Festival
Faces of the Festival
Meet the gamblers, jokers, tokers, and the rest of the Vegoose '06 crowd.
By Spin Staff 10.31.06 4:00 AM
Normally, festival audiences are somewhat predictable: Guys and girls in comfy T-shirts, sneakers, and shorts, with the occasional hoodie available for chillier nighttime sets. But Vegoose was completely different, and not just due to its proximity to the garish, cartoon-like hotels of the famous Strip. With Halloween just days away, many took the opportunity to roll out their most creative costume -- and some even stuck with their choices all day, despite the intense sunshine and general festival conditions. But whether costumed or not, the faces of Vegoose '06 included lots of friendly ones, depicted here.
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Name: Ally Cannefax
Age: 20
Hometown: St. George, Utah
Occupation: Student
"The best I've seen is the Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas guy...Hunter S. Thompson. It brought memories back of my father who gave me that book."
Name: Don Reader
Age: 47
Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona
Occupation: Realtor
"I saw this guy who had a Crown Royal cape on. You know those purple bags on Crown Royal? It was a bunch of those all stitched together."
Name: Don Shannon Rickels
Age: 34
Hometown: Seattle, Washington.
Occupation: Web designer
"This one guy had a picture frame behind him and he was wearing lederhosen."
Name: Kevin Kelly
Age: 36
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Occupation: Product manager
"There's a couple walking around and one is a bee and the other a beekeeper. They looked really good together."
Name: Autumn Willison
Age: 30
Hometown: Breckenridge, California
Occupation: Ski shop clerk
"A Hooters girl, but it was a guy and he was supposed to be an old Hooters girl."
Name: Ramon Salm
Age: 30
Hometown: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Occupation: Photographer
"We're the craziest people at the festival. We're a professional tennis team. And we rock so hard."
Name: Dane Halter
Age: 29
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Occupation: Sales
"Seriously, we're the best tennis team in the world. But we're ranked 255th in Rhode Island."
Name: Lauren Bobowski
Age: 26
Hometown: Truckee, California
Occupation: Hospice worker
"As a tennis vixen, I'm pretty sure no one tops us tennis stars. We're the craziest people here."
Name: Meggan Riley
Age: 31
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation: Cirque de Soleil Clown
Name: Michael Hunter, Bridgette Kelley
Age: 32
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Occupation:Students
Name: Johanna Gibson
Age: 34
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Occupation: Process Analysis
Name: Shannon Gilbin, Dan Hurley
Age: 30, 29
Hometown: Lake Tahoe, California
Occupation: Music Teacher, Musician
Name: Hava
Age: 9
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Occupation: Hula-Hooper
Name: Cece So
Age: 17
Hometown: Reno, Nevada
Occupation: Unemployed
"A big sumo wrestler."
Name: Elaine Kanak
Age: 23
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Consultant
"Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf in the grandma outfit."
Name: Josh Grady
Age: 23
Hometown: New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation: Bumming around after graduating
"The guy from Castaway."
Name: Malacoid
Age: 23
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Occupation: Selling rainbow glasses at shows/Student
"Another unicorn."
Name: Danielle Taylor
Age: 24
Hometown: Bigford, Montana
Occupation: Boys & Girls Club
"Three girls dressed as fairies in extravagant costumes."
