Hey there,

As I sit here typing this with sore feet, a mess of equipment in my living room, and little sleep, I also sit here smiling because yesterday was - for the most part - how an MFU is supposed to happen.  All the bands played well, the audience had a great time and were good to each other, and our friends in other groups did their thing as well.  This is starting to look like what we had envisioned so long ago.

...but we're not there yet.

One of the ways we're not there is that it's tough for bands to load in and out.  While this is out of our control because of the constraints put on the Cultural Arts Center, we think we'll have a solution to that problem next time - reserve the parking spaces in front of the Cultural Arts Center and leave that specifically for band load in.  We've also had trouble keeping a second PA system/sound guy.  That has to do with the fact that we can't pay much since we're a nonprofit.  In spite of that, I think we have something worked out there, too - we're going to start putting together our own PA system and Jordan (from Society Ills) will most likely be the sound guy for that stage as consistently as possible.  Since it would be our own PA gear, we wouldn't need to pay as much for the other stage (that and because Jordan is awesome).  It seems easier to get price reduced/donated gear than it does to get someone as awesome as Paul.  Thanks again, Paul!

... and while we're at it.

Thanks to all that came to the event.  The audience, the bands, and the humanitarian groups (Food not Bombs, The Thread Exchange, Talking Tree Infoshop) all came out and did a wonderful job.  Along with that, an extra special thanks to all the volunteers that made this show go a lot smoother than other shows in the past.  Without all of you, I'm fairly sure that I'd have a lot more grumbles then the little bit of soreness I'm being a wuss over today.

That's it for now.  We'll be trying to set up another show in January or at least the soonest date the FCAC has available for us.  Keep an eye out for our next public meeting in October, as well.

Thanks!

Don, Ryan, Krasner, Justin, Bryan, Soren, Megan, and Matt