Magic

Floydfest is right off of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the setting is beautiful. This year however, they were having record high temperatures and during the day it was 98 degrees. YOW! Thank goodness our two friends Denise and Randy were vending this year. We spent quite a lot of time in their tent cooling off. They are from West Virginia and we only see them twice a year at our festivals, so it was nice to visit with them. She made my long patchwork music skirt that was perfect for the Chets Creek theme last year. So of course I had to get a hot chili pepper skirt for the cultivating theme this year.

There is a whole Healing Art section at Floydfest, and it was here I started my day with a 45 minute massage. Ahhhh-it was the best! Then it was on to the Blue Ridge and Beyond Dance Tent for a hoola hoop lesson with Spiral and Rich from California. They have taken the hoop to a whole new artistic dancing level-it is beautiful to behold. While we were hooping there was a 15 minute torrential downpour that cooled things off for a few minutes. I stayed dry and continued my lesson.

Then it was time to concentrate on the music. I got to hear The Jason Spooner Trio, Adrienne Young, Deer Tick, Konono No.1, and Railroad Earth-one of my favorites. I went down front and danced all evening to these guys :) We also got to see Miss Kitty’s Society for Wayward Cosmonauts, a group of demented ballerinas and aerial performers.

The Dreaming Creek Main Stage ends every night at 11:00. So after Railroad Earth we wandered backstage and sat in hammock swings and enjoyed free wine and a much needed rest. Then it was on to the Blue Ridge and Beyond Dance Tent to rock out to the Pimps of Joytime.

What a fun magical and fun filled festival day!