Tuesday, July 10, 2012

PHEW!

Sethro and I have been without electricity on the farm for the last 12 days. There was this FREAK storm - no rain, 100mph winds, and ominously swirling clouds for no more than 30 minutes - and we lost power on Friday June 29th, right as our Pink Moon Work Weekend began.
Seth tried to go out for pizza, but literally couldn't get to Union because of all the downed trees in the road...he was kicking himself for not bringing a chainsaw!
Right before the storm Paul and Jamie called asking if we had power. I said yes, of course, why wouldn't we? And pretty much as soon as I hung up the phone the clouds started to swirl. I was terrified we were going to have a tornado....and where on this mountain would we go for shelter?! No tornado though.
After about four days we decided to spend some time in Blacksburg, VA to look for an apartment, as Seth will be a graduate student at Virginia Tech in the fall. We got a room at the Holiday Inn on Prices Fork Rd. in Blacksburg. It was very nice, had powerful AC (hizah), an indoor and an outdoor pool and a bar! Seth did some apartment shopping while I banged out some emergency business work and we at horrible Chinese food from a delivery place down the road.
We spent all of the 4th of July at Jennie's house. We watched RahBee's live set on The Lost Art, which is usually from 12-2pm (EST) on Wednesdays, but went until 4pm on the 4th!! RahBee killed his extra-long set and Jennie, Seth and I ate delivery food from Moe's. DJ RahBee will be announcing the official Pink Moon 2012 LINE-UP, this Wedesday, July 11th at 12pm (EST) on http://the-lost-art.com/live during his weekly LIVE set! Tune in and be the first to know what's in stor for this year's Pink Moon Fest!
After the sun went down we sat in Jennie's side yard and watched the fireworks over Blacksburg High School. We all fell asleep curled into our respective partners on our respective  couches.
On the 5th Seth and I checked out a few houses and finally headed home, praying the power would come back on. It hadn't and we moped about, picking up the house. We decided to have a work weekend the 6-8th. Jake Shrewsbury, Sabrina, Antoine and Jeremy came out and we made HUGE progress in the Rock Camp Store. On Saturday night the power came back on, and Seth and I fell asleep in our nice air-conditioned room. On Sunday morning the power was out again, and I just felt defeated. At this point my to-do list was a mile and a half long and deadlines were flying past my head faster than I could believe. The power came back around 6pm, and I continued my work answering emails, writing proposals, etc.
Then Monday around 2pm we LOST IT again!! Steam was literally pouring from my ears as I called the power company for the billionth time. After a few more hours of eager anticipation it came back on, hopefully for good this time!
All of that being said, I have tons of posts to write and things to do. Jeremy and I are leaving for up North tomorrow evening. I'm going to be working at Camp Bisco and Jeremy is headed for the Hartbeat! Seth will be taking a crew to Pasture Palooza in Berryville, VA this weekend to perform with Puff T.
Check back soon for lots of exciting updates....now that Rock Camp is back in the 21st Century!!! Well...almost...

Monday, June 25, 2012

Impulse Music & Arts Festival 2012 Photo Blog (Photo Credit: August Joseph Heisler, RCP Resident Photographer)

Rock Camp Productions @ Impulse Music & Arts Festival
All photos in this blog post thanks to RCP Resident Photographer, August Heisler, pictured above.
Crazyredbeard live-painting our Pyramid installation






It was hot and dusty


Hunter being a champ with the ladder
I help Hunter out
Success!
Our Impulse contact, Whateverz Klever's Jared



The Pyramid, in it's early stages
Adjusting stretch fabric
Impulse & the Pyramid at Sunset




Puff T. Magic-Dragon peekin' in the left hand corner!

Puff T!
David Bruner as an alien!


What happened to my leg?
It took me forever to blow up that ball...

A favorite picture of mine, me & Crazyredbeard


Still working on the ball, but that bubble is waaay cooler!
Lauren Segall - from outer space!


Beth Falwell can HOOP!

Jason as The Panda



Crazyredbeard - The Best Live Painter On Earth

Alien!

Me, in full on alien body paint!
Sid, puppeteered by an alien, the Pamda, a gorgeous hooper, and Seth

Sid checks out the action

A favorite picture of mine, Sid & Puff T.

Sid, puppeteered by David, Jason, Beth and Seth

Sid at the Pyramid






Adorable!







Our vending booth!
(To purchase this piece go to: www.crazyredbeard.com)

(To purchase this piece go to www.crazyredbeard.com)


My favorite picture ever, Seth and The Panda walking off into the forest!


Thank you August for these beautiful pictures and so many more! To see the full album on Facebook, click here. While you're at it head on over and "like" August's Photography Facebook Page, here! And make sure to check out Impulse next year!!!