Two days down, two to go. The Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, MI kicked off early Thursday morning June 30th, 2011 when, despite warnings that "if you show up at the gate before 10am, you WILL be turned away," the gates of the Double J Ranch opened around 5am to alleviate traffic.
Kandy kids, wookies, hippies, dude-brahs and Cheese fans of all shapes, colors and sizes gathered in Rothbury this weekend and with one of headliner The String Cheese Incident's three shows behind us, I think it's safe to say that Madison House (SCI's label) have done it again. The slow-fading RGB lights illuminating the flower displays in the forest, the circus tension-tarps strung up everywhere, (they're starting to explore with some new 3D shapes, it's very cool) the giant, fully-functional Mouse Trap (the game) installment: it seems like they've almost got it down to a science by now, and the smiles on everyones' faces show that it's working.
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| The String Cheese Incident on the Ranch Arena stage - Friday night |
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| Anti-Tiesto propaganda |
With the familiar parting words from Keith Mosley, "We'll see you guys tomorrow night," we all went to rage the rest of the night. Emancipator, Galactic, Cirque du Womp and some hate-garnering Tiesto kept the party going into the wee hours, and we all happily remembered and recited our mantra all the way back to our campsites: Only the Beginning.
More to come! Stay tuned, spunions.
