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Date Posted: 13:43:36 08/26/05 Fri
In reply to:
zxc
's message, "Review" on 13:31:01 08/26/05 Fri
>Hey now people! What a fantastic weekend from start to
>finish, weather wise, music, friends, and laughter..
>From the time Cornmeal came on to start the weekend
>off till the last note from the one man band singing
>until 5am Sunday morning, there was magic in the air.
>
>So I pulled into the park a little early (2 days to be
>exact) and decided to get a great camping site and
>settle in before the chaos started. Ran into some of
>my "family" right off the bat and had a great dinner
>with them.. you know how to cook some chicken ya
>monkey... anyway... The family members just came
>rolling in one after another, and before ya knew it, I
>couldn't turn around anywhere in the park without
>seeing someone I knew..
>
>...anyway, onto the music...
>
>Friday opened up with Cornmeal, a GREAT blue/newgrass
>band from Chicago, followed by David Gans and then
>DSO... I believe they played Rob Eaton's first
>Grateful Dead show, which was 8/6/74.. First set was
>great and the second set was long and beautiful! Wavy
>Gravy commenting and sharing stories inbetween sets,
>and making everyone laugh with his animated movements
>and tone of voice. Donna Jean sitting in and singing,
>and seeing Tiff Garcia (yes, the man who cut off
>Jerry's finger back in the day) having a great time
>and enjoying the show. One couldn't ask for a better
>evening, and expect it to only get better as the days
>went on..
>
>Saturday, was my personal favorite day for the
>Gratefulfest.. besides the hour downpour from the
>heavens, the weather, and music was FANTASTIC!!
>Started off the day with a couple swims in the lake,
>and then sat infront of the stage for the shows... DSO
>once again, rocked the night away with a steller
>preformance of 5/11/78, with a Peggy-O that made your
>eyes tear up.. Wavy Gravy at it again, telling
>stories, Donna Jean tearing it up with Lisa, and my
>favorite part of the night was the Family Drumz...
>Made my first, and hopefully not my last showing
>during drumz with a tamborine and woodblock, with Rob,
>Dino, the gang from Cornmeal, Dave, Debbie, RW,
>Prescott, Tiff, Zion, and a few I know I'm forgetting,
>thanks for the memory that will last a lifetime!
>Late-night on stage was Zion Godchaux and BOOMBOX!
>What a GREAT show! If you ever get a chance to see
>that kid play, DO IT! After the music the party had
>just begun, and we played all night..
>
>Sunday was the Benifit rally for The Rett Foundation,
>a great cause that raised over $5,000 for the cause!
>The crowd got to pick the setlists by buying raffle
>tickets and requesting the song... Raffle prizes
>included anything from free DSO tickets, to signed
>copies of books, to The Dead's final summer tour last
>summer, to old 1987 Grateful Dead Summer tour all
>access passes framed for all to see.. Hats off to
>everyone who provided for a great cause, and Dave
>Weissman who took alot of time to put this all
>together and be there everyday to run the raffle! DSO
>rocked the setlist from requests, and I got mine..
>Standing on the Moon sent shivers down my spine..
>
>Anyway, I won't ramble on to much, but I just have to
>say thank you to everyone who made that weekend
>special to me. You all are my family, and until the
>next time we meet, I will get by through the music in
>my heart... Sorry to those who I did not get to say
>goodbye to, but I know we'll be together again real
>soon.. Thanks to Wavy Gravy, Donna Jean, Zion and
>crew, Tiff Garcia, Evan and Christine, Cornmeal,
>Keller, and the rest of you talanted people. As for
>DSO and the extended family... see you all real soon!!
>Love you all!!
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