05/18/2022
Some of Chad's favorite Renegade memories, in no particular order (Part 2 of a 4 part series):
• Our die-hard volunteers: Antonio’s smooth, persuasive way of working the info tent, Jennifer keeping everything in line and in order, volunteer speech givers holding their jingling cardboard donation boxes.
• The moment just after 7 and 9pm when shows had started in all of the venues and I could grab a quick bite to eat at Pablo’s or an ice cream cone to get me through the rest of the night.
• Having 12 different Renegade t-shirts in my drawer that only came out for three days a year.
• The last-minute cram when an artist either dropped out of the festival or wanted to be included in the festival and ALWAYS finding a way to make it work.
• When a show would finish and an audience would spill out into the streets and you’d hear the glorious snippets of reactions from what they had just seen. It was always such a wonder to host up to 20/30 different shows over the course of three days and not really know what they were going to look or feel like. I loved how audiences would fill in those holes as they’d rush in to the streets chattering about the show and we’d slowly understand the shows that would draw crowds and the ones that were more….experimental.
