So its week 7 on the new spot and its been really chilled because we have no major events coming up. I must say it has been refreshing. Not much stress or planning and prepping involved :) This weekend will also be one of pure nothingness while we relax and wait patiently for week 8. Things on the new spot are still going well and we are managing to maintain our daily averages.
We are still waiting to hear back from Groovy Troopers, but I doubt we are going to as the party is next weekend. We were both looking forward to stalling at that one but we might just be Troopers and pull in for a party anyway.
In other news we hooked a little freezer for an idea I have for a new tasty treat to serve up on hot day's. It's a small display freezer for a new product we want to try, it's delicious, nutritious and we haven't seen anyone else doing them soooo, we want to give it a shot.
New Signs :)
November and December O.C's are coming up and we are uber keen to make it happen like only Morningbru can --- November O.C has a Vampires and Zombies theme so that should be very interesting. We will have pics and video of it all so stay tuned. Yes Yes YES!!!!! we scored a brand new D.V handy cam :) :) :) so we will be filming in style, no more shaky, blury Cellphone camera work.......
Ok so that will conclude this weeks post...... looking forward to the weekend and hoping you all have a groovy one aswell.
This weekend we found ourselves at the Village, it was a nice change of pace from standing in Stikland and we were ready for a good party. We planned to leave early the Friday afternoon and we actually did :) After a drive that felt like forever, taking a wrong turn and nearly overshooting the farm....., we arrived. It was around 4pm and I met Philip who showed us where we had to stand.
Our stall at night.
After a chat and a brief chill Michelle and I started with the setup. It took us about an hour or so, beer soon followed and many minutes of relaxing. Friday night was chilled, we found ourselves relaxing hard on our lumo bean bags and before we knew it we had some groovy company, that's what our chill out area is for :)
Michelle doing some kind of disco
inspired move ;)
We got to bed early and slept well after a hard days work. Saterday morning was slow and relaxed, people were starting to arrive now and the party atmosphere was gaining steady momentum. We were set up opposite the camping area so most of the day we just watched other people set up their chill sections and tents. Many new friends were made and some solid connections formed, that's what I love so much about the outdoor trance scene......people are friendly and willing to stop for a chat.
Happiness
Dance floor
Trading was slow, very slow at a stage I thought we weren't even going to break even and then, we whipped out the smokes. Initially we weren't planning on selling cigarettes but as it turned out we had a couple of boxes in stock because we left straight from our spot in Stikland on Friday afternoon. We started out selling them at R30 a box and slowly pushed it up to R40, I know, thats ridiculous right. Surprisingly nobody really complained and I guess if I were in their position I wouldn't of either, if you want smokes you want smokes and you will pay anything for them.
I jokingly told a women that it was R70 for a box and she started counting her coins...... I kind of felt guilty about it for a little while but I knew that if it wasn't for the profit we were making on the smokes we would of made a huge loss this weekend. So cigarettes saved Morningbru at the Village and I thank all you smokers who were willing to part with your forties for a box.
The village - very awesome!
Truly a lot of hard work went into making this one of the most beautiful setups I have seen, thanks village crew.
Gernot you FUNNY owe! lol
Tjad a loyal Morningbru supporter, we found your blanket
dude ;)
Sunday was lekker hot with a light breeze bringing the coolness, by 11: am we were sold out of smokes. I guess I should of gone and bought more because we had about 3 people an hour asking for ciggies the whole of Sunday. So this weekend I learnt that we should stock up hard on smokes because it seems that no one really remembers to bring enough to a party.
Village was great and once again a learning curve, we made it out ok and managed to get enough rest before work on Monday. Today was the first week of our second month on the new spot and it feels good to know that we have been so consistent with our business venture. More posts to follow on our progress and adventures here at Morningbru. I will leave you with a little experiment I produced at the party, a four minute time lapse video of the view from our stall and some of the amazing people we met at the party...
