I'm exited, are you excited?

[KaraJean]

 Buying music, learning lyrics, and booking the dog sitter. Are you kids ready to party
What are you getting happy about!

[ponchom1]

Yes I'm excited too. Six weeks, is that right? It's coming up fast. Stoked about Dave Rawlings Machine and getting to see Gillian Welch...

[petefrane]

  Yes soooo excited! I will see Sam Bush, 2 nights of String Cheese, Del McCoury, Dr Ralph Stanley, Kellar Williams W/Travellin McCoury's and sooo much more The weekend B 4 in SoCal and then head to T Ride all with My Wife, and 7 & 9 year old boys! They cant wait to camp and dance the week away!!!


 Listening to: The Dusters

[dantztiludrop]

Shhzzeepers, Pete! That is not too shabby of a prelude or warmer-upper!! Have a great time there!

And ponchom, DRM with Gillian was definitely the highlight of those later announcements for me too.....really looking forward to that!

Even with all of the amazing music there I have to admit I was crushed when Alison Krauss' tour was announced through Saturday night of Telluride....I couldn't believe that my 1st time back since 1996 & I wasn't going to be seeing JD. So KaraJean, I am over-the-top excited about seeing The Earls....& the House Band!!!!

And then there are one or 2 other "ok" bands there too....to the extent that I am concerned about the logistics of obtaining sustenance. Who is interested in a "I'll buy, you fly" deal!?!?

 Listening to: Gillian & Dave- Cabin Stage: Merlefest 4/27/02

[FaceOnMars]

Yes soooo excited! I will see Sam Bush, 2 nights of String Cheese, Del McCoury, Dr Ralph Stanley, Kellar Williams W/Travellin McCoury's and sooo much more The weekend B 4 in SoCal and then head to T Ride all with My Wife, and 7 & 9 year old boys! They cant wait to camp and dance the week away!!!

http://huckfinn.com/schedule/

I see the schedule is up and looks like cheese is playing 2:30 hour sets each night ... only $35/ticket for single days.   Camping sold out, but very inexpensive decent hotels within walking distnace.  Except for the heat in the valley, it's now all very tempting!!!

(this is to say nothing of a serious In-N-Out binge)

[rossstevens]

I cant believe we still have a little more than a month to go . I am packed and ready to hit the road . That festival in Ontario looks cool . Close to me but I leave for Telluride that weekend . Who ever heard of sleep before "FESTIVAL"!!

 Listening to: "TICK TOCK"TICK TOCK"TICK TOCK"

[GreyFoxDoc]

Extremely......excited and...


 Concerned about  the long drive from Denver Airport......and the check-in  procedure for Town Park.......

!5 years in a row to GreyFox/Winterhawk.....This will be an epic  change!!

[nfire]

 Concerned about  the long drive from Denver Airport.......

dont be worried about that amigo.  beautiful drive.   

[landshark]

Buying music, learning lyrics, and booking the dog sitter. Are you kids ready to party
What are you getting happy about!

A lawnchair with my name on it.  Sun on my shoulders and the sound of the river. Beer, really, really cold, headach cold. Just a few at 2:00
Strings and wood. Dancing with someone I dont know. Smiling so big and for so long bugs are stuck on my teeth
Music, Music and more Music. Yep I'm ready. Close to reckless with wild abandon June.......yep Im excited.

[englishmartin]

Stuff I'm excited for:
-My first TBF!!! Stepping foot in that big ol' box canyon for the first time ever.
-Late night Leftover Salmon in the Sheridan Opera House, a venue I've wanted to go to for ages.
-Taking the gondola ride up to the conference center for Yonders' big kickoff party.
-Watching magic unfold between Bela and the accompanying Orchestra as the sun sets.
-Seeing new artists for the first time, Dave Rawlings Machine being at the top of that list.
-Watching Greensky crush the Palm theater on Friday night.
-Pretty much every single act that plays the main stage on Saturday and Sunday. Especially Sam Bush.
-Celebrating the legend that is Del McCoury on Saturday night.
-Festivating the entire weekend with all you fine folks.

I could pretty much go on and on...

[Mandhoe]

Yes soooo excited! I will see Sam Bush, 2 nights of String Cheese, Del McCoury, Dr Ralph Stanley, Kellar Williams W/Travellin McCoury's and sooo much more The weekend B 4 in SoCal and then head to T Ride all with My Wife, and 7 & 9 year old boys! They cant wait to camp and dance the week away!!!

http://huckfinn.com/schedule/

I see the schedule is up and looks like cheese is playing 2:30 hour sets each night ... only $35/ticket for single days.   Camping sold out, but very inexpensive decent hotels within walking distnace.  Except for the heat in the valley, it's now all very tempting!!!

(this is to say nothing of a serious In-N-Out binge)

We're skipping T-Ride this year for Huck Finn, and couldn't be more excited!  Never seen Dr. Ralph before, add in Sammy, SCI, Keller, Mccourys, Rhonda etc. and you have yourself a nice little festy. 

 Listening to: Dusters

[landshark]

I woke up and yep more excited then yesterday...I want to paint my tarp so it is easy to see and it would be fun. Waterproof huge ying yang or shark
 Eww Puff Paint for texture and grip when you dance in the rain
My chair, thinking about getting a new one this year, could be me but seems a tad lower then last year

 Starting to get prepaired, rain gear. Blew mine out so need that too.

 YES lets do this thing!

[moeron221]

I have a couple questions regarding the whole tarp run. 1 is that does this happen every morning? I would like to participate but don't know if I will be able to get up early Thursday after Yonder kickoff.

Also I see on the videos online that some people have pretty massive tarps. Is that generally how its done, and are people particular about their tarp space during the fest?

 Listening to: The Earl Brothers

[IMHBTR]

Yes, there is a tarp run every morning and most
people are very nice, at least in my experience, about
sharing tarps if it's being unused.

Now, I believe size is a bone of contention
with many and the way the lineup for tarps is
handled has been debated rather thoroughly on the
forum. As far as I know, nothing has changed but there
are others who can explain those rules more
extensively for you.

I'm usually sleeping.

[FaceOnMars]

I have a couple questions regarding the whole tarp run. 1 is that does this happen every morning? I would like to participate but don't know if I will be able to get up early Thursday after Yonder kickoff.

Also I see on the videos online that some people have pretty massive tarps. Is that generally how its done, and are people particular about their tarp space during the fest?

Welcome to the machine, moeron221!

Large groups tend to fare out best over the long haul, since they can disperse tarp line duties among several people over the course of the festival as well as invest in drones - which allows for remote spotters & tactical ops during the actual tarp run.

While it is highly competitive, it's still easy to enjoy oneself at the festival without playing the game (or just doing so to a lesser degree).