Posted on 07/26/2009 9:35:18 AM PDT by Peter Horry
Things for FloydFest 8 were about as perfect as event organizers could have dreamed -- until about 8:10 p.m. Friday.
That was when most of the grounds went dark. The next hour and a half answered the question: What happens when a large, electricity-driven music festival way out in the sticks loses power?
The answers came quickly: Bands at stages small enough for intimacy went acoustic. As folks wandered away from the main stage, groups of musicians seized on the chance to strap on their instruments and perform along the main trail. Listeners gathered in circles around them, some in crowds four and five deep.
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My cousin sent me a text message from the event telling me was there, and invited me to join him. I don’t enjoy being in the company of hippies, so I declined.
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