Cherry Festival Day 3

The first act on Friday was Lacey Heward. She sings original folk music and plays her guitar. She has an amazing story. Her spine was crushed by a barbell when she was 16 months old but her family always held the expectation that she could do everything the other 4 kids in the family could do. She is now a Two time Bronze Medal Paralympian, World Champion, and Overall World Cup winner in downhill skiing. She had to retire from the sport last year and now is a motivational speaker. Check out her story at http://www.laceyheward.com/ . I wasn't able to take a picture while she sang, but she stayed around for awhile, so I took this one of her later in the day. She had a great voice and great original music and should have been an evening act.

After Lacey, the Cowboy poets entertained us for an hour:

Rob, contemplating the poetry. . .

This is the Crump-Hopper group:

This group is made up of two couples in their 70's who make music together. When they were setting up, they were slow-moving and shaky so we were pleasantly surprised to find out they are award-winning musicians. Very talented!

I could not believe how fast this man's fingers could move on this fiddle. He played The Devil Went Down To Georgia like I've never heard it played before:

More cheer leading. . .

Hula dancers:

The Hula group invited a few girls up on stage to learn some dance moves. Of course, Gloria was the first to volunteer:

The Irish dancers did a great job. This picture is of 4 sisters who dance together:

The Forgotten:

Emma and Lucy spent most of the day sleeping at front-of-house:

Gloria spent more time at the dunk tank:

Silverleaf Square Dancers:

More Gem Cloggers:

I was surprised at how many people "camped" in front of the band shell throughout the day and into the evening:

The Rockafella's rocked Emmett on Friday evening:

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This is the board I've been running all week. I'm really gaining confidence and knowledge this summer in my ability to run the monitor board. I know way more about sound now than I ever thought I wanted to know.

I checked on the kids and dogs during the concert and found them digging a hole. A big hole!

We packed mics and cables away for the evening while the kids skated on the stage:

The food stand next to the stage has been very kind to us. A man named Jody runs it and he and Rob have become great friends. They are letting us run a tab and they have delicious food. We dined in the band shell on corn dogs and curly fries:

We were asleep before 1 a.m., I think, and even Lucy slept pretty good.