This weekend was the most fun I have had in awhile, which I really needed. Danny Greer and Jack Lentz have been trying to get me to go to this festival called the
Great Blue Heron in New York for years and I was finally able to make it this year.
Because Jack and I volunteered for the event, we could go on Thursday to set up camp. After we were done, we spent the rest of the day in Niagara Falls which was AMAZING. I will prob post some pics later.
The festival started out kinda crappy because it rained and in turn the grounds became extremely muddy. It didn't dampen the fun, but I was afraid we weren't going to be able to play footbag because of it. Luckily, it cleared up.
Saturday morning I did yoga and it was the most peaceful experience. There were two drummers and a guitarist playing really relaxing music. Toward the end we were meditating and I chose to lie on my back. I looked up to see the sun and big white clouds for the first time that weekend. I spent the meditation time watching the clouds roll by and being moved by the music. It was a powerful yoga session and was a great way to start the weekend.
There was tons of music all weekend but I don't think I saw a single band on the main stage. The dance tent is where it was at. That's where I saw
Rising Sun and the Gunpoets who just completely blew me away. They were awesome.
I spent much of the weekend in the dance tent country swing dancing, waltzing, zydeco dancing until the sun started to rise and square dancing until my feet hurt.
On top of all this, I played tons of footbag with Danny and Jack. We all played fairly well in general. Every time I see Danny he has always improved. I have come to realize that he is one of my favorite people to watch play. The crowed loved him as well.
Saturday was definitely my better day for footbag. We were able to play when that dance tent wasn't crowded, so we had a nice wood floor to play on, instead of the somewhat muddy ground. Highlights:
hitting bubba for the first time (left side)
smear>butterfly>ss butter>infinity (first time hitting smear in a run)
osis from a toe>far osis>to a few butterflies and pdx mirages
longer tiltless strings than usual (several over 10 contacts)
Sunday started off really bad. I have mentioned before that I don't get frustrated very often. Sunday happened to be one of those days where I did. And it was bad. There was a period of about 30 minutes where I couldn't even do a toe stall. I almost exploded but I held it together because we were playing with two new, really interested guys. I had to work to not let it overshadow the tons loads of fun that I had over the weekend because I was getting really angry. Though to my own credit (mainly just to make myself feel better) I had just finished square dancing for two hours straight. I eventually got over it and started playing decent, with a couple of tiltless runs over 10 contacts. Also, several random people called me the hacky sack queen, which always makes me smile and helped me get over it.
I volunteered in the Teen Tent where I mostly just played games, watched fire poi, and kicked with a bunch of kids The woman in charge of the tent asked if I would be willing to do a footbag/hacky sack workshop at the teen tent as my volunteer work. I was all about it and volunteered Danny as well. So hopefully that will work out for next year because it would be really fun.
My legs are already sore, and when I wake up they are going to be in some serious pain. But it is worth it for all the dancing and footbag I did this weekend
