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Music Festival Part 1 - Conversation

festival: here it means a

music concert

Kristin: So, what’d ya think of the festival tonight?

Joe: Oh, I thought it was great. I had a great time the entire day, actually.

Kristin: Yeah, good, good, me too.

running late: late

Joe: Y’know, I thought it was a great idea for us all to meet over at Tim’s place. I

mean you and I were obviously running late because he lives out in the boonies .

But, uh, y’know, better late than never .

boonies: an area where

there is not a lot of other

things like restaurants or

stores

better late than never: it

is better to do something

late than not at all

Kristin: Yeah, I agree. When you get a group of people together to go to an

event like this, it just adds to the enjoyment, y’know, the fun. And it’s kind of like

the saying goes, the more the merrier .

the more the merrier:

the more people with you

the more fun you will

have

Joe: Yeah, I totally agree. And, y’know, I, I think it was really important that we

all went to the concert together in one group. Because, y’know, it was so large it

would have made it really difficult to find, uh, people in our group if we would have

all gone separately.

Kristin: Right. I mean a-…

Joe: It actually, it actually surprised me because, that the crowd was so large. I

mean the tickets cost an arm and a leg . So I was kinda thinkin’ that maybe the

crowd wouldn’t be as big.

cost an arm and a leg:

costs a lot

Kristin: Yeah, but, price doesn’t usually deter you from going to hear music,

right?

deter: prevent

Joe: No, it’s true. You’re right.

Kristin: But, um, speaking of us staying together, it just was making me think of

the crowds. And I just didn’t think that in general the, the festival was laid out that

well.

laid out: organized

Joe: Well, there were four different stages.

Kristin: No, there were six.

Joe: Oh there were six stages?

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Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: S-, see we only went to two of ‘em.

Kristin: I know.

Joe: But, the, uh, stages were kind of far apart and y’know what the, the most

impractical , uh, design was? I thought that they, uh, they had very narrow

walkways between the stages.

kind of: sort of

impractical: not useful

Kristin: Yes.

Joe: And sometimes you had to go through a little tunnel , like a foot tunnel…

tunnel: a place that goes

through or under a

blocked area

Kristin: Yep.

Joe: …and, uh, there’d be thousands of people trying to go through a space that

only maybe twenty people could go through at a time.

Kristin: Oh, yeah. The crowd would get completely, completely bottlenecked .

bottlenecked: unable to

move (because it is too

crowded)

Joe: Yeah, exactly. So tryin’ to go from one stage to the next was just, uh… It

took a lot of time and effort.

Kristin: Yeah, I agree.

Joe: So that was one thing that was, y’know, just not properly planned for on their

part.

Kristin: No! And then there’d be all these random trails through the woods that

people were trying to forge their way through.

random: scattered

forge: to push through

Joe: Yeah, true. Y’know, another thing that, uh, was a real hassle was tryin’ to

get a beer.

hassle: inconvenience

Kristin: Oh my god, yeah.

Joe: I mean, the wait, the line was like, y’know, a hundred and twenty people

long. Every time you wanted to go get a beer.

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ID: short for identification

Kristin: Yeah, well first you had to stand in line just for them to check your ID and

get the wristband .

wristband: something

that you wear around

your wrist

Joe: Yeah, and…

Kristin: That was bad enough.

Joe: Oh, that was an even longer line.

Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: Yeah.

Kristin: I mean once you had the wristband, though, then it was battling the

lines just to get a beer. Each time. Yeah, it was ridiculous.

battling the lines:

waiting in a long line

Joe: Yeah, and if you wanted to go get a beer while the band was playing, you

basically had to decide whether you wanted to see the music…

Kristin: Yep.

Joe: …or you really wanted a beer. Which was more important to you?

Kristin: Right.

Joe: You had to make a choice, y’know?

Kristin: Yeah. Make a list of pros and cons [laugh].

pros and cons: the good

and bad points

Joe: Yeah, yeah…how thirsty am I versus how much do I want to hear this

music. And the lines to the bathroom were really long also.

Kristin: Yeah, the lines in general were just a hassle, I have to agree.

Joe: Yeah. I mean, I remember when we were leaving the event. It took us over

an hour just to get out of the, uh, the stadium .

stadium: a large place

where they have sports

or music concerts

Kristin: Oh god.

Joe: Remember, there were all these people who were startin’ to climb the

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fences…

Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: …instead of going through the little, uh, tunnel. I mean…

Kristin: Yes.

Joe: …and the, the fence, it looked like it was gonna break. I mean it was totally

an accident waiting to happen .

an accident waiting to

happen: dangerous

Hardly Strictly

Bluegrass: a music

festival in San Francisco

Kristin: Right. That was something I didn’t understand. Like, at Hardly Strictly

Bluegrass I never, I didn’t remember seeing fences like that.

Joe: Well, y’know, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, that festival is free… So, y’know, I

don’t think…

Kristin: Oh yeah…

Joe: …they had to put up the barriers to, uh…

barriers: something

used to keep people or

animals from entering

Kristin: …that’s, okay…

Joe: …to entry.

Kristin: …that makes sense. I was wondering what the deal was with the

fences.

what the deal was: what

was happening

Joe: Yeah. S-…

Kristin: Okay.

Joe: So that’s why that’s, y’know, that’s why you never have that problem at that

festival.

Kristin: Right.

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