Adventures at the Sundance Film Festival
Today Melissa and I ventured forth from Midway to the town of Park City to enjoy The Sundance Film Festival.
We walked the streets throughout the day, seeing the sites, watching the people, and enjoying what the festival had to offer… Except movies. Everything we wanted to get tickets for was sold out.
Throughout our wandering I noticed that people at the festival (myself included) would examine the face of each passing stranger as though asking ourselves, “Should I know this person?” I was grinning all day.
We took the opportunity to meet people from the festival, talk a little about the craft, and how excited we were to be there, and muse together over possible future projects.
Then, something wonderful happened. We were invited to enjoy a presentation by “Derek Smalls” (actor Harry Shearer) sharing music and stories as an artist formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap. We happened to be passing at the right time, and were welcomed to attend.
We entered an intimate space and were regaled with songs and stories about rocking and aging, filled with humor and insight.
Then, we were off again, and wandered into a High West whiskey tasting hosted by Acura. They served us some Manhattans that were truly divine.
All in all, we had a blast, and felt inspired by the whole experience.