ROFLCOPTOUR

That's what the summer 2010 tour of Wizard Rock is called. The artists info page is here. We saw everyone on this page in an acoustic setting at the front of the library. They had mostly tuned guitars and about 35 fans in attendance. The crowd favorite seemed to be ALL CAPS who used pre-recorded techno-pop dance party background music for their "set."

There were no real costumes in the audience per se but one parent drove 6 teenage girls (ages 12-16) 5 hours in this van to get there.




The songs, in addition to being Harry Potter based, occasionally had a message of acceptance and "let's all just be kind to each other no matter who we are" feel to them.

There were a couple of Wizard Rock Loving grown ups that I found to be a little creepy. Sadly one was a parent from my school who got a baby-sitter for her daughter so that she could come. Another was a 60-something woman I didn't know who had a temporary Hogwarts tattoo on her face and was bouncing around dance-party style with the crowd.

The fans knew the lyrics better than the artists and there was the occasional mention of the "merch table." The performers ranged in age from about 20-24. I've got to think that their parents (at least some of them) said "You're doing WHAT? this summer?"

MaggieMay and Drewby seemed to enjoy themselves. Eleven year old Drewby's post-concert facebook entry read:

Awesomest Day EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Day made my whole year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :))))))))))))

MaggieMay tweeted some pictures to the band and got a personal reply- the performers seemed really sincere, kind and unassuming.

I'm calling it a success.

In unrelated crack me up news, Mr. Sophanne accidentally threw "the duck" in the tree and Liza was not amused.