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Music Festival Part 1 Conversation
festival:
here it means a
music concert
Kristin:
So, what’d ya think of the
festival
tonight?
Joe:
Oh, I thought it was great. I had a great time the entire day, actually.
Kristin:
Yeah, good, good, me too.
running late:
late
boonies:
an area where
there is not a lot of other
things like restaurants or
stores
Joe:
Y’know, I thought it was a great idea for us all to meet over at Tim’s place. I
mean you and I were obviously
running late
because he lives out in the
boonies
.
But, uh, y’know,
better late than never
.
better late than never:
it
is better to do something
late than not at all
Kristin:
Yeah, I agree. When you get a group of people together to go to an event
like this, it just adds to the enjoyment, y’know, the fun. And it’s kind of like the saying
goes,
the more the merrier
.
the more the merrier:
the more people with you
the more fun you will
have
Joe:
Yeah, I totally agree. And, y’know, I, I think it was really important that we all
went to the concert together in one group. Because, y’know, it was so large it would
have made it really difficult to find, uh, people in our group if we would have all gone
separately.
Kristin:
Right. I mean a-…
cost an arm and a leg:
costs a lot
Joe:
It actually, it actually surprised me because, that the crowd was so large. I
mean the tickets
cost an arm and a leg
. So I was kinda thinkin’ that maybe the
crowd wouldn’t be as big.
deter:
prevent
Kristin:
Yeah, but, price doesn’t usually
deter
you from going to hear music, right?
Joe:
No, it’s true. You’re right.
laid out:
organized
Kristin:
But, um, speaking of us staying together, it just was making me think of the
crowds. And I just didn’t think that in general the, the festival was
laid out
that well.
Joe:
Well, there were four different stages.
Kristin:
No, there were six.
Joe:
Oh there were six stages?
Kristin:
Yeah.
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Joe:
S-, see we only went to two of ‘em.
Kristin:
I know.
kind of:
sort of
Joe:
But, the, uh, stages were
kind of
far apart and y’know what the, the most
impractical
, uh, design was? I thought that they, uh, they had very narrow walkways
between the stages.
impractical:
not useful
Kristin:
Yes.
tunnel:
a place that goes
through or under a
blocked area
Joe:
And sometimes you had to go through a little
tunnel
, like a foot tunnel…
Kristin:
Yep.
Joe:
…and, uh, there’d be thousands of people trying to go through a space that
only maybe twenty people could go through at a time.
bottlenecked:
unable to
move (because it is too
crowded)
Kristin:
Oh, yeah. The crowd would get completely, completely
bottlenecked
.
Joe:
Yeah, exactly. So tryin’ to go from one stage to the next was just, uh… It took
a lot of time and effort.
Kristin:
Yeah, I agree.
Joe:
So that was one thing that was, y’know, just not properly planned for on their
part.
random:
scattered
Kristin:
No! And then there’d be all these
random
trails through the woods that
people were trying to
forge
their way through.
forge:
to push through
hassle:
inconvenience
Joe:
Yeah, true. Y’know, another thing that, uh, was a real
hassle
was tryin’ to get a
beer.
Kristin:
Oh my god, yeah.
ID:
short for identification
Joe:
I mean, the wait, the line was like, y’know, a hundred and twenty people long.
Every time you wanted to go get a beer.
wristband:
something
that you wear around
your wrist
Kristin:
Yeah, well first you had to stand in line just for them to check your
ID
and
get the
wristband
.
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Joe:
Yeah, and…
Kristin:
That was bad enough.
Joe:
Oh, that was an even longer line.
Kristin:
Yeah.
Joe:
Yeah.
battling the lines:
waiting in a long line
Kristin:
I mean once you had the wristband, though, then it was
battling the lines
just to get a beer. Each time. Yeah, it was ridiculous.
Joe:
Yeah, and if you wanted to go get a beer while the band was playing, you
basically had to decide whether you wanted to see the music…
Kristin:
Yep.
Joe:
…or you really wanted a beer. Which was more important to you?
Kristin:
Right.
Joe:
You had to make a choice, y’know?
pros and cons:
the good
and bad points
Kristin:
Yeah. Make a list of
pros and cons
[laugh].
Joe:
Yeah, yeah…how thirsty am I versus how much do I want to hear this music.
And the lines to the bathroom were really long also.
Kristin:
Yeah, the lines in general were just a hassle, I have to agree.
stadium:
a large place
where they have sports or
music concerts
Joe:
Yeah. I mean, I remember when we were leaving the event. It took us over an
hour just to get out of the, uh, the
stadium
.
Kristin:
Oh god.
Joe:
Remember, there were all these people who were startin’ to climb the fences…
Kristin:
Yeah.
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Joe:
…instead of going through the little, uh, tunnel. I mean…
Kristin:
Yes.
an accident waiting to
happen:
dangerous
Joe:
…and the, the fence, it looked like it was gonna break. I mean it was totally
an
accident waiting to happen
.
Hardly Strictly
Bluegrass:
a music
festival in San Francisco
Kristin:
Right. That was something I didn’t understand. Like, at
Hardly Strictly
Bluegrass
I never, I didn’t remember seeing fences like that.
Joe:
Well, y’know, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, that festival is free… So, y’know, I don’t
think…
Kristin:
Oh yeah…
barriers:
something used
to keep people or animals
from entering
Joe:
…they had to put up the
barriers
to, uh…
Kristin:
…that’s, okay…
Joe:
…to entry.
what the deal was:
what
was happening
Kristin:
…that makes sense. I was wondering
what the deal was
with the fences.
Joe:
Yeah. S-…
Kristin:
Okay.
Joe:
So that’s why that’s, y’know, that’s why you never have that problem at that
festival.
Kristin:
Right.
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