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DITCH PARTY Commemorative Curveball tee - Watkins Glen NY 2018 - Pink/Purple on Navy

$24.00 USD
$24.00 USD
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The (cancelled) Curveball Festival, was supposed to be a 3-day concert in Watkins Glen NY by the Vermont band P H i S H, on August 17th 2018. This huge festival was cancelled on it's first day, before the music had even started, but after around 15,000 people (of an expected ~40000 ) had already arrived onsite from all over the US, and even internationally. Those of us who were already onsite when the cancellation announcement was made (due to contaminated groundwater and a turbid drinking water supply) were told that we could stay until noon the next day, which meant that we all got one night to party together and celebrate what could have been, before we all had to turn around and go home to 3-4 unplanned days off to think about what had just happened. We heard stories that some people had already arrived after traveling from as far away as Japan and Israel before the cancellation was announced. We also heard about a couple who had planned to hold their wedding ceremony inside the festival grounds on that Saturday. I don't know what ended up happening to those people, but I'm sure things all worked out for them eventually. For the one night that we were there, we had no band, no show, no entertainment, and 5 days work of food and supplies that we now had to consume, share, or drive home with. Everyone in the campground was faced with basically the same dilemma, so we cooked and ate a big dinner and shared and traded beers with the camps near us. After we had all eaten heartily and given away food and beers to our neighbors, we walked towards the light and the bass. Someone had brought a generator and a full DJ setup with the plan of throwing a rogue campground afterparty during the fest. He didn't know he would end up being literally the life of the party that night. he played music from 9 or 10 pm until well after sunrise. The DJ is a legend for putting this together and saving the party on this night. Thus, these commemorative Limited Edition Ditch Party tees were born. Get yourself one now, so you'll be ready for next summer's triumphant return to Watkins Glen Int'l Speedway for their 40 year anniversary.

These are screenprinted by hand with high-quality durable inks on nice mediumweight Gildan "Dryblend" Unisex imported 50/50 tees.