Well, this is my first blog and for a while I was very
unsure about what to write about, then it came to me! I recently went to
Cornwall for the first time to Newquay to the ‘’Run To The Sun’’ (RTTS)
festival with the elite entertainment company Area 51! (Who you may or may not
have seen on Britain’s Got Talent) Basically they invited my boyfriend to film
their sets at the festival and I got to go along as well and help! I’m going to
split this up into multiple blog posts purely to make it easier for me to write
it as it seems to be taking me foreverrr!
If you don’t know
what RTTS is, it’s basically this huge VW festival at the campsite 'Smugglers Haven' (ace name) and all the music is dubstep
and drum and bass (that music is not my thing at all but it was still a really
great weekend). Pendulum, Lisa Lashes, Shy Fx, Netsky, Judge Jules and Modestep
were all playing over the weekend, and many many more that I just cannot remember!
It was an amazing weekend and was so much fun! And alongside
that, a really good way to top up my CV! We set of for Cornwall at about 7pm on
Thursday 31st of May and the expected arrival time was 12pm! With two
stop offs along the way we didn’t actually arrive at the campsite until about
half one! The journey was so so so long! We travelled down in a van with one of
the dancers from the group, two other members of the Area 51 crew followed
behind us in the car. When we arrived we were told we had three caravans to
stay in (ten more dancers/performers were following us down in the next few
days). Anyway, once we were all settled in to our correct caravans it was off
to sleep for lots of rest ready for the rest of the fun!
Friday 1st June:
We had pretty much the whole day to do whatever we wanted
to, I wanted to explore the campsite but that didn’t happen as other plans were
in place! We drove into the town of Newquay to get some food in as we had
completely forgotten to bring some with us! We drove straight past the beach
and I wanted to stop the car and explore the town for ages but as I was not
driving, this did not happen :( after the food shop it was back to the caravans
for a curry lunch and a pretty chilled afternoon! I read a book and Scott
messed about with his camera’s preparing them for the night ahead! During the
afternoon more of the crew arrived! We were introduced and everybody was so
friendly. I thought this would mean a few more people sharing our caravan but
that didn’t happen either. I was shocked by the amount of smoking the
entertainers do, but that’s all part and parcel of the industry I suppose!
8pm arrived and it was time to walk down to the car park to
unload the van. All the costumes were in there and I was not aware they had so
many! There were giant lego men, big heads, alien costumes, clowns (much to my
distress), tonnes of pairs of stilts for the dancers to wear and so many more! There
was so much that it filled practically every space in the back stage area! The entertainment
started at 10pm and that time came pretty quick once the unloading of the van
was finished! I was handed my camera and it was off to work we went! I went
straight up the stairs to the balcony overlooking the main stage to film the
entertainment from above. Area 51 were mostly doing walkabouts through the
crowd in their costumes until later on in the night when there would be some
stage shows! I was pretty excited to see
all the costumes, and having seen the entertainers getting ready I saw the
costumes come to life piece by piece. They looked so so so good!
12-1am PENDULUM DJ SET!!! Our dancers and angle grinders put
on an absolutely brilliant performance! The crowd went wild and everybody
enjoyed it so much! It was a fantastic stage show to top off a fantastic
evening, but the nights not over yet, oh no! The performers worked 10pm till
3.30am and we filmed it all! By the end of the night I was absolutely worn out
and could not wait to get myself into bed! Just the long walk up the hill back
to the caravans to go and the day could finally end. Was a brilliant start to
the weekend and definitely provided an insight upon what the rest of the
weekend would be like!
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