Over this last weekend I attended a bluegrass festival. It is three days of non-stop bluegrass at the base of a ski resort where everyone camps out for the weekend. It is one of the most fun weekends of the year. I was never a fan of bluegrass until I went to this festival. There's something about being out in the mountains, being completely filthy, and drunk that makes bluegrass awesome.
It's like being a hippy for the weekend. Everyone wears tie-dye and hemp clothing while sporting sandals and a crazy hat. A tent village pops up in a matter of hours and everyone starts getting drunk. Then the music starts and the hoedown begins and doesn't stop for 3 days.
It's a sweet way to loose your mind for a weekend and forget about whatever it is you do for a job. Just let loose and start stomping in the mud with a beer in your hand the whole time.
I took a video I'd like to share with you. Let's see if I can figure out how to put that on here.
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Whoa...sweet it worked. Ok. This video sucks and I was drunk when I captured it, but maybe it will give you an idea of what it was like. Probably not, but you can hear me declaring how sweet the music is in the background.
Here are a few tips if you ever attend a bluegrass festival. First thing you do at a festival like this is set up camp and take off your shoes. You need your feet to be good and dirty. Also, showers are available throughout the weekend, but will rob you of a large part of the bluegrass experience; gettin' good and greasy. To forget about how dirty you are, you have to have a large supply of alcohol. Once you've started drinking for the day, you can't stop, you'll just get a headache. At the end of the weekend be sure to find a mirror and check your dirtbag-self out before you get clean for the real world again. You'll look real cool.
