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| Crowds at ACL Fest 2009 |
As we all look forward to one of the largest events held in Austin every year those of us that attend must be thinking about what we will carry in order that we can find each other in the crowds. As any festival goer knows the best way to experience a music festival is to be together with friends. However, when at a crowded festival, visitors tend to lose each other especially when a lot of people are in motion. The annual ACL Festival which is produced by C3 is a 3 day, 8 stage live concert event that will be held on October 8-10 in Zilker Park. The crowds are so huge that many event goers carry long poles with some sort of distinguishing item at the top of the pole so that their friends can locate them on the event grounds. As there is no official name given to these poles, at least that I know of, I will dub them the “friend finder”.
Gary and I attend some, or all, of the event every year. With the event coming up next weekend I am reminded of some of our favorite “friend finders” that we saw last year.
I think my very favorite was “The Order of the Stick”…..so classic. This “friend finder” needs no explanation. What would have made this “friend finder” even better were if the group had all been wearing Monk robes, but it was way too hot and muggy that weekend for this added touch. It reminds me of something you might see in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. It’s only a flesh wound.
Another pretty hilarious finder bore a sign at the top of it stating “Beach Closed…..Shark bites have occurred in this area”. All of the people associated with said finder were wearing fins on their head. Too bad Jimmy Buffett wasn’t playing during the event last year….it would have been so apropos for the shark head troupe to circle the crowd while Jimmy was singing “Fins”. Can’t you feel ‘em circlin’, honey….can’t you feel ‘em swimmin’ around……We just haven’t been that creative in our friend finders. Ours are usually a very primitive apparatus consisting of a pole that a duster attaches to in order to clean ceiling fans or light fixtures. We hang a kerchief on it during the day and a glow stick on it at night. Simple, but effective.
For more information on the Austin City Limits Festival go to ACL Fest
