Virginia Key: Grassroots Festival - Getting ready for the show

On the recommendation of Chuck, a friend and state park volunteer, we opted to volunteer for the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival 2015.   Virginia Key is just east of Miami Florida and a short 2 miles to Key Biscayne.  The festival is held at the Historic Virginia Key Park.

As you may know, over the years we have volunteered for many festivals in all aspects from setup to performance to organizers so we had an idea as to the work.  And, it was as expected...

Kitchen loading in the equipment

fun

View from the festival area
 Miami across the bay

exhausting

Tents up
getting organized

organized at times

Three cabins were built for both
the festival and the park

 and disorganized at others

Hmmm, are we making progress?

We arrived to help with setup around 3 PM on February 8th and by 5 PM we were in the kitchen to help the chef with dinner.  So, Chef Jesse, Bill, and myself prepared dinner, set-up service, and cleaned up afterwards.  This was our introduction to the Grassroots family.

Camp Ranger
Team leader Ed
Kitchen almost ready for service

The next day we were scheduled to work lunch and dinner as Chef Jesse had been working by himself the first few days.  Early in the morning Bill headed out to help with the grounds while I finished organizing our camp space.  Shortly thereafter he arranged to swap jobs with Alexa and for the next six days Alexa and I worked the kitchen with Jesse.  Then the Italians, actually Sicilians, took over as chefs for the next two days.  Alexa and I stayed on to help them... including a move to the festival kitchen.