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| Here we are again. Five years
since that first time I stood waiting for
a group of people I had never met before outside
the chatroom. And to stand there and know
that some of those same people would be turning
up, as they have the past four years...Now
that's some powerful stuff you got going there! |
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| There are many differences
from that first time compared to now. I know
most of the people showing up, there's reporters
filming and interviewing us, we know what's
going to happen the hours to come and we know
we'll see eachother again...and again...and
again. |
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| To mark the occasion I had
made special 5th anniversary bagdes for us
to give to everyone. If everyone had come
we would have counted around 50 people! Wow... |
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| I can reveal that I only had
40 badges, and a total of 20 people of the
chatgang attended the meeting. Also Forssis,
who has another Roskilde fan site, showed
up just to say hi! Now that was really cool
:) |
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And who came ?
From the 1999 gang - 7 out of 16 people showed
up this year
From the 2000 gang - 5 out of 15 people showed
up this year
From the 2001 gang - 3 out of 6 people showed
up this year
From the 2002 gang - 3 out of 8 people showed
up this year
From the 2003 prospects - 2 new people showed
up |
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| Not bad at all. After standing
by the fence for quite some time delivering
out badges, hugging people, being interviewed,
being cast for filming and greeting old and
new friends, we moved over to the green grass
to sit down and hold our "palaver"
as Roland the Gunslinger would have said. |
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| The usual collection of money
was done by myself this year and I got Friedel
and LeBear as volunteer carriers of beer.
After counting the money we had enough for
3 crates and 2 - 3 Smirnoff Ice bottles to
top it. |
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| There were lots of happy faces
when we returned to the gang, who was now
a much bigger number than 20 since everyone
had brought their friends as well. The more
people - the more money for beer....Never
a bad thing. |
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| A reporter, a cameraman and
a producer/actor from VisitFilm was filming
a movie about a backpacker that goes to Roskilde
and how he experiences a lot of exciting things
there...among joining the fameous chatgang
:). Andy who was making the movie visited
us briefly and we were being cast into roles
rather than just filmed. Not everyone felt
comfortable about that, and I hope you guys
survived it. |
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| After a while all journalists
and cameramen were off and away and we were
once more just the chatgang and their friends
drinking beers and having a helluva good time
in eachothers company. |
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| I think everyone was very pleased
with the meeting and seeing eachother again.
At least all I could see was smiles and people
hugging and talking vividly amongst themselves. |
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| I spent a lot of time talking
to the Germans..hehe. LeBear and Friedel are
both very recent aquiantances, so I took some
time to sit and learn more about their history
and present. I also had a nice chat with Püffi,
whom I see and speak to far too seldom these
days. So that was a good one! It was also
great to see Dorte, Fredde, Delfie and all
the other well-known faces that I don't get
to meet in my daily life home in Oslo. |
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| Thankfully, the weather was
brilliant as ever during the entire meeting
and sunfactor was passed around quite frequently. |
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| And what did we talk about?
Everything and nothing..as usual. We discussed
the changes at the festival, the concerts,
what we do when we're not at Roskilde, how's
your daughter?, do you have a boyfriend now?,
where do you camp?...all those things and
a hundred more... |
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| Or we would just sit there,
drink our beer and look at eachother and smile
for a while - knowing that this would be the
best party of the entire festival. It always
is to me at least. |
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| The gates opened at 1700 as
usual, but we didn't pay much attention to
that either. |
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| We still had beers to drink
and enough to talk about for a while longer. |
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| I wish we could've sit the
entire night like that. It always seem to
come to and end so quickly. It's such bliss
to be with everyone again. |
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| The people remain the same,
save for a few new people every year, but
the internal relations change all the time. |
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| And with all those intrigues
I am happy we still manage to keep it together. |
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| Through the years people have
met at the chat and become friends, lovers,
started relationships, moved in together and
moved out too. And this year would be no different. |
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| Someone came to the chatmeeting
with a secret.. (No..NOT Kjella and Sti!) |
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| But these two here... And you
will have to click on the picture to learn
about it of course. |
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| After spending 5 hours with
eachother, the meeting slowly disolved. |
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| There were concerts to attend
and more beers to drink. |
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| So saying our goodbyes somewhere
around 1800 we were scattered all over the
place. Some heading back to camp to get ready
for the concerts, some going straight to the
festival area and others going to eat. |
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| And that was the end of this
year's chatmeeting. See ya'll next year hopefully. |
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