Day 13- July 28th- The Murray Hill Theatre- Jacksonville, FL
Posted By: Aaron
Tonight was amazing. Murray Hill has been the show on tour I was most looking forward to. When I worked in Jax for two summers as a youth intern I went to many amazing shows at this venue and had long wanted to play it. We arrived at the Miller’s house at 3 in the morning to many familiar faces. The Miller’s was the family I lived with for two summers while working at East Point Church. They are an amazing and generous family and truly are another family to me. In the morning Momma Beth woke us with an amazing breakfast and I enjoyed catching up with them and introducing them to the boys. We called Patrick from Emerson and headed to the beach. We had a good time frolicking in the sand and body surfing although Travis and Patrick were continually freaked out by phantom Jelly-fish and hypothetical sharks that continued to brush up against their legs. We arrived at he venue at 6pm for load in and Tom, who runs the venue met us there. It was our last night with Woodale and we had known for some time it would probably be the climax of the tour. When the door s opened a steady stream of familiar and unfamiliar faces entered the venue and by the time we played there was probably 120-130 paying attendants, which was really good especially considering we were up against an Anathallo concert a few blocks away. We played well and it was probably our most emotional show to date. The whole show just crescendoed perfectly and exploded at the end. When we finished I was shaking and could barely get my stuff off-stage. Everyone responded really well. We sold a lot of merch and even Tom the venue owner said he was really impressed by our sound and how well we drew. As we packed up and said goodbye to our friends we also had to say goodbye to the fellas from Woodale, which meant Matt, and Adam chasing us around with airsoft handguns and shooting us close range. Somehow that ended in Jeremiah volunteering to be shot in the nipple which of course led to great footage. We said our goodbyes and went back to the Miller home where we crashed. It was an awesome night.
Tonight was amazing. Murray Hill has been the show on tour I was most looking forward to. When I worked in Jax for two summers as a youth intern I went to many amazing shows at this venue and had long wanted to play it. We arrived at the Miller’s house at 3 in the morning to many familiar faces. The Miller’s was the family I lived with for two summers while working at East Point Church. They are an amazing and generous family and truly are another family to me. In the morning Momma Beth woke us with an amazing breakfast and I enjoyed catching up with them and introducing them to the boys. We called Patrick from Emerson and headed to the beach. We had a good time frolicking in the sand and body surfing although Travis and Patrick were continually freaked out by phantom Jelly-fish and hypothetical sharks that continued to brush up against their legs. We arrived at he venue at 6pm for load in and Tom, who runs the venue met us there. It was our last night with Woodale and we had known for some time it would probably be the climax of the tour. When the door s opened a steady stream of familiar and unfamiliar faces entered the venue and by the time we played there was probably 120-130 paying attendants, which was really good especially considering we were up against an Anathallo concert a few blocks away. We played well and it was probably our most emotional show to date. The whole show just crescendoed perfectly and exploded at the end. When we finished I was shaking and could barely get my stuff off-stage. Everyone responded really well. We sold a lot of merch and even Tom the venue owner said he was really impressed by our sound and how well we drew. As we packed up and said goodbye to our friends we also had to say goodbye to the fellas from Woodale, which meant Matt, and Adam chasing us around with airsoft handguns and shooting us close range. Somehow that ended in Jeremiah volunteering to be shot in the nipple which of course led to great footage. We said our goodbyes and went back to the Miller home where we crashed. It was an awesome night.
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