Water, water everywhere….
June 07, 2008
Quick note....
Because of the weather and some earlier confusion, the dehydration and heat stroke risk, Ronnie Gilley just told me there is a new rule.
Bring in your water ... as much as possible. As much as you want.
It might tick off the vendors, who are selling it he says, but Ronnie wants to be sure everybody is hydrated. “If the vendors get mad, they don’t have to come back next year.”
“I’ve got 81,000 people out here,” he said an hour ago, referring to Friday night’s tally. “I want everybody to have water.”
So much so that staffers are driving around on carts loaded up with water on ice and they are giving it away to anybody who wants it. So, look for the mule vehicles or ask somebody ... hey, where’s the free water?
There are misters ... poles with sprinklers on top, to the far side of the saloon, and there are misters near the Kids Zone areas. They also have one of those things you can slide through that has water running through it. I think that is probably for kids, but what the hey!
We have our chairs moved out front for tonight’s shows. It was fast filling up two hours ago even though nobody started playing on the main stage until 4:15.
This is the biggest, hottest (IN MANY WAYS) event of the year!! Come on out…
Cya
