Since there was lighting in the last event and rain the one before that, it was only appropriate that the forces combined and created some electricity…in the form of Electric Forest. It was our third year in the Sherwood, and the Jenkstars came out this year with our biggest installation to date, and still always built with trash…The Globe Theater.
The Globe was a homage to the vaudeville era, a flashback to the late 19th and early 20th century days of traveling theater performance. It was, technically, only the center of three structures as the Sollun and La Femme were set up on either side of it. This allowed for patrons the ability to watch a show on stage, grab a casual drink at the bar, or lounge out and take a photo in our photo booth (yes, it actually worked!) without feeling too cramped, and always creating a constant flow.
And if you looked hard enough (most people did), you found a little ‘hobbit’-door in the corner of La Femme, which led to what seemed like a dead-end room made of palettes…except one of the palette walls opened up into a hallway, which lead to another door. Can you guess what was behind that one? If you said Speakeasy, you nailed it! All weekend long people who were observant enough, would find their way back to the speakeasy and were treated with joke-telling bartenders, riled-up poker players, and various other forms of entertainment in our “secret’ room.
The main pull of the weekend was the energy that all the amazingly talented musicians provided on stage. SuperTall Paul, Talia Keys, Robbie Fitzsimmons, Mouth Dakota, and Happy Happy James rocked the stage, each having their own individual style of looping madness…and they played EVERY NIGHT! We were an unofficial stage, though, so how were you to know who was playing at a given time? Well, the marquee of course! The marque would display all kinds of signs, ranging from the artists name, “welcome to the forest”, “Election today”…and pretty much whatever else we thought was funny to put up there. Other notable acts who were seen on the stage of the Globe: the Fungineers, Honeycomb, Andy Frasco, Emma Nation, and others.
It was an amazing weekend, and the Jenkstars had a lot of fun pulling a variety of their own shenanigans. This year, we had a new mayoral candidate running for office. His name was Tim Burr and his plan was to chop down the forest to make way for new cabins that the people could sleep in next year. Turns out, people weren’t interested in that…nor were they interested in the conservative, hardworking, sweat-of-your-brow policies our neighbor WC Thornbush of Frontierville had to offer. Seems their heavy campaigning against each other turned the people to another source of hope. A tall ray of smiley sunshine, who is a man of the people, for the people, and by the people. That man, ladies and gentleman is none other than SuperTall Paul himself. In the great words of Sherwood’s new mayor “If you want to be something in this world all you gotta do is make a sign that says so, stand next to it and you are.” Well, Mr. SuperTall Paul, next year your sign will read “Mayor Tall Paul.”
Thank you to all the people who showed up in the space and enjoyed themselves. You all contributed in making this one for the memory books. Excited to see what next year brings. Jenkstar out.
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