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This is the first message board I've ever been on, the only reason I joined is because I love Bonnaroo and wanted to read and talk about it all year long.
We split up constantly! Usually it's me and the hubby and we follow our own musical tastes. Last year we were with a larger group and explained that folks were welcome to hang with us but to not get their feelings hurt if we wandered off to something else. For me that's part of the joy of Roo, following your ears
Yeah, it's hard to satisfy everyone's musical tastes with a group. We split up the whole festy almost. Except for the big shows and the Finale show Sunday, I am rarely with my people unless it's at campsite.
Just like Katbur2 said above, following your ears is the best part of Roo. Basically think of yourself as Toucan Sam, instead of follow your nose you follow your ears!
When you have 105 acts going on in 4 days, you will definitely come across something you never knew about. You will be lured to like a Siren's song and you wont be able to look away. Make sure you see what you want and don't sacrifice seeing something for the good of the group.
Out of the group, my sister and I usually stay together because we have similar tastes in music, but we definitely split up if we have differing tastes. Some of my favorite times at Roo are wandering around by myself discovering new things. Beautiful.
Post by Dave Maynar on May 19, 2011 11:18:28 GMT -5
In '09, I went with a larger group and only really saw them at camp. In '10, I went solo but ran into friends there. In '11, I am going with the wife. We have already covered we will not see each other much as our musical tastes are divergent to say the least.
What my group and I do is fill out individual schedules (without talking to the other group members) and then we compare.
Sometimes we decide to see something together (if someone is adamant about a band and the others don't have a preference).
Last year I saw Nas/Marley by myself while my group was at Umphrey's (I've seen them dozens of times, and unless they were playing a late night set, I wasn't missing Nas).
It all depends on how determined someone is to see an act, but splitting up isn't the worst thing. I make friends whenever I do.
I'll usually end up by myself or with only one or two other people from my group when it comes time for late nights. During the day I usually stick with larger groups, though.
Our group splits up a lot to satisfy everyones musical tastes but there's always atleast one other person that wants to see the same show as me so we kinda do the buddy system. I've seen a few shows by myself when I couldn't talk anyone into going with me. But thats never all that bad cause you can just make friends with the people around you.
Getting the whole group together can be a hassle but it is fun to see a show with like 8-10 of your friends.
Post by thebigbuddha on May 19, 2011 11:48:34 GMT -5
The first year we went, in '05, our group stayed pretty tight. I think it was all a little overwhelming, so I only split when I really wanted to see something else. One of my friends would usually camp out at one of the stages all day so that sort of became headquarters. Every year since then, me and the two girls I go with, hardly see each other, except for the big shows and the campsite. You don't need to stay with the people you know personally when you're with 90,000 extended family members.
Post by Mista Don't Play on May 19, 2011 14:42:17 GMT -5
We have a fairly large group go, but seldom are we all together for a show. Usually on Thursday we will see something as a group and same for the Sunday headliner, but other than that we are rarely all together in Centeroo. I usually have one or two people with me, though, just based on similar tastes.
Don't ever sacrifice seeing an act you really want to see because you have to go alone.
last year my hubby and i were together the entire time but we only saw our camp mates at camp. no one cared, we just wanted to see diffent things. it worked out pretty well
last year I was solo for a large portion of the time - the kids wanted to see different things. I would find them every so often and check in to make sure that they were OK and then take off again.
