SappyFest Rocked my Weekend!

This weekend millions (Um... Maybe an exaggeration, but when you live in a town of 3000 any extra people seem like millions) of people descended upon Sackville for the Sappy Records independent music festival. Millions of people who for the most part all looked exactly the same - which is not necessarily my point here but will tell you something about the typical sackville resident and Sappy listener - were wandering around, going to shows, and drinking coffee. It's an unusual occurrence to see entirely unfamiliar people in town (despite predictable fashion taste), and I'm not going to lie, it made me slightly nervous. But the people are not necessarily the point either. The point is the music. It was fabulous. The shows were informal, laid back, and, well, wonderful. There is something very exciting about seeing your favourite singer (Ahhhem, Chad vanGaalen) just wandering around in your home town and talking to people you know. It's one of the plus sides about having a favourite singer who just happens to be best friends with your local musical celebrities. It made my little teeny town seem just a little bit more exciting for three whole days. That and the dancing, of course... And oh, there was dancing.

There was music coming from somewhere all weekend, barbecues, beer, art sales, and general festivities. Despite my exhaustion Saturday night's show was incredible. I finally saw B.A. Johnson and Windom Earle who I had heard so much about but never listened to. Um, dancing. Have I mentioned dancing? Let me just say that Windom Earle was MADE for dancing... Even for dancing up a slightly spastic storm right next to your professor/boss. And then there was Shotgun and Jaybird who played their usual, but always fun, set. And of course Chad vanGaalen, who played one of the best sets I've ever seen him play. It was one of the best live shows I've ever seen and I just wish that all of my friends could have been there to share the...Well, the dancing. And of course heard the splendid music. Then maybe some of them would know who I was talking about when I told them stories about my favourie bands....