Lilith Behind the Scenes: Meeting Sarah!!

Posted by Abbey on 07.13.2010 at 1:41 pm

During the Portland show, rumors were circling around the sponsor village that we might get to meet Sarah McLachlan before the doors opened in the venue.

It was a long day for all of us, we had just crossed the US/Canada border and were scrambling around for new shipments and various other pieces of tent-gear.  The atmosphere was slightly frantic.  There is an incredible amount of work that goes into setting up these tent villages at fairs.

It was about 2:10pm and doors were scheduled to open in 20 minutes.  The chances of a Sarah sighting were looking pretty slim and I hadn’t eaten since the night before.  I finally decided “Ok guys, well it doesn’t look like she’s showing and I’m hungry so I’m- “   but I noticed people looking past me so I turned around and she just appeared all of a sudden (I mean really, I don’t even know where she came from) and was shaking my hand and introducing herself to me!

She was ushered into our tent briefly by a couple of people from her staff and was extremely friendly.  She shared our passion for social entrepreneurship and really had a nice down-to-earth conversation with the group before being whisked away to another sponsor tent.  She is a perfect example of just how real artists and performers can be.  Gracious, friendly, humble- Awesome.

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