This past weekend, RTV sent a group of interns to the Bamboozle Concert in Philly. David, Joe, Catalina, Rachel, and I gathered at the bus stop in Washington, DC at 7:30am on Sunday ready for a day of meeting people and great music. We arrived in Philadelphia after a fun road trip during which we bonded over 90s alternative rock songs and discussed whether cheese whiz would be good on a Philly Cheese steak.
When we first arrived at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Colin, the Pennsylvania State-Coordinator met up with us and gave us a quick run-through on voter registration. It was the first time any of us had ever registered voters and I think we all agreed it was a great feeling. It wasn’t long ago when all of us interns, who at the time weren’t old enough to vote, heard these bands debut on the radio and now we were talking to young voters about everything from music to fashion to why voting is so vital to young people. We registered a ton of people to vote and for those who were already voters (good for you!) we signed them up for Rock the Vote updates. We loved talking to those that were excited to volunteer with us. One of the best parts was seeing people walk by with an RTV sticker on their newly-bought concert gear; it meant we’d already talked to so many of you!
Just when it started to get unbearably hot, Forever the Sickest Kids hit the stage with amazing energy. Everyone was jumping up and down, waving their arms to the beat. Since we were at the RTV table, we didn’t get to see whether the crowd met the band’s challenge of 15 crowd-surfers. But there was so much energy, I’m sure they did. Shortly after Forever the Sickest Kids, Simple Plan hit the stage. It seemed like everyone there sang along to their summer hit “Addicted.” We enjoyed meeting other music-lovers and new voters. It was great to finally get the hands-on experience with voter registration that RTV is all about.
