Music Festival Day 3

Sunday afternoon brought the last day of the Christian Music Festival. Thankfully, there was no rain on the radar, so we could relax and enjoy the concert a little bit more. J

 

Dad wasn’t able to go with us Sunday evening, because he had a few things to catch up on at home. But the rest of us went. When we arrived, we had dinner and visited with some friends we met.

 

The first singer we saw was Plumb. I actually enjoyed her more than I was expecting to. I now have her song “Chocolate & Ice Cream” stuck in my head. J

There was a pretty long break between Plumb and the Sunday night headliner, Building 429. Josiah took advantage of that time to play in the bounce houses. The twins and I visited some of the missions booths and talked with people.

Photo Credit: Betsy.

Then the twins decided to go bungee jumping. I opted out and took pictures instead.

Building 429 started around 9:30 p.m. We thought the Newsboys concert the night before was packed; but we were sorely mistaken. J People were literally standing so close that if you moved an inch either way, you bumped into someone. But as we found out, that’s because Building 429 is really good!

At one point, the lead singer (Jason Roy) walked out on a thin metal rail into the audience. We were standing right next to him! That was pretty cool, and I’m amazed he didn’t fall.

Photo Credit: Roma.

After the concert finished, the band was encored. But at the end of the song, they blew out the sound system! Jason Roy had a few closing comments to make, and tried shouting to the audience while the sound guys frantically looked for a working microphone. The audience shouted back that he should use the megaphone (a prop used in a few songs.) He had the “lightbulb” look and started using that. He said that this was the most ridiculous thing that had ever happened to him. J Thankfully they were able to fix it quickly and they did one more song!

Photo Credit: Roma.

Getting home from the concert that night was crazy. We left around 11:30 p.m., but we sat in the parking area for 20-30 minutes just waiting to get out. Having thousands of people trying to get out of the same place at one time caused quite a traffic backup. Needless to say, it was a late night for us. But we enjoyed the concert so much, and really hope the festival becomes an annual event! To be able to hear so much music for free is great for our size family! J