This weekend was the *First Annual Fred Eaglesmith Down East Picnic* in Muniac & it was AWESOME! I want to thank Brian Glass and his family, all the volunteers from Katimavik and all the people who came out to the Festival. Special thanks to Mike MacDonald for showing his adorable face and surprising me with his company and some new details about his life - *Brand New Information*! Loved it all!
My weekend started with a drive to Fredericton to get some kids. After picking up the lovelies we made our way to FORREST CITY! Anne of the Forrest has an amazing spread and I am fully going to visit her again SOON! I had no idea this place actually existed and it's amazing.
Upon arrival the glorious Princess Fiona met us in a beautiful and flowing white princess dress. She is blond and pale and smiled her huge and honest smile up at us. We were ushered over to her little cafe in the yard and promptly fed blue berries and oreo cookies. Fiona is a great hoola hooper as well and Anne had a ton of hoops for us to play with. We danced and hooped and did ballet moves. What an amazing little girl she is. I would spend all of my time in your imaginative mind my girl, if only the world would let me.
Debbie Adshade and I put on a concert in the house and then we took a break to mingle with the folks that came out to see us. Some old sister friends were in attendance and some new soul connections were made. The community church was dark and dismal when we arrived, but once the candles were lit the gospel songs came a soaring out from me. The bell was rung and then the hooligans ran down the main St in Forrest City towards the American boarder with laughter and tears of joy. What an amazing night!
In the morning breakfast was beautiful and we packed er all up to head to the Festival. I was playing first and I was so happy to be in that spot, because as soon as I was finished I could just kick back, hoop and drink and mingle with all the people. We arrived at 12:55 and I grabbed my guitar and went on stage, just like that.
Now this is the venue for me. The woods, the dirt, the camping chairs and the wide open hearts and eyes just waiting so see what I have to say. These people love my stories. They know that the story makes the music all the more powerful and they want to hear what I think, they want to relate to my emotions. Festivals are the venue for me... I have never doubted this & I've always wanted to be full to the brim with festivals, but they have to be the right kind & this was definitely the right kind!
After my set I got busy with my hoop. I learned how to dance and keep it alive. I learned how to feel the music and the hoop and make them co-inside. Everyone though I had been hooping for a long time, but I kept saying that I was a new addict.
All the acts were so great... I am such a fan! Next year the Festival will be all weekend and I am so, so, so excited to attend. I am a professional camper and love getting dirty and meeting as many new people as possible! What a fabulous weekend. I drank more beer by myself than the two girls I was with combined. I also met up with an old friend who used to waitress at *Incredible Edibles* back in the day when I played there on Sunday nights in SJ. She is now a wine maker and she had the most beautiful Porter wine... She got me looped in the afternoon sun and it was so much fun! Thank you Rebecca!
Our parting was such sweet sorrow & the bugs were swarming around us begging us not to go... But after a sweet breakfast we packed up and headed home. I have the biggest bruise on my left hip from hooping... At one point Fred Eaglesmith announced to the crowd that I wasn't real... He said 'Don't worry everyone, the hoola hooper isn't real. She's an energizer bunny and we plug her in at night.' *haha* What a treat to meet Fred and talk with him about the troubles I've been having in the face of my album release. David Miles was wonderful in this area as well. Those who know what it's like have the real advice! Thank you Gentlemen!
Nothing left to do now, but get ready for Sunseeker!
I'm all warmed up and ready to Go!
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Hey cousin-face!
Your gmail account is bouncing my emails so I'm posting here... hope you get this!
Just wanted to give you a heads up about http://live8nb.com/home.html which is sure to be a super amazing concert. A couple friends from UNB are trying to organize it all but are still in the planning stages and are really looking for sponsors and performers so I, of course, thought of you!
Brian is one of the main ones organizing this, and funny enough he is the boyfriend of Chelsea Ferris, who is our second cousin and is in my classes in university! (Random?) Because of this, as well as the fact it's just a generally awesome thing, I'm charging you with the task of contacting them and getting any of your lovely music friends or sponsors to help out too. I'd help but I'm back to the village tomorrow and AWOL until the 25th-ish... good luck!
Take care,
Bryn
P.S. Pass the word on to the rest of the family too!!
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