Agapefest Awesomeness!

Right before my last post my computers harddrive totally crashed which was a real bummer.  Most of the data on it was saved in other places but there are a few things that I lost that I wish I would have had backed up beforehand.  Anyway, it took about a week to get fixed at the Apple store.  It set back some of my tour organizing projects.  Now that I have my computer back, and I am saving and backing up all of my files constantly, updates and new fun updates should start to become a more common occurrence.  Within the next few days I will hopefully have an itinerary uploaded with dates that I will be in each city!

This past weekend I attended Agapefest in Greenville, Illinois for the first time.  It was an interesting experience to say the least.  Agapefest took place at the Bond County Fairgrounds (a grassy field) which, at the end of the fest became a field of mud due to the rain and the tread of thousands of fest participants.  That being said, I did have a fantastically awesome time meeting people, giving away hugs, telling them about my Free Hugs Tour 2013 project and my book.  Some of the bands I met and actually had that chance to engage in dialogue a little bit include: Ravenhill, The Madison Letter, Family Force 5, Kutless, Hawk Nelson, and Attaboy. I was able to give them a little information about hugs and my book and I had the privilege to hear them live and get some of their music so that I can listen to the music on Free Hugs Tour 2013 and will provide some of my soundtrack for that (I am going to have a soundtrack like they do in the movies and stuff because I am cool like that? Maybe I don't know about cool but It will be a thing.)

A couple of other cool people I met include the people in this picture:

  

Overall I met a lot of really cool and awesome people, and hopefully will continue to keep in touch with them in the future!  I will definitely be going to Agapefest 2014.  

Stay tuned for the release of the dates I will be in each city for Free Hugs Tour 2013! 

Hugs,

David Melia (Professional Free Hugger)