… Don’t know where, don’t know when…

So, the fes­i­val is offi­cially over. Tonight, we had the “grown up” wrap party with mem­bers of the board, staff, and vol­un­teers. It was a fairly low-key affair with lots of food and drink. Last night was the unof­fi­cial wrap party with the pro­duc­tion crew and the rest of us who have been in the trenches for all ten or eleven days of on-site work. That cel­e­bra­tion was much longer and rowdier.

This was my third year work­ing the fes­ti­val, and my best so far. The work went well — I’ve finally got a good han­dle on what I have to do as sig­nage coor­di­na­tor. Plus, I had (for the first time) two great staff helpers who made my job much eas­ier. Aside from all that, this is the most fun crew I’ve worked with. As far as the pro­duc­tion world was con­cerned, I pretty much liked and got along with every­one. There was an inter­est­ing mix of crew, includ­ing a singer/songwriter, a cou­ple of actors, an ety­mol­o­gist, and a cou­ple of pho­tog­ra­phers, among oth­ers. I’ve come away with a num­ber of great new friends, and renewed friend­ships with peo­ple I knew before. To (in no par­tic­u­lar order) Chan­dler, Gretchen, Jerin, Christo­pher, Damon, Rev, Mea, Bre­anna, Kyle, Chili, Bill, Dave, Jack, Andrew, Shawn Michael, Scott, and every­one else: thanks for a great time, and I hope to see you all again soon.