Parachute 2010

i'll just say that there's probably nowhere in the entire world that i'd rather be than at parachute....
there's something so awesome about it it that i can't explain...
...every year gets better and better...
..and this year is by far the best...
it started off mith me, jords, dan, beka, and mum, walked to the church at 5 in the morning. i can't say i slept from 1-4 cause that'd be lying. so from there we took the bus up to hamilton... it took like seven hours but was sooo worth the wait...
when we got there, when we saw everything, it was sooo amazing. i can't believe how much i'd missed it all...
so after an afternoon of transporting gear, putting up tents, icy slushies, sunscreen, and gourmett shuttle chips, the bands finally kicked off...
me and jaws went to see an american band called manafest at deluxe. we figured coming all the way from america to play on the 3rd smallest stage for half an hour was pretty big, so yeah
he was a rapper, and he was really good! a new favourite most defintly...
after that mainstage opened. some random bands played... this was the smart:
at 8:25 all left out, an nz band played. they weren't too bad...
the fun started when rapture ruckus came on at 9:20pm.
when the lights turned on, the whole band was suddenly there, in awesome poses. they froze for like a minute, then started.
i was deep in the mosh pit with beka, jords, kerry, and chris. it was so cramped you almost couldn't breathe. seriously, you were like locked together.
so rapture ruckus started with their new song "tonight".
there was like 15,000 people jumping. and where we were, if you didn't jump, you'd get jumped on.
ten seconds into the song, everyone was seperated. i found kerry somehow though...
i was almost crushed, so somehow managed to get out of the mosh pit to where i could breathe...
i went to the stands back to where mum and the youth leaders were.
rapture ruckus were wild! they put on an awesome show. they did rockin' and all things new which is an awesome song. all we got was one of their new songs they did, too.
i believe was one of their best...

the words flashed on the screen when he sung them... it was awesome
there last song "hold on" was so amazing. i'd forgotten how much i loved that song. maybe my favourite song of all time! it rocks...
the crowd chanted encore, and rapture ruckus played no matter what. it had fireworks in!!! it was cool as..
after rapture ruckus, falling up came on.
i felt really sorry for them. they've completly lost it. they put on a pretty bad show. there were parts in some particular songs like searchlights and streams of woe that were good, but they didn't have much energy... :(
so i went to bed at like twelve... me & william (my mate), mitchell, & daniel were all in the same tent.. we talked till like almost two..


saturday:

woke up, got my money for the day etc.. etc...
the morning meeting at 9:30am was really good. i wanted to stay for longer, but we had to be at the artist breifing...
leeland joined parachute band in worship...
our show was the best half hour of my life... we played on this stage:
we got backstage artist passes!!! man it felt cool carrying them around... :)
jords before the show and dan in background...
i'll just say it was mean...
no pics atm but will put some up soon...
man... our youth group were soooo supportive!!! they were frontline, moshing hard. they rock man...
can't stand to be sleeping was our first song... it was awesome...
not forsaken was next, also awesome...
i can't say much about crash this party except that it rocked! it was sooo dancy and everyone caught onto it fast... we went hardout...
moonlight shadows was good.. jords did a jump off the drum stage. sweeet... he also did a guitar spin, except it pulled the lead out of his guitar.. he also dropped his pic once... but all good. :)
more than just dreaming was good too. me and jords went hard in the last part... at the end i stood up behind the drums and threw my drumsick (signed by all of us) into the crowd...
i've always wanted to do that.. and you have no idea how awesome i felt lol...
we were soo hot after... and chilled in the village with cold drinks...
what a show... without doubt our best...
ff5 at 7:50pm were wild!!! awesome though.. they put on a mean show... and played all their best songs.. even luv addict! love that song...
oh and i got the rapture ruckus ep! its an awesome cd...
after ff5 it was switchfoot.. they were were just awesome.. there was about 30,000 people at there show, it was sooo packed... the view was awesome though...
taken on my not-so-great camera phone too! :)
meant to live, stars, dare you to move, and on fire were awesome. man they put on an sweet as live show. their guitarest, drew shirley, played the nz national anthem on guitar! it was awesome... and in one part all the crowd threw their glowsticks towards the stage... it looked so pretty.
after switchfoot were the birthday celebrations. parachut eis 20 years old! yay there were fireworks...

sunday:

this day was awesome... mainly because we met some randoms in the tent behind us... actually we never we met them, we just bacame freinds and talked from tent to tent... thay were awesome and funny... which is what they thought we were...
we were in tents cause it was raining...
everyone was like why the heck is it raining at parachute???
ao we sat in our tent, played cards, and talked to the randoms...
then the thunder started. it was so loud, and the lightening was blinding...
the stupid thing was, we were in a small valley, and it got to almost knee deep water... the girls and our tents flooded, and lots of people were leaving cause it was raining. we were parachute punters hard though, and stayed despite it all...
the rain finally died down towards evening..
me and beka and jords went to see sleeptalkers.. their keyboardist was at or show!!! they rock...
at 8:30pm, me and jords and some others saw an american band in deluxe. they were so good! instantly like my fifth favourite. i brought two of their cds. their drummer coujld twirl drumstcks and play at the same time!!! and the guitarest did the awseomest solos ever..some as good as skillets (thats saying something!!!) they were so awesome...
his guitar was sweet, too...

more pics of willet:
another highlight of sunday night was triggor theory. and they're nz! :)
me and william are hardcore triggor theory fans..
their were about 1000 people outside palladium doors...
when they opened everyon ran in (including me and will)
we got awesome seats up the top in the middle...
triggor theory had a mean show. it was great.
as we fall was the best. they went hardout into that song.. we are hardout for that song...
take a listen...
the drummer, ian, is awesome!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jk331tWdVI
so yeah, sunday rocked!!!

monday:

we left this day :( it was raining again :(
llol me and will waited outside a shop that the lead singer of triggor theory worked in for two hours, but he didn't show up :( we still love them though.. our band, ground zero, is going to do a cover of as we fall.
the bus trip home was awesome...
at mcdonalds me and william were being a gang of gangsters it was sooo funny! we went hardout to songs on the bus as well....
i slept in till ten today...
it was lovely
cya next year, parachute..
nate
ps thanks everyone for your support, even if you couldn't make it to the show you all rock..
pss its the best music festival ever...