Blues Fest 2009

Saturday at 8:00am SLT started out like any open air concert on a nice day. A crowd of nearly 40 had gathered, and Irongut McCallister was first up on the list of performers. If you know Iron at all, you already know he got the crowd pumped up and donations were flowing in. And this is how the day went, performer after performer, people coming and going and coming back again but all day long the money kept coming in. As the night rolled in and then Iron took the stage one more time, the crowd could see the possiblity that Magi McBride's goal could be achieved and the money poured it, but as the final few minutes approached the goal was still out of reach by about L$65,000.

Irongut McCallister swore that he'd dance in a thong if we reached Magi's goal of L$1,500,000 and he was getting pretty sassy about not having to strip down and show his fanny, but at the last minute, Magi put an end to Iron's tauntings and released the lindens she'd been saving for this moment, and poof the goal was achieved. In minutes, the crowd was calling for Iron to drop his drawers and wear the pink thong that Stormy had picked out for him. The photos speak for themselves.

Very pretty Mr. Irongut! Very, very pretty! Good thing the kids were in bed, eh? hehe








There was an amazing lineup of talent which started with Iron and continued with Danny (Roth Kaffebaum) & Randy(Flarb Spieler), Joelle Luster, Jacan Slade, Jimmy49 Dukes, Allister Westland, Johnny99 Gumshoe, Lucinda Bergbahn, Detritus Rau, Srv4u "Da Blues Preacher" Conacher, Fiery Otaared, Tone Uriza, Von Johin & daughter Kelly, Angelica Lemieux, Jaeger Runo and then back to Irongut McCallister. The talent was outstanding and there are hundreds of photos to tell the story, but there isn't enough space for all the photos.

As the sun rose on the depo sim, the crowd gathered.




Detritus Rau put out some great music and a spectacular display.




One of the truly memorable performances was delivered by Fiery Otaared and her "I am autism" narrative.

The pressure to perform was especially great for Von Johin who is so deeply committed to fighting autism, but who also was looking like a meal.

BFA Organizer and DJ Angellica "Ange" Lemieux has worked hard on all the BFA events and delivered a wonderful show.

BFA organizer, Lucinda "Miss Luci" Bergbahn watches the performances. She also performed in the morning.

A very tired, very amazed, very overwhelmed group of avatars danced while Iron pranced.








In the end, a total of L$ 1,506,043 was raised! The BFA organizers staged a flawless 16-hour concert, and all who atteneded made this event a soulful experience. BFA founder, Magi McBride was deeply, deeply touched and we'll be talking a lot more about Magi in the next couple of days.

NOTE: While there wasn't enough space for all the photos, please be patient while I sort through the literally hundreds of photos and create a Flickr account to share all these wonderful memories. I am working on it.