

I danced my heart out and thanked the Universe. Optimistically, I kept my dream alive and was blown away when they casually dropped it! My friends were shocked and said Greensky played it for me.įast forward to this year and I said a prayer to the festi gods that they’d reward me with “Time” again – and sure enough, Greensky played it! I was holding a can when I heard the unmistakable opening notes and crushed said can while emitting a squeal of delight. They gently told me not to get my hopes up because they never played it–they themselves hadn’t seen it live and they’d seen them 20-something times. I was with a few friends who are huge Greensky fans and I shared with them that I was hoping they’d play their imaginative rendition of “Time” by Pink Floyd, which I’m obsessed with. L to R: Carson, me, Drew, Dara, and Heatherįour years ago (in 2018), Greensky Bluegrass also headlined Meltdown. My friends and I dressed up as mushrooms for the Saturday night costume theme of Forest Creatures. One minute I had been recounting the generosity of a stranger at another festival and then the stranger next to me made my day. I had a fleeting thought of “I wish I had seen that” and seconds later, he grabs the other half and hands it to me with a smile. As my story ended, a man standing near me reached down next to me and held up a beautiful rock that had been split in half to reveal several sparkly mineral layers.

A woman excitedly ran across a field and enthusiastically gifted me a unicorn figurine that matched my outfit perfectly – I still have the unicorn and cherish the memory. I was sitting at the river with a friend and was retelling a fun festival story about when I was dressed as a unicorn at Summer Camp Music Festival. These serendipitous moments restore my faith in humanity and are favorites to recount. I didn’t know it then, but these people would become wonderful friendsįestivals have a way of producing wild and unbelievable stories that you cannot make up. We didn’t camp together so this was truly kismet

Left: Tell me you’re best friends without telling me you’re best friends.
