Ok, i'm not too sure if this was a random act of kindness, but the deal was really KIND, so i figured i'd put it here.

well, i'll start with the beginning. I was walking around the Big cypress campground... somewhere around amy's farm i think, or maybe it was deercreek... i don't really know, but that's not important.  i was walking around after all of my friends had gone to bed... just wandering around the kind scene when, out of nowhere, a glow ring flew out of the midnight sky and hit me on the shoulder. 

at first, i kept on walkin, not paying any attention to the random flying ring... but i decided to go back and pick up the ring... for good luck. Ok, so after my found possession, i figured i'd check out the drum circle in the mulitcolored drummers forest. i was just a spectator to start, trying to find someone who wasn't playing their drum.

i made a couple of laps around the huge circle with no luck, when, on my last lap, this kid and two of his friends were standing outside of the circle. the kid in the middle had a small drum in his arm, and i asked if i could use it to make my contributions to the circle.  now, he seemed to be three sheets to the wind, maybe even four, but, for some reason, he offered a trade.  

his two friends, one girl, and one guy looked at their friend in disbelief when he pointed to my glowring that was around my neck. The Kid Wanted To trade A Drum for A glowring. I just wanted to play it, however, so i gave him my glowring and told him to stick around for a minute so i could jam for a sec and give him his drum back.  so i went in and played for a little and came back out to find that the kid was gone. 

i felt bad cause i felt that i took advantage of a kid, but his friends saw him make the deal and the kid was more than pleased with (my) glowring. so that was my story.  it just shows the magic at a phishshow... how the unusual can happen, and the most insignificant thing can mean so much. i bet that the kid still has the glowring, cause u better believe that i still have the drum. 

...just another phish show memory i wanted to share. if the kid whose drum i have remembers this incident, or any of the two other friends that were there reads this, please email me so i can thank you for your kindness.  i hope no harm was done and if there was.., i still have the drum. so thanks if u made it this far. catch u at the next show 

- Brian Chung