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I'm a bonnaroo vet and a couple of my friends now want to go. My blind friend, born 100% blind, bought his ticket and my cousin from Brazil, with no english knowledge at all, is buying his this week.
For my blind friend I plan to get prepaid cell phones for us in case we seperate. I'm also gonna tie a stick with a flag on top to his backpack so I can see where he is.
My cousin arrived yesterday and will stay will July 10th. So being Brazilian, I guess bonnaroo is the best way to see America and have fun. The road trip from NY to TN will be classic and meeting people from all over there will be fun. But he doesn't know any english.
I'll have to manage a foreign tourist and a blind person during bonnaroo.
Post by universalmind on Mar 25, 2007 22:24:20 GMT -5
I assisted someone who was completely blind at Bonnaroo one year. He was a complete stranger, his friends had ditched him (!!!) at one of the tables on Shakedown and I felt bad so I decided to help out. I had to hold onto and guide him the entire time, until we tracked down his friends (3 hours later.) With that many people, I think it'd be almost impossible for a blind person to navigate even with shooter stick. Some people were actually rude to him when he'd accidentally run into them. That made me want to kick some a$$. It was a lot of work. But enabling someone who's handicapped to experience a great thing such as Bonnaroo is rewarding and totally worth the trouble. Kudos to you.
karma to you for your good deed at roo..i have a blind friend and he would love for his wife to turn him loose at something like roo because he like to explore and meet new folks..and he wouldn't have to worry cause of kind folks like yourself...
thanks for all the support. my blind friend does have a "tough-guy" attitude, he used to be a varsity wrestler and I've seen him flip out at people that pissed him off. He's Ecuadorian and knows spanish and my cousin is from Brazil and knows Portuguese so they might communitate a little, but not much. I am going with a group of ~10 friends so it'll be interesting with everyone trying to interact but I'll be mostly responsible for them. My cousin is smart and I'm sure he'll be able to get around fine. As long as he knows where the tent is he should be ok. I'm thinking of having my blind friend get a tracking device, some kind of simple and inexpensive gps tracking thing.
I'm just dreading the shakedown purchases and having them both go crazy on me.
make sure you attach a few glowsticks to the flagpole at night. so as you can see him in the night although there will be a million glowsticks maybe you can make a design. or something
"Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two to create the ultimate kite-flying experience. "-Mitch Hedberg
So its official, my cousin bought his ticket, and is psyched to go. Its gonna be one hell of a trip.
I thought about the whole recording thing, but I don't want to be bothered having to chaporone them and handle video equipment. So if anyone is really interested, I wouldn't mind being followed around. But we do plan on taking a lot of pics. I'll report after the 'roo.
In other news, I took him to his first mall and fast food joint today. He's learning about america quickly
For what its worth, I'll keep my eye out for your friends.. Especially the blind one, you should let us know what type of flag he'll have on his backpack so all of us inforooers can help out if we see him alone somewhere.
For what it's worth, I was at a festival in Holland a few years back and it seemed no one spoke english. We met a few people from Ireland, but you could never understand the random converstations going on around. That being said it didn't matter one bit. The huge smile on your Brazilian cousin's face will speak all that needs to be said. Music a language that everyone can understand. Just teach him how to say BONNAROOOOO!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
Just teach him how to say BONNAROOOOO!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
teach? the guy's got ears doesn't he? he's gonna be hearing it left and right, and i don't know about you, but i can sure as hell repeat a lot of the sounds of a foreign language without having a clue what i'm saying
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Post by amantesuena on Apr 8, 2007 14:30:27 GMT -5
thats awesome man. your blind friend will definately be having an amazing assault on his other senses. and your cousin has a couple months to pick up a few key phrases
good luck! and if i see a someone walking with a brazilian and and guy with a flag on his backpack... ill definitely say whats up.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
"We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, movie gods, and rock stars. But we wont, and we're slowly learning that fact & we're very, very pissed off......."
Post by suspendedzen on Apr 10, 2007 15:03:24 GMT -5
This concept is bathed in awesomeness. Good luck & karma for this incredible effort to let a couple people experience Bonnaroo that otherwise might not get to feel anything quite like it.
