I am in Belding where we live ans specifically downtown at the small mall we have. There is a fair set up in the large parking lot. I am setting up sound equipment. My cousin Don is also there and a few other people I know IRL. Don specifically is helping me. We have a small tent (or canvas cover) over us and the equipment. We get it all set up and ready.
At the same time I am also setting up a small water fountain and supply system. This is very strange, there is a fountain about 4 feet tall, clear rubber tubing running from it to a washing machine about 50 ft away along the side of the building, behind our sound set up. Next to the washer is a small plastic container (tote bin) that is also hooked up to all the rest. The container has water in it and an electric clothing iron?? (Not a good idea). The washer is pumping the water throughout, the iron is heating the water.....LOL. I work on this contraption for a little while.
I am pack to the sound, and there is now a band set up on a stage out in the parking lot. Lo and behold it is the Doobie Brothers!!. They start playing and the sound cuts off in just a few seconds. Don and I realize the power breaker in the mall has blown. He goes in to reset it. When the sound returns I explain to the crowd and the Doobies that we are running on 1 breaker and that is the problem. I unplug the fountain, washer and iron from a drop cord. I make a joke over the mic that it was just a test so they could warm up....LOL.
I then go out to the stage area and shake hands with each member. They do many of their songs. After about 2 songs, there are 4 microphones lined up in front of us and before you get to the stage, kind of in between. People are going to these and singing along to songs like karaoke. I get brave and sing South City Midnight Lady with them. An unknown girl was also singing harmony. We sounded pretty good!!!
The focus now kind of shifts to boothes around the perimeter. This is where other people I know are, and they are selling items at them. I bought an ice cream cone from my cousin Janine at one. Walked around several more. Then bought an apple from another unknown person. The final booth I come too is a lady I know (parent of one of my sons friends). Her son is there in the booth and he has just gotten new prosthetic hooks (arms). She explains they are making him learn to do things, and I should challenge him. I forget what I bought, but I tossed a dollar in a trash can. He then went about digging it out. Awoke to alarm.
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