This weekend four Chariot Fests are being held within the Quebec/ Ontario area. Burlington, Oakville, Kingsville and Montreal. It is Burlington's 2nd, Oakville's 1st, Kingsville's (I'm not sure), but Montreal's running for decades is the largest. After beautiful overnight showers and a persistent overcast sky, the procession began at Sherbrooke and Ste. Laurent.
A large number of police escorted. They were great and most co-operative. By the end of the day, at festival site, Joanna Mance Park, the helpful authority reported to us that the day's event was no sweat. They liked the mood and the peaceful atmosphere. They implied we were low maintenance.
From my standpoint, the devotees in Montreal pulled off a good event on this first day. The members were impressive. Food (prasadam) was good. Energy was high. I sat at the book tent, ready to meet people. There appears a lot of interest in conscious living through the books. They were selling well. The stage events went on, mostly classical dance and music.
What can I say? All was lively.
I let the managers know that all went fairly well. The unit for supplying water and soap just outside the rented toilets, ran out a bit early. Apart from that it was a rather smooth smiling.
As usual I walked back to. the temple from the site just to ensure I would have a guaranteed decent sleep. What I saw was no surprise to me. There was plenty of excitement in the air as well as the reverse. What can booze bring?
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