South Burlington, VT. - Higher Ground 6 August 2009

[jls07]

That show was amazing. I'll post my pictures later, i just got home so i gotta go do some stuff first(like shower for one thing! )

I'm so happy people used my balloons!

[Missy]

Please tell me you got pics of that!!!

[Kemmy]

[wrxracer24]

I got some video of the show from my flipcamera....Its not full songs but I think I got some awesome parts and the audio doesn't seem too bad...Once I figure out how to post them..if I have permission I'll do so...I saw video up from last year so don't see y not.. I fall more and more in love w/Shimon everyday..Emma looks like she is in a ball of light. We were right up front like 2 or 3 back until people got really pushy and I just about passed out and had to move all the way over to the speakers on the right near Emma. So Emma looks better than Shim in the videos. I'm alive though and I still got to meet them afterwards and get a Hand Shake from Shim and a thank you(because I bought 1 of all the t-shirts except the free hugs ones) When you are around him if you haven't met him he just relaxes you and sends all this good energy at you. You can't help but be happy around him. You forget about all the crap in your life and just live in the moment. He makes you want to be a better person. So I say we start a religion of Shim (need a funky name??) where every week we pray to the gnome gods and listen to Sick Puppies music. Hey maybe during their weekly chats if they get back into them this could be our weekly "sermon" I know that their music has helped me alot during my life and I do not claim to be any certain religion so why not the Religion of Shim & the pups. Ok I'm rambling ...must be the excitement and tiredness from just getting back today from the concert. So look forward to the videos once I figure this out.

[wrxracer24]

thewrxracer24 is my youtube s/n so if you wanna go view my videos now...first time doing videos at a concert so they aren't anywhere near perfect but give me a break I almost passed out and got squished by the crowd....but all that matters is that I got to see my Shimy Shim Shim Shim...lol Perfect way to cheer up a rainy crappy depressive summer. If we can even call it a summer.

[angelbear425]

[Becky]

[jls07]

Nice meeting you guys too!

Unfortunately, i didnt even think to get a picture of the balloons bouncing around. That was dumb. It was also dumb i never ran back to my hotel room at any point of the like 3 hours i was in line to get the rest of the bag(or my lithograph i wanted to get signed). lol But oh well...at least now ill have some white balloons to play with for a while!

Anyone else not liking the whole samsung thing btw? Like how they had to take pictures in front of the backdrop and not let people use their own camera's? And how the pictures they took arn't up on the site yet...

Oh and guess what? I was staying in the same hotel as the band! Me and mt friend came down to breakfast the morning after and my grandparents were like "oh the band just left...they had breakfast and then their tour bus pulled up and they left. it was only a few seconds ago actually..." This was my reaction:

Why they didnt text me at any point they were eating breakfast next to my favorite band, idk.

[wrxracer24]

[wrxracer24]

The clip I have on my youtube (THEWRXRACER24) of RIPTIDE when he says the "you think my world is FLAT..do I turn you on?" When he says the Flat part...he really lowers his voice to make it sound flat...i thought that was funny and super cool...I'm watching some videos someone posted on youtube of them at a bowling alley. Shim is sooo super funny Harassing people in the crowd for not singing...or people trying to be joe cool Shim is the bomb

[KrystiBitch]

Higher Ground was awesome, but I was sad that they didn't sing Maybe. that is one for my favs. But anyways.. i feel kinda bad but happy i did what i did (i grabbed Shim's ass when we were taking a picture) because i really wanted to do it and didnt think about how he would react. I dont remember what he said exactly but it was something about "Wow she grabbed my ass/butt" it was funny. i didnt wanna leave that night but i knew i had to get back to my son and hubby (my hubby doesn't know about the ass grab.. and i'm not going to tell him) but it was a great night. I each made them a hemp necklace with a cross on them. Shim's i made light blue and dark blue, Emma's was red and black, and Mark's was natural(tan) and navy(dark) blue. They all said thank you and i got to hug Shim twice. I had a card with the necklaces. I know that Emma read it. It said that they rocked and that they helped me and alot of people everyday through hard times. That i just wanted to show my gratitude with these necklaces for what they give to their fans everyday. and i love them to death and to write me sometime w/ my email address. Shim asked me if i made it myself and i was like yeah. He said that he is going to wrap it around his wrist. But when i was making them all i could think about was "I hope that they aren't allergic to hemp" lol. well thats enough for me i think... yeah my sis got to shake Shim's hand becuz she bought like 1 of every shirt except for free hugs shirt. Krysti

[jls07]

I didnt take many but here's a few pictures i managed to take: http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn12 ... 20vermont/

I love the balloon one...but i still wish i thought to take one when all of them were flying around!

[Kestrel]

[jls07]

Thank you! I cant wait till the samsung ones are up!

[Kestrel]

[ToniB]

My show was July 29th and they still aren't up.

[Kestrel]

[wrxracer24]

gonna be a long time comin'

[ToniB]

YES, EXACTLY! Do you think they got the message now?

Sorry for the threadjack...

Back on topic.

[N.E.G]

I'd apologize for being late but.... my hands were tied. No computer.

Definitely rocked my face off at this concert, enjoyed three out of the four bands and was so hoarse afterwards that I couldn't speak well for two days. Just the right kind of night really.

Hope the band can swing back around to the northeastern corner of the US sometime (NH/Maine really) because I'd love to see them again.