Thanks to a friend, I was able to score Newport Folk Festival tickets last-minute.
I had never been. It was pretty darn cool.
We did arts & crafts.
We bopped to the music.
I have to say, the smaller bands in the smaller tents were the best part of the day for me. My favorite was a band called Spirit Family Reunion. If you click on their name right here in my post, you can hear what they sound like. I’m telling you, I thought their feet were going to go through the stage, they were stomping so hard. Awesome energy. I’m going to try to catch them in NYC at some point. Oh, and one of the musicians played a wash board. My son was amazed! He’d seen it in cartons but couldn’t believe how great it sounded in a band. It was awesome to expose the kids to so many instruments and to so much talent.
They also had state of the art headphones so you could hear bands that were playing inside the caverns of Fort Adams. That was different.
Somehow we were there seven hours and I still had enough in me to come home and create a little painting. It’s folk music so of course I had to include a banjo. It’s in Newport overlooking the Newport bridge, so I added that. And some might tell you the Rhode Island Red (chicken) is our state bird, but I’d like to argue that in reality, it really should be the seagull. They are everywhere! So I made the musician a seagull as a little nod to our locale. I also thought it important to add a little patriotic nod, mainly because folk music is so very uniquely American.
No complaints here. We had gorgeous weather. Spectacular views. Terrific music.
A perfect day.
A ride back over the Newport Bridge and we’re home again.
Cool Beans. Thank you universe. I’m sure diggin’ this life!
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