Marshmallow throwing is is disrespectful to the band and folks who came to enjoy their show. I’m sure even a marshmallow thrown at velocity into an eye would not be pleasant. Throwing glow sticks is just plain stupid.
This is a no-brainer!!! Do not throw anything into a crowd period!!!
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Keith- I’m still laughing at your approach… I think we designate you the “marshmallow marshall” LOL
Deb - You missed the marshmallow bag tug of war on my way to the dumpster. I won and didn’t spill a drop of beer. LOL
I accidently sat on marshmallow and before I knew it, I had sticky marshmallow everywhere. Not a real big deal but I think the festival can do without it :rolleyes
Save the glow stick wars for phish, where I believe its not only accepted but encouraged and now a part of their concert culture. No sense in glowstick throwing with this enviroment. You’re only going to piss someone off, just not the right crowd. Unless you’re under the age of 10, people should know better.
Never beena afan of marshmellow wars. Is it adults doing this or just kids?
In my opinion the best and really only use for a glow stick is tied to your backpack/camelbak. I like being able to look around me after the last set of the night and immediately find my stuff/water.
Glowsticks also help you keep track of your children. Turns out, the kids LIKE to make necklaces, bracelets, etc., out of them. Very convenient for keeping an eye on them while they (and Mom & Dad) groove to a Salmon set in the dark.
The little ones sure looked like they were having a good time, off to themselves, tossing glow-stick hoops to each other. The only people in danger of being hit by them were the clueless (and less than sober) adults who evidently had difficulty seeing the glow-sticks in the dark and walked through the middle of the kids’ games. If there are grownups throwing them around, they should know better. But then, there certainly are enough examples of grownups behaving in a less than adult manner during the festival. Things I had to try to explain away to a nine year-old and a five year-old.
The marshmallow war was, in the words of one of my kids, “pretty cool.” It was especially fun to watch the people in the sound tower participate, and to see the joy (yes, joy) on the faces of most of the crowd, as they reacted to something lighthearted and fun, and which seemed to most to be a relatively harmless expression of their enthusiasm at being in that place at that moment.
I think it’s a losing battle, and my snarky response is, if we’re going to call for a ban on marshmallows and glow sticks, let’s not stop there. Say no to squirt guns, too. And the dude with the hose near the entrance. While we’re at it, let’s make sure we get rid of all the sunshades…such a nuisance, what with all the shade that gets in the way of the sunshine…and the kids that inevitably come with them. And we should be sure every tarp is measured at the gate, so nobody can bring in something the size of their backyard…Or, we could just post a sign: “Hey! You kids…get off my lawn!”
I am in favor of getting rid of Squiet Guns! :pirate
Lets make this easy, :geek if you throw, you pickup and dispose after the fun is over and no throwing at the stage. Who do you think picks up this gooey mess after the fun subsides?
Squirtguns do not leave a mess behind and are actually a service to the mass when the heat is high. :medal :cheers :flower
If you are lighthearted and love to have fun :festivarian :lovedr, even if the marshmellows were banned and the squirtguns, we will still find a way to shake it up.
Ban shman, step up and clean up. :flower
Oh yeah :evil I know who I’m lookin for next fest. :lol
Ok I will be on the look out…and I will try to learn to spell better too! :lol :pirate
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I don’t mind the mallows…or the glow sticks…or the beach balls. What I don’t like is people, adults and kids alike, assuming that I want to be squirted with a squirt gun or spray bottle. Every time. Especially when I have my phone or camera or book/kindle out and get showered with water from a random spray, then have to quickly make sure nothing got water where it shouldn’t go. I’m not an old fogey, and I love squirt guns as much as the next guy, but I’d love it if people would only squirt passersby who invite it.
OK so next time while at fest identify yourself by wearing a rubber chicken strapped to your chest and I promise, I won’t shoot :evil
I think it’s ok to shoot the rubber chicken, just not the glasses, cameras, or Nooks!
I really prefer not to get shot without permission too… What some of you “mountain folks” think is warm enough for squirting, some of us desert folks think is almost chilly…LOL
I don’t mind the squirting, unless I’m carrying food or something else I don’t want water on. Some of the kids with the squirt guns don’t seem to appreciate that.
And if it rains do we all go run and hide? :lol Lifes a beach, get with the program homie. :flower