Each year during Memorial Day Weekend a hot air balloon festival is held in the Upstate. Formerly in Anderson, it is now located at Heritage Park in Simpsonville, SC. Freedom Weekend Aloft is an event which draws thousands of visitors and dozens of balloon pilots from all over the country. Each year the festival includes concerts by some of the most popular musicians. This year the groups were Natasha Beddingfield and Huey Lewis & The News.
Being a fan of Huey, I had to go. Thankfully, I had some great company. THAT made this year's FWA much more enjoyable than past years. (more about that later)
Most often, cameras of any kind are not allowed inside these music venues. This year, they allowed still cameras but not video cameras. I guess they didn't realize that many of the new digital cameras have the ability to record video as well.
In case you don't recognize the name "Huey Lewis", here is a small clip of one of his songs.
