The experience of Norman Music Festival

So as you know April 24-25 was the Norman Music Festival. Being apart of something you helped create was an experience in itself. After the meeting we had the week before the festival, I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous but excited to work on this event. My job was to check in the photographers/media when they walked into Mainsite. At first, I was just "checking in" everyone, doing my job but then after I started getting the hang of it I really started to enjoy meeting all these new people. I loved all the staff who helped me, but I was mainly with Amanda. She was helping me with the check-in. Oh, and to your left is Charles, he's another friend I made while working at Mainsite. Isn't he so cute!

Working with others at the festival really exposed me to new people and connections, while meeting people with the same interest. I was like a greeter telling people where to go while helping out with little things that needed to get done at Mainsite. Meeting the bands and the people involved was a fun experience because I got to feel apart of the festival, not just watching it.

I also got to use the flipcam and record a couple highlights of the festival. I would have done this the entire time, but this became my job after I was done with the first. I got to record an engagement at the Main Stage. It was a fun experience. Front row! Shagah also wanted me to get footage of little things around the festival, so I recorded the crowd going crazy...and a couple dancing to Lupo, pretty funny.

All together, I had a blast. I knew I would, I just didn't know how different it would be as a person working the festival, not just watching it. All the people were amazing and welcoming when I had questions. I met numerous people, exposing me to new internships/networking. Shagah was amazing at her job and helped us out a lot. Rick and Josh prepared us perfectly for the festival as well. I will really miss working with NAC for the next festival and being VIP.

Down below are pictures of the friends I made during the festival. We all had jobs so had to keep ourselves company at Mainsite. They're pretty awesome peeps! I also tried to include some footage from my iphone I caught in action. The engagement was on a flipcam so I couldn't include in my blog. This video is still pretty amazing.

My hours were a little different for the week of the festival (April 19-23)
Mon: 12-2
Wed: 12-3:30
Friday: 11-4
Sun: 10-5 (NMF)