JenFest 2009!!

JenFest 2009 was an overwhelming success! At last count, we nearly tripled the donations from last year's JenFest with an amazing total of more than $3300. Two charities (ASPCA and JDRF) will benefit from the hard work put forth by all those that contributed their time and talent to make the show a success.

Also a big thanks goes out to all those that donated and/or attended the show. Your support for the cause and for the bands is truly appreciated! Thank you! Yes, it was HOT and the mosquitoes were relentless...but everyone seemed to have a good time. Perhaps next year we'll be in an air-conditioned environment.

My day started about 4 hours before the show with loading up equipment and helping with setup. My day didn't end until about 3 hours after the show with unloading equipment and cleanup. It was a very long day...but worthy of the causes.

For those of you that weren't able to make the show, you can watch it via the comfort of your air-conditioned home. The full 7+ hours of the show can be seen here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1583006



Here is the order of the band lineup:

1. Possum Attack
2. Finding Reason
3. Liquid Casing
4. Death Carpet Trio
5. Less Than Serious

Finding Reason goes on around the 1:12:00 mark. We play for about 40 minutes or so. Our setlist was as follows:

1. Blue Devils (original)
2. Got Me Wrong (Alice in Chains)
3. Delusion of Trust (original)
4. Bullet with Butterfly wings (Smashing Pumpkins)
5. God Hates a Coward (Tomahawk)
6. Ghost of a Man (original)
7. Love-Hate (original)
8. Crawl Away (Tool)

A special thank you goes out to Ron, who has been lifesaver for Finding Reason. Ron offered to play drums for us when he found out that our new drummer was unable to attend the festival due to work conflicts.

If you have more time, check out the other bands.

Additionally, a super big thanks goes out to Mark, the owner of the property that we used. He was gracious enough to allow us to play there and provided us with a nice venue with plenty of parking and lawn seating. Maybe there will be more shows there in the future.

Speaking of shows, if you stayed for the entire duration of the festival, you may have heard where Finding Reason will be playing in the near future. The date has been confirmed, July 15th. I won't tell you where just yet, i'll let you watch the video to find that little tid bit of information. Don't worry...if you don't have time to find it, check back here for the updates.

I'll leave you with one picture (only two were taken) of Finding Reason during our set.



Rock on...