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![]() Thursday, August 6, 1998 Cleveland, Ohio This is Bonnie's last set today, and also the first day for many artists. The venue we are in is made of wood, best for the sounds of a symphony, however the audience are really a great bunch. Did I say we are in Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron (also the birthplace of AA - Alcoholics Anonymous - founded by Bill and Bob) in Ohio. The nearest large city is Cleveland. I met some girls from Kenston high school in Bainbridge. They were sophomores who tried to get some of the guys to come too, but those guys were too afraid of the "men-bashing" to come. So I think they really missed out on a wonderful day. I have heard more praise for men on Lilith Fair than I think you'd hear on any other tour. Sinead O'Connor declared her gratefulness to her best friend John on stage, and dedicated the song "I love you John" to all the fathers in the audience. Erykah Badu also praised men during her performance and got the audience to cheer them. There are a lot of teenagers here, and they are really sweet. I had my tarot cards read by a fan sitting on the lawn (and she did a great, accurate job). She was reading the cards for the other fans seated around her on spreads on the grass. It is really cool to sit amongst thousands of great people. It's so wonderful meeting these cool people, and everyone coming together and becoming one. Some were so appreciative of the event, so I asked them to express themselves. Ellen thanked Sarah for inspiring her to write songs. Kelly said "Sarah McLachlan your music helped me through a lot, and has a lot of meaning, and to everybody else, you guys all really rock, it's an awesome thing what you're doing." Eron Osborne said, " I met so many great people, and the performers are great, and there are so many amazing women. It's great." Ruddich said, "I want to thank all the musicians and crew and everybody for putting this all together, it's amazing." I want to say something to everybody but I don't have different words to express it." It's great way to bring a lot of different music and people together. People are accepted, they aren't ridiculed. |