Today opened my favourite event in my hometown, the May Wine Festival. We actually have a smaller one called "Wine Square" in September. This one, however, is major. It has 163 wine stands, and extends to basically the whole downtown.
I decided to film the Opening Ceremony. It started at Dugonics square, so My mum and I got there well before. There was actually a car leaving from the closed off area. Not sure how it got there, but in the end it managed to get out. There was a stage, and a woman was singing on it, but not very well. I looked for the best position to get the first part of the procession from, so I moved around a bit. I ended up getting into the wrong position at first, but quickly got to a better one. I got my footage, and once they walked out of my camera range, I started running to catch them at the next stop.
I did and got a great position. There were some disturbances, like a homeless person just walking right into the middle of the performance. One of the flag throwers also kept throwing it too far for a girl. Then one of the boys didn't catch it. It was funny, because messing up while performing is always funny. I know, I used to perform as a belly dancer for years.
They went on, and I kept following, but after getting some more footage, I knew I had enough. You can't make it too long. So I went to their end goal, because I also wanted to record the opening speeches. So once those started, I just did the whole thing, prepared to cut it later.
After that I recorded my intro, and headed to my favourite winery for a glass. My mum was hungry, so we got some food too. I ate fried blood. Yes, that's an actual food we eat, it's very good.
Once full, we headed home, but checked out the cheese stand where we always get some. We didn't have a lot of money on us, so just made note of what we're going to get.
I'm going to go to the festival a lot, because I love it a lot. It has a great atmosphere, great wine, lots of food, so no reason not to go.
