My turn to chime in about Sparklefest.

My trip was a total blast!!!!!!
I got stuck in the rain in a conferderate veterans cemetary. Someone told me 
how to prepare squirrel.  I ate way too much fried food plus I had 3 intense 
nights (7-8 hours) and 1 afternoon of pop.

This festival had a really good vibe. It was fun seeing all everyone I 
haven't seen in awhile,  Cliff, Beth, Sherman, Rene, Ed James, Bobby 
Sutliff, Seth, Jeremy, Todd, Tony.  I enjoyed meeting more new pop fans, 
Donna Sue, Ed, Gretchen, Lauree, John M, Mike N and his wife Anna.

It was fun discovering new bands.  I was really impressed with the Boss 
Martians, International Orange, In-Line Six, Milkshake Jones, Frosted Sugar 
Bombs, Jeff Hart & the Ruins, The Breaks, ah hell I was impressed with the 
whole festival.

During the Mockers set, they were filming a documentary to be aired in 
Spain.   So chances are Donna Sue, Gretchen and I were caught dancing away.

I picked up a bunch of cd's.  I just can't stay away from that merch table 
:-).  Picked up Walter Clevenger and Barely Pink's new one.  Walter's cd is 
outstanding.  I also picked up a couple older Spongetones cd's,  Beat and 
Torn and Oh Yeah.   Listened to Beat and Torn ...... wow!  wished I would 
picked that one up long ago.  Also the Sparklefest cd is a really cool comp. 
  Lots of good songs.

A big thank you to Mike and crew for all the hard work to make this festival 
a success!

Cathy

-when I got home from my trip I had 2 new cd's in my mailbox :-)   The new 
one by Kelly's Heels and John Hoskinson's Crappy Demos 2.   I am happy pop 
girl!

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