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Scene report: Free compliments
Does the gray, drizzly weather today have you down? Have you got the “it’s the first properly rainy Austin City Limits Music Festival and I have no poncho” blues? Do the overcast skies have you feeling more Elliott Smith than Airborne Toxic Event?
Then Cedar Park High School students Garren Gibson and Evan Lafosse, both 16, have just the ticket for you. As part of a community involvement project for a leadership class, the pair have had the bright idea to position themselves outside the main entrance to the festival and issue “free compliments” to passerby.
“Nice shades! Hey, I really like those shorts! Totally dig your style,” said Lafosse to a smiling festivalgoer.
Gibson and Lafosse started at around noon. They chose to launch their project at the festival but have plans to do it again in other locations.
“We just want to make people’s day generally brighter,” said Gibson. “There’s so many people in the community who could use just a little pick-me-up, so we’re out here to make people feel better. It looks like we picked a good day for it.”
And so far, the reactions from festivalgoers seem chipper, as the two have become a popular subject for pictures.
“Some people take it different ways, but normally they love it,” said Lafosse.
Patrick Caldwell photo
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By Gran Gran
October 4, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this
To be an encourager and spirit booster is somethings all of us can and should do. For young people, this is a super trait to cultivate. It makes it more special to me because G. G. is my grandson!!!!!
By evan lafosse
October 4, 2009 3:04 PM | Link to this
haha thats me! (evan)
By micaela
October 4, 2009 6:57 PM | Link to this
YAll are sooo coool!!