read about and see photos of past festivals in my archives […]
July 28th, 2010 9:46 am
[…] notes: More Floydfest 9 photos are HERE and HERE. You can read about and see photos of past festivals in my archives […]
August 1st, 2010 7:00 pm
I wasn’t there but my son Mike was and he was enthralled by the whole thing. Maybe next year.
August 31st, 2010 9:38 am
[…] the Global Village at Floydfest I went from a talk on the teachings of Buddha to petting a milking cow named Primrose. I watched […]
July 26th, 2013 1:36 pm
[…] I brake for my Evo-Latic home girls, Emily Williamson and Leia Jones. They roam the festival doing performance art. Their ever-changing costumes always amaze me. See some from past years HERE and HERE. […]