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Best Of Lifest 2008

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I was thinking on the way home about what I liked most about Lifest this year.  I realized that it’s an extreme pleasure to be able to meet and interview the artists.  Several times I walked by the lengthy lines of kids waiting for a one minute meet and greet.  Some of these kids are waiting in line for more than an hour just to get an autograph and say hello to their favorite artist.

Best in Show

Steven Curtis Chapman – Hands down the most moving part of the whole festival.

Nightengale – The greatest show I nearly did not see!

Jonathan Rundman – A good lesson in music history and the lost art of the hymnal.

John Cooper (Skillet) – Most entertaining interview in the media trailer.

Bradley Hathaway – Listening to his CD on the way home turned out to be an real inspiration – wait for the review.

Saddest Day…

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I’m home now.  It’s 3am Sunday morning.  After going back to my tent and watching it blow dramatically from side-to-side, I decided to pack everything up and leave after Eowyn’s set.  It was a little after midnight when I left Oshkosh.  However, the fact that I am home is not the sad part.

The sad part is that as I was resting, waiting for the last two shows of the night, I overheard a woman complaining about a t-shirt that a young girl was wearing.  The t-shirt was from an anti-abortion web site.  Anyway, the older woman was complaining about the festival not having both sides!  She said, “there are some Christians who believe in pro-choice.”  That to me was the saddest thing I heard all week.  In a festival full of life and light there was complete and udder darkness as well.  It’s too early in the am to get into the depth of the subject, but I found that statement to be disheartening.

Aside from that the last two shows I saw for the night (Lex Rex & Eowyn) went real well.  I plan to write some follow ups and get more pictures on line, but for now, I need some sleep!