Hello there! I just a few hours I will be pulling on my cowboy boots and on the road heading up to WE FEST in Detroit Lakes. For those who don't know what that is (my east coast friends!) it is the premier outdoor country music festival. For three days, country fans will be entertained by some of the top names in the industry including but not limited to Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Leann Rimes, Kenny Chesney, Winnona, Sugarland and so many more I can't even list them all!
I have been to the Soo Pass Ranch (We Fest Land) many times over the last couple of decades. (OMG, I sound old!) I took some time off when my son was very small, but I have been back the last few years.
But, I am not just a festival goer. I work there. If you can call it that.
It is a long story of how this all got started. If you are interested, I can tell you sometime. Let me know. But the gist of it is, I work at the boot shack — JC Sales — selling western boots. That's right — cowboy boots. And cowgirl boots and sandals, too.
There we are! The JC Sales gang.
Life as a We Fest vendor is much different than that of the average festival goer. In many ways I think it is much more fun. I have been both.
But not very many people get to see the behind the scenes stuff that vendors are allowed. So, I am going to take you there with me behind the scenes — really.
Keep watching my blog this week for my life as a vendor. I will take you behind the vendor booths, the security, the maintenance, the garbage, the beer and back stage. Who knows where I will end up or who I might bump into. (Last year I ran smack into Trace Adkins. He is a really big guy and I bumped into him walking down the backstage steps — right into his belt buckle. Umm, it was a very big belt buckle.)
So stay tuned. Me and my friend Jen are hitting the road early Wednesday morning. If there is something you want to see, let me know and I will do the best I can to find it for you.
Here are a couple more pictures from last year. Enjoy and come back soon!
Peace.
“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul” -- Plato
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