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What do you think? It is fine as it is now, but if it were over Memorial Day Weekend you would have the benefit of basically PERFECT temperatures and that extra automatic Monday off work (for most people).
My wife is a teacher in Chicago Public schools and Thursday-Friday of Roo includes her last day of school every single year. Basically the reason she isn't going this year. I think a lot more of Roo's demographic would be in school over Memorial Day too.
Bonnaroo is where it is to insure that most schools are out so everyone can come. I'd like it in a cooler time (like April) but it's not realistic. At least June is usually dry and the real summer heat has not set in yet.
Post by questionablesanity on May 15, 2009 10:21:21 GMT -5
I'd go for that just on the weather change. I was just thinking the other day that the weather has been perfect this month in Indiana, except for a lot of rain. We got 4" in one day. Going all day and raging all night would be no problem in weather like this.
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Post by sweetmelissa on May 15, 2009 10:31:14 GMT -5
Moving the date to Memorial Day weekend is not going to rule out rain. It has rained here for the last 3 weeks just about every day. I'm pretty sure the weather has been the same in TN.
Bonnaroo is where it is to insure that most schools are out so everyone can come. I'd like it in a cooler time (like April) but it's not realistic. At least June is usually dry and the real summer heat has not set in yet.
It's funny that you cite kids being out of school as the reasoning. I was thinking about the timing of Roo the other day and was thinking they have it when they do so that it is NOT overloaded with high school kids. Of course I hadn't considered that a lot of schools in the South are already out. In NY it usually falls on the last days of classes but still before their final state exams. Even though I am looking for a teaching job and now that when I get one it will basically rule out Roo for me, I think the timing of it is perfect.
memorial day is during the school year. no way they'd move it.
for some reason kiddo's school ends on wednesday this year. i don't remember it always being this way but i'm not about to tear apart the filing cabinet looking for old schedules. the last few days are always half days (something to do with finals i think) and this year the last day of school is wednesday. by the time she gets home from the bus, we will be leaving for roo within the hour. perfect timing! i'm going to have everything packed days ahead but i've already told her the 'personal' bag needs to be in the pile by monday night. going to let husband sleep all day while she is in school and i putter around dying of anticipation (pobably poking around inforoo, hehe) and then when she walks in the door its time to saddle up!
^^^^^^^^ A major portion of the "roo crowd and alot of music fest. crowds is college kids. "roo is in June because College's are on summer break....and yes to a smaller degree people who also have kids in school...but ht emain focus is the College kids. .....and moving it to memorial would not really help with the weather at all I doubt. April would be killer but.......school is in session....too bad
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^^^^^^^^ A major portion of the "roo crowd and alot of music fest. crowds is college kids. "roo is in June because College's are on summer break....and yes to a smaller degree people who also have kids in school...but ht emain focus is the College kids. .....and moving it to memorial would not really help with the weather at all I doubt. April would be killer but.......school is in session....too bad
its interesting you say this because because i have about three friends who can't go because of graduation and finals. schools on the quarter system all get screwed this year i think. i was pissed because the one that goes to U of O is not only on of my best friend but would be perfect for this kind of thing. except he likes to fight kinda. whatever. peace.
