Twenty Friends in Neckties

Twenty friends were going to a music festiva. Twenty of them. All friends. They were going in yellow neckties, bright ones, so that, if they got lost in the hum of things they had something to remove and wave in the air in order to be found again. Sort of like the meeting place by the flag that's always been so popular, but with movement included for a little sum'n sum'n extra.

The music festiva itself in fact was to be a complete and total celebration of a li'l sum'n sum'n extra musically, evidently, as it just so happened.

Of all the exceptional talents in the spotlight, Salt-N-Pepa was the biggest excitement for the 20 friends going to the music festiva. Though Salt was reformed and the lyrics were altered, there was something so spectacularly nostalgic about the notion of talking about sex together- Something that putting a ring on a hand well-liked, though quaint, could never ever replace. And so the excitement level was set, for the friends, at a rather high level.

Apart from Salt-N-Pepa only some of the 20 friends knew which music they were going to see, some did not know at all. Some would recognise the lyrics when they heard them, some would not at all. But they all, each one of the 20, prepared to enjoy themselves with gluttonous enthusiasm.

They had foreseen a hot day, a sunny day, a day vibing down upon all who walked the music festiva ground with a fierce and challenging gaze- This was not a day for the faint or dizzy.

The girls would wear sensible shoes. The boys would wear deoderant. Pre-empting stomping, tom foolery and shenanigans in intimate spaces well known to be 'mosh-pits' open-toed footwear and stank were out. Blunnies and steel capped boots were also out, but could have been in because that is how aggressive this day would be in its splendour.

This summer festiva was to be rich and vibrant and electric and eclectic and, ultimately, bass heavy.

These 20 friends who knew each other were ready to go harder than that ranga named White goes on a halfpipe.

Indeed, and so it was. Twenty friends in yellow ties set off to give that festiva 'ell.