From Soundcheck
St. Petersburg Times
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"8:08 p.m.: Here's an awesome thing that just happened."
"Sarah Borges was wrapping up her set in the Bandshell. It was drizzling, but her audience had slowly built back up during the course of her rip-roaring blues-rock set. And in the middle of her final song, she decided the audience wasn't quite as into it as she felt they ought to be."
"So Borges hopped offstage (sans mic), ran through the crowd, grabbed a vinyl chair and climbed on. She implored the audience to join her in a rain-soaked, unplugged call-and-response."
"Turn your lights down low!" Borges called.
"TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW!"
"Open up your back door!"
"OPEN UP YOUR BACK DOOR!"
She pulled a fan's fuzzy purple hat off his head and did it all again.
"Turn your lights down low!"
"TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW!"
"Open up your back door!"
"OPEN UP YOUR BACK DOOR!
"Then she ran back onstage and finished her set. Great stuff. This is the kind of moment that you hear about whenever people reminisce fondly of Heatwave."
