Vancouver Folk Fest 2011

Yesterday I had a good 12-hour long day at the 34th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival. While it's been a tradition of my dad's for a long time, this is my first one (that I remember). Here's the run-down:

The Players

Name: Adrian
Age: 56
Folk Fest Experience: Veteran. Has a collection of Folk Fest t-shirts that would put any folk fan to shame.
Special Skills/Knowledge: Long time participant of the Birkenstock 500 (I'd never heard of this name until this year. It also happens to be about the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.) Expert tarp-handler/water-proofer. Music knowledge/experience is off the chart. Also good at smuggling in alcohol in a coffee cup, optimizing blanket/tarp space, making the most out of a Folk Fest day pass.




Name: Hilary
Age: 22
Folk Fest Experience: Sophomore. Heatstroke at her first real festival last year did nothing to dampen her folk-fest loving spirit.
Special Skills/Knowledge: Poor knowledge of "dressing for the weather," but looks good nonetheless. Excellent at planning a schedule around all 7 stages that fits in pretty much everything, and more. Dancing queen. Her true love is all things folk, although she admits to cheating on it with Top 40 hits.

Name: Zoe
Age: 19
Folk Fest Experience: Newbie. Although she attended several as a baby, 2011 was her first "real" Folk Fest, and she couldn't be more pleased about it.
Special Skills/Knowledge: Sick rain boots, which make her invincible to all things muddy/wet. Has a camera, and knows how to keep it dry. Open-minded to all kinds of music, and super stoked to finally attend the Folk Fest. Excellent at ignoring the rain when, in fact, it is raining very very hard.