At the first festival

Day two.

Kentucky is very rainy — we got to the festival, only to find out that a ‘red cell’ storm was hovering over the area and people were being encouraged to take cover at their cars. The (giant) merchandise tent had also blown over the night before, and was still being set up. So with not much to do (we were there to promote; we weren’t playing a show until Friday), we made a shelter out of our tarp and had a good time eating a leisurely lunch. It’s also fun to run into so many familiar faces from The Psalters, Finding Favour, our friend’s from To Write Love On Her Arms, and our buddies over at Centricity.  It’s like a big reunion! The day looked up quickly,  -  hold on -

..sorry, Katy and I just lost the dog at the house we’re staying at when the cable guys showed up and let him out. but we got him back. Furious scramble across the yard in our pjs, we must have been a sight!

So the day looked up quickly, as a band didn’t show up for their set and the sound guys offered us a slot to play at one of the side stages. We jumped at the chance, and it went really well. It also offered us a chance to work out some kinks in our set, since we’d be playing at a much bigger stage on Friday.

We ended the day by watching House of Heroes, Fireflight, and Family Force Five concerts, and we got our merch table set up after all. Our drummer Jordan, actually was in high school marching band with Fireflight’s drummer so it was a good chance for them to catch up.

Also, believe it or not, our trailer got ANOTHER flat, so THANK YOU, DAVE for that spare!

REILLY (noele)