Life
seen in colors
Life
in Color: the most popular name for a tour that travels around the world to
spray crowds over with three colors of paint. Life in Color can be described as
a paint rave, dubstep techno concert, and a paint dance.
My experience
with Life in Color was almost unexplainable, just so wonderful, an amazing
experience and definitely unforgettable. Life in Color, seen from my eyes, was
a paint rave. The musical guest Savoy played for the crowd that summer day at
the Osprey baseball field was Savoy, a dubstep DJ. To the ears of the older
generation, Savoy is just “noise” because there are almost no words in any of
the songs if it is dubstep. That’s what you get living in my generation of
people.
Life
in Color can be enjoyed from a distance in the stands to watch the light show
and dancers on the stage dressed in wonderful creative, exotic costumes. Or you
can enjoy the music in the crowd of people waiting for the fire hoses to spray
the paint over the crowd. Life in Color plays once a year towards the end of
the summer into August just before it starts to get cold. Depending on where
they are and how stages are arranged the organization can take place either
indoors or out. The paint was sprayed by the dancers in between their personal
dancing routine on stage; the colors sprayed were pink, green, and blue.
The
paint sprayed was non-toxic, washable, and watered-down. Dressing for such an
event was easy: just wear white and, if you’re worried about the paint in the
eyes, wear goggles of some sort. I, on the other hand, wore clear work glasses
to both protect and to enjoy the show.
Five
hours of dancing in the wet colors of the paint, ears overwhelmed with the
music, legs sore from the jumping, heart pounding from both dancing and overall
excitement of just being in the presence of the Life in Color tour, I cannot
wait until their next show.
By
Briar Ahlborn
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