Every college has one.

We’re not talking a Google Maps, get-right-where-you’re-going, detailed-and-to-scale version… oh no. These bad boys look like an oil painting where Bob Ross (RIP my curly friend) went a little overboard with the happy trees.

Here at GrooveBoston, we appreciate the beauty of these works of art. However, they make it IMPOSSIBLE to figure out where to GO on a campus. So, we have to re-work them a bit to suit our purposes.

Take our show this past weekend at UNE for example:

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It had been cloudy all day, with a little rain here and there.  No big deal, though; we got the generator in, built the truss, flew a bunch of speakers, and put amber gel in the lights to give the bar tent that warm, inviting feel (sounds pleasant, doesn’t it?).  Once again, the BC Mod Lot had been converted into a village of tent awesomeness, and was poised for another killer Homecoming party.

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Last Thursday morning, we headed out on a long day of leaf peeping, stopping occasionally to pick up sound and lighting gear.  The ride would leave us in Amherst, poised for an early start to our Friday build at UMass.

BobbyD and Springer check out some hoops before the UMass Amherst show

It would have been a relaxing evening at the hotel (we don’t get many of those!), except the Red Sox swept us up in their emotional roller coaster.  After 11 minutes at Applebees (they closed early), we caught the end of the magical comeback, did some intense high-fiving, then, ultimately, retired to rest up for a big weekend of dance parties.

Too bad Game 7 didn’t turn out as awesome as our shows last weekend.

Wah waaaaaaaah…  But seriously, our shows were awesome, and that’s what this is about.  Read on.

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