Peace, love and journalism
Our fabulous transformation -- courtesy of my closet.
Last night I became an embedded journalist. I didn’t get to cover any supreme conflict or anything, but I did get to dress up in “hippie wear” and attend the Dark Star Orchestra.
The night started at 6 p.m. when we walked down to the Verizon Event Pavilion at Headwaters Park. The Dark Star Orchestra started their four-hour set and people were jumping up and down, swinging their arms and having a great time. Floral and tie-dyed tapestries hung from the walls and far out lights zoomed across the ceiling of the arena. There were people sitting, standing, dancing or laying outside in the grass for this event, and although most of the crowd was mellow, we did have our jokesters.
We met some Star Heads — they use their vacation time to seperate themselves from reality and travel with the band — who have seen more than 100 shows. Michael Heinz from Chicago said he has seen Dark Star over 200 times.
Once Amanda and I got some photos, we decided to immerse ourselves into the crowd and dance. We didn’t care what anyone thought of our dancing, we just wanted to get out there and have a good time. Peace signs met our eyes everywhere we looked, smoke filled the arena from behind the stage and for once, I got to experience the generation.
The Dark Star Orchestra gets 28725 thumbs up from this intern. It was a nice psychedelic time.
Check out the Dark Star article in today’s paper!
- A shot from the crowd.
- Another crowd shot
Post and photos by Kelly Metz for The News-Sentinel.
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