Starting Over is Scary

The Big Ticket Festival

So I thought I was being brave. Okay maybe that isnt the right word for it but it felt that way. I decided to drive 2 & 1/2 hours to northern Michigan to go to a music festival. I drove up midafternoon on Friday and drove home (very) late on Saturday. I almost hit a fox! I was a bit nervous about going by myself and spending all that money but then I decided "what the hell", it will be fun. And it was. it was worth the money, it was worth the long drive, and it was worth going by myself. You can call me a loser (or a loner), I am okay with that. Anyway, it is a pretty big event and I missed half of Friday's concerts. But here is a rundown of what I did see and do...
3 stages (1 rock, 1 main stage, and 1 that was more of a "coffeshop" feel)
On Friday I saw:
-Superchick (yeah they were a lot of fun)
-Aaron Shust (who was much better in person than on the radio)
-Kutless (played some of my favorite songs and had some of the best bass! I loved it!)
-Rebecca St James (was good but I am not a real big fan of hers)
-Casting Crowns (Very good performers and related to the crowd well, it was their first festival)
On Saturday I saw:
-AG Silver
-Heath McNease (calls himself acoustic hip-hop, he was hilarious and a great singer)
-Mark Harris (rocked the "coffeeshop" tent)
-Warren Barfield
-Decyfer Down
-Falling Up (these guys had good stage presence and one did a back flip wile playing his guitar)
-Paul Colman (he was funny, had the men in the crowd singing falsetto)
-Hawk Nelson (I like this group, they goofed off a lot and seemed to have a lot of fun with each other)
-Skillet (as always they put on a great show)
-Building 429 (they were better than I was expecting, I am a new fan)
-Jars of Clay (one of the greatest bands in my opinion, their voices are amazing!)
-Newsboys (really got the crowd rocking, the dummer was on a vertical spinning platform while playing, amazing!)
-Sevenglory (another good show and funny guys)
Andrew Paulau spoke one night about his life with a famous pastor dad, Luis, the guy on the radio with a funny accent. I thought the toughest part about the festival was trying to decided which stage to be at. There was also a skateboard ministry hailing from Boise Idaho! I was surprised to see that license plate. Yeah I took a picture. Oh Bebo was supposed to come but he broke his leg and his doctor wouldnt let him travel after his surgery, There were tons of people there and next year they are planning on a 3 & 1/2 day festival. Keep that in mind for June 2007! One of the cutest things that I saw was a lady dancing in front of me holding her corn on the cob and waving it around. Yep lots of fair food. I ended up sitting with someone for all of the concerts on Saturday night. He seemed like a nice guy and liked kids. And I seem to have a thing for old men lately, As I was walking out to leave, a old man caught up to me and started chatting. He told me all about how he passes out Bibles at these kind of events and how he had 3 boys and now a bunch of grandsons. He also told me about Whitney (the survior of that car accident mix up, who is from that town) because he knows her and had just seen her. He started talking in a Irish accent when I told him my name and then he grabbed my hand and kissed it and told me to remember than he loved me. It was so cute!! I love nice old people! So, there was my experience in a long nut shell. I am glad I went and hope to go back next year for sure. So just a few pictures for you.
I loved seeing the full moon out at night, it was beautiful!
Jars of Clay was amazing
The Newsboys had big confetti machines

posted by Erin @ 9:50 PM