First time attendee Georgina (left) and veteran Christina (Stardust2112) doing
SQUEEZE THE ZUCCHINIS!
OK I gotta explain this.
I brought my girlfriend, Georgina, down to ProgPower as my birthday gift to her. Her birthday was that Wednesday. She and Christina have gotten to be friends bcause we are all part of the NYC Tristate Heavy Metal Meetup Group at meetup.com. Georgina is the organizer and I am the assistant organizer.
The prior week Georgina and I had watched the ProgPower DVD so she could get an idea about the fest and the great community that I had been telling her about (I had attended for the first time the prior year).
When we got to the SQUEEZE THE ORANGES part on the DVD with the crew, she said something like:
"Squeeze the oranges? How about us girls? It should be SQUEEZE THE ZUCCHINIS!"
So we HAD to get a shot like that during the fest!
In all seriousness the weekend was great. Glenn, Shane, Shawn and crew all did an excellent job and Georgina loved it also. She couldn't believe the friendliness of everyone. She described it as a "big cocktail party with metal". Which pretty much does sum it up.
We definitely plan to return next year!
And to all the lovely ladies posing for corset pictures next year, be sure to strike the pose now called SQUEEZE THE ZUCCHINIS!