I thought I share a note that my friend was hit by a beach ball so hard so she is going to require multiple surgeries for crushed bones. Really.
So next year when you see one, do use a favor: don’t hit back up (or even worse spike as happened to us), just pop it.
I don’t get why Planet Bluegrass says no Frisbees, when a weight of big beach ball is greater!
I feel like there must be an important detail missing from this story. I don’t see how a beach ball, even one spiked at fairly close range, can crush bones.
I don’t know anyone who has been injured by them, but they are really &#^@& annoying.
This thread made me think of Bobby and Tom P. when the beach balls started to fly
they opened their pocket knives and placed them on top of their heads . Too bad they missed. :evil
Must have been that huge beach ball that was going around. It was slammed down on a friend of mine, knocking her to the ground. Maybe same friend?
the marshmellows are equally as annoying - they do not crush bones, but they do sting when pegged from close range and are terrible to step on when it’s hot…just sayin…not as bad this year as last though!
Last year I was sitting behind a guy that had his prescription glasses broken from getting hit in the face from a beach ball. He was pissed because he and his wife had to leave to go back to Mountain Village to get a spare set of glasses so he could see. The marshmallow thing is stupid too. Anytime things are thrown or hit into the air it causes aggressive behavior especially when alcohol is involved. It’s very distracting and takes away something from the performers on stage. Also I stepped on a marshmallow last year and it was stuck on the bottoms of my Chaco’s for weeks. :mad
If there was a real MC like the Mustard, they could make announcements discouraging airborne objects, smoking of tobacco products and general behavior suggestions.
Alright, I have been reading these posts and I think that anyone who comes in attendance to these festivals needs to realize it is in fact a FESTIVAL. This festival is much more tame and the patrons are much more respectful than you find at a lot of other festivals.
My feelings are the more you restrict festivarians to rules and regulations, the less people are going to enjoy the festival and what it has always been to them. I think PB does a great job already of regulating things and making sure the festival is a safe and pleasant place for everyone. In my opinion, if you aren’t happy with things, then don’t go to a festival. You are in a crowd with nearly 10,000 people and you aren’t always going to like the actions of others. And if someone is doing something around you that you aren’t happy with, a simple “hey, would you mind smoking over there or not throwing that around us” would probably be appreciated by most in attendance rather than rules being enforced on everyone.
Couldn’t agree more! :thumbsup
I like less government too----oh wait, does that make me Republican? The horror… :eek
I agree. All of us have voices and you will be surprised what a simple request can do. One night while my son and I were in the trap line, around 3-4am, the folks next to me asked if I minded if they lit up some pot… I frankly stated, I prefer not since my kid was laying right there … ( He and I would prefer he doesn’t breathe it)… They said NO problem, we understand and went a bit a ways…
I’m not sure if the guy who had his glasses broken went around asking the few thousand people slamming the beach balls around to stop. Hopefully he’s reading this so he will the the right thing next time
It’s really nice that the exchange happened respectfully and with clear communication from both parties that way.
I don’t think that’s how things often work, which is why so many people get miffed about the behavior of others. Myself included.
No more rules are necessary – increased awareness of those around us, mutual respect, and communication as individuals will help. We’re all guests in Town Park, after all.
(Optimistically,)
Zack
You can be a guest if you want. I prefer to tell people I have a timeshare for 2 weeks in June every year on a small patch of Telluride Real Estate :evil
It was really awesome when… I walked around the grounds during the afternoon, particularly during the Stringdusters and Emmitt Nershi and everyone was smiling, dancing, and all the kids were playing, and it was so evident that there were nothing but good vibes in the air. Great afternoons at the show this year.
Oops, I think I’m writing in the wrong thread. Oh well. In the spirit of this thread I know I had to clean a lot of marshmellow muck off my tarps.
So throwing glass bottles is OK? Your logic says that any action is OK.
I don’t always like the actions of others, but does that mean we have to accept actions of others that are endangering people’s health
As somebody else pointed you can’t ask 10,000 people to do something, that’s is what the Festival organizers are for. They do it for frisbees, why not any objects? To me the fact that Planet Bluegrass doesn’t do anything to prohibit objects from being thrown about makes them open up for a law suit. Part of organizing a crowed is ensuring the safety of the people in the crowed and think Planet Bluegrass shows some negligence is this fashion. In fact when we told them we need assistance to remove her because she was unable to stand (after 20 minutes of being hit) Planet Bluegrass told us to carry her. Yea if it was 100% up to me I wouldn’t never attend a festival they put again, but for those of who have close relationships know we don’t always get what we want,
And personally I go to other Festivals, and when I’ve seen big beach balls at them security removes them. In every single issue I’ve have with bad behavior a festival as been at Telluride. Rocky Grass or Folk Fest never have these issues.
And no there is much more to the story… anything traveling at high enough speed can cause pain. Try sitting under and 100 story building and have a penny dropped on you and when you dying I will say “It was only a penny”. Or give your address and I’ll send somebody over and have them spike a big beach ball in your face and maybe you’ll understand then,
And my post was trying to make a polite request and make it known to people that those things hurt when spiked at full force into a crowd and hoping if people are aware they won’t continue to bat around but just pop it. But thanks for your lack of empathy.
What happened to your friend is awful and should never have occurred.
Spiked in somebody’s face is a whole different matter, but put responsibility where it belongs.
It doesn’t make normal, reasonably sized beach balls evil, and therefore, beach balls deserve to be popped, they don’t- it makes the spiker a douchebag, potentially liable for assault and responsible for the damages caused.
I have a hard time thinking of ANYTHING that isn’t potentially harmful in the hands of a stupid douchebag performing douchebaggery.
That penny analogy is absurd. The terminal velocity on a penny is much, much greater, due to differing air resistance characteristics. The only way a beach ball can crush bones is if (a) it is such an abnormally large beach ball that its weight alone can hurt you, or (b) you have brittle bones to begin with. And if you have a tendency to get hurt when receiving moderate blows, it might not be a good idea to stand/sit in the middle of a large, excited mob of people.
If you are afraid of getting hurt, the obvious thing to do would be to just move farther back, where everybody is just chilling and drinking beer. I didn’t see any beach balls behind the sound stage.
Oh stop already! Do you want me to turn this car around? :lol
Adults act just like kids when they have fun. You must let the actions of others just roll (pun intended) off of you. A fest is a terrible thing to waste on trivial crap. Yes, beachballs, glow sticks , marshmellows and smoking all can be anoying.
It’s just part of the entire scene and that my friends is fact. So you can ride this subject till dooms day and the facts will remain.
I personally hate unbrellas, they suck, they will always suck, but they are still at fest. Adjust and duck when possible.
HEADS UP!!! :flower