Barn Burning 2.0

Last night was the 2nd (maybe annual?) Barn Burning.

This all started last year when our barn fell down and my brother got the great idea to have a huge party with bands and shit like that. It was a huge success last year and therefore we decided to do it again this year.

Now, before I start explaining, let me say one thing... when we talked about doing it again this year we had planned on splitting the profits 50/50... however, that appears to not be the case, which kinda pisses me off, but oh well.... truthfully I didn't do much to prepare for the whole thing, so it's fair I guess, but at the same time the whole point of doing it again this year was to cash in... but anyway...

This year we had 4 bands playing up on stage (which is a flat bed truck trailer) and a big baseball diamond light to light the yard. We had security people running the door, making sure people paid their $10 and got wrist bands. They were also making sure people didn't have glass bottles and that kinda thing. There were kegs for the bands/hired help...

The only "problem" we had was around 10pm when the fire department showed up with 3 firetrucks. Then the cops came because the firetrucks were there. We had a burn permit for the fire, but apparently we never should have got it. They were concerned that we were feeding the fire and it was going to get out of control.

It was hilarious, people were still coming down the laneway AROUND the fire trucks...

Over all the whole thing went off awesome. We finished the night with $4400, which means 440 people paid... and there was probably 60 people on the "VIP" list that didn't pay. However, it didn't look like there was that many people on the lawn... but from the sounds of it there were little tailgate parties happening everywhere off the lawn. I overheard someone say that someone was bbq'ing by one of their trailers!

Clean up this morning sucked, it was raining. Most of the work was done by me and 2 other girls, going over the lawn, picking up bottles, cans and garbage, all in separate bags. I'm not sure how much we'll get back for empties but at 10c a can and bottle it should be at least $150.

This day has been going on forever. I went and picked up pizza for the people still here at noon and then got chinese food for the people still here at dinner...

Tonnes of pictures and videos to come...