What About The Music?

A friend of mine attended an outdoor blues festival a few years ago. It was a typically hot summer day and things were progressing nicely through the slate of blues bands on the bill that day. As the afternoon went on, the crowd was digging it and looking forward to the headliners, a popular band in that area.

The next-to-last band was churning through their set when word got around that the headliners’ bus had broken down and would be late arriving. They expected to be there just in time to go on at their appointed time, but there was some apprehension as everyone awaited their arrival.

As it happened, the band on stage was just finishing its set when the bus rolled up in the backstage area. Great sighs of relief all around as the band finished up their set and left the stage to well deserved applause. Stage helpers and band members rushed to get the final band’s equipment on stage and set up accomplishing the task in record time.

The band members left the stage while the stage hands finished the setup. The crowd awaited their return…and waited…and waited.

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