Saturday, January 3, 2009

New Year's Festival Day 2 (January 1st)

Here are some pictures of our first full day of the Festival - Thursday, January 1st. We let everyone sleep in that morning and began with a brunch. The brunch include eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, fruit, bread, coffee, juice, and much more. Always a great start to the year!

Check out the Festival gallery on the walls. This included a collective piece that was painted and drawn over the course of the Festival by the participants.

Andy Tay-lo on registration!

A Wild Goose favorite joined us yet again to headline the evening: Hayseed.

After Hayseed's concert, we contemplated the New Year with Night After Last. Last year we held this event on December 30th, and called it Night Before Last, but this we changed things up because of the Festival schedule. The night consisted of music and readings reflecting on 2008 and looking forward to 2009. Another of our favorite musicians, Matt Beckler, played a few songs for us.

Mike Brooks of Common Shiner shared a couple piano pieces, too.

Ryan and Karl reading a piece called "Crowley and Aziraphale's New Year's Resolutions," a piece about an angel and a demon making their resolutions.



And finally, a brief video giving you some highlights of the sights and sounds of Day 2.

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