This past Saturday was EarthFest a large scale event on campus with low attendance. The event, promoting Earth Day and conservation went off on a very nice day, complete with sun and fairly good weather.
I was there filming for ConnectMason, so if you saw the guy with the big camera, that was me.
There were great performances by Colin Healy and the Jetskis, Shapiro, The Speaks, Square Trio, Everyone But Pete, BOB, and Mambo Sauce
The event's activity highlight was an organic pie-eating contest along with a few stands and vendors all along the SUB1 Quad center-walkway.
The event was also notable for its speakers. First came the enthusiastic Gerry Connolly, whose speech was short. However, it was notable in that (and I don't think anyone was listening, otherwise there would have been some serious discomfort) Connolly essentially stated that any damage to the environment caused by Bush was was Nader's fault, because it was Nader who gave Bush the election in Florida.
Next came Nader himself, a bitter ghost of a man. He appeared after lurking in the corner and signing books and took the podium to talk about his standard fare. He had a spooky bit about how our lives are being taken over by screens and that we all spent too much time on our cell phones. As I said, the guy looked and sounded like a creep.
Thankfully the aged Nader was both preceded and followed by some great music by local bands. The event was worthwhile to attend if only for their great performances.
Here's the slideshow I built for ConnectMason for some photos from me and another student and some of the music.
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