A common theme for us at Electric Forest was the recurring experience of having folks recognize us from previous festivals and shows. It happened a couple of times of day; one kid, dressed very fabulously, materialized out of the crowd and said he saw us a the Red Rocks SCI shows last year. Another girl stopped us on our way back to camp and said she'd seen us at Shakori Hills. People are always commenting on the baby, and since we're usually in wild costumes, Russell and I tend to get a lot of attention, too. Russell most of all - he gets tons of attention from all sorts of folks in the crowd. Even today we had a funny interaction with some kids at the beach, because they were interested in Russell's dreads. I don't mind it; I think it's fun to be a part of the spectacle rather than just an observer! You know us Burners - we like to participate!
Anyway, on Monday as we were packing up a guy camped about a block down from us came over to tell us that his girlfriend recognized us from the Rothbury '09 SCI show. She was right behind us in the crowd, and remembered us from back then. She was all excited that we had had a baby but was too shy to say anything until her guy came over and broke the ice. It's nice to be appreciated - and we do get a lot of good energy from people who are excited for us, smiling at Orion and sharing the love!
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