I shot a video there in 1999. Snif, I think I missed your girl by a year.
It was a pretty good time. Gerry Lewis and the Playboys were featured, plus Tommy Rowe and others. Blend of Turtle Lake members and public. Maybe 1,000 people. Lots of dancing and music and all ages.
It was an odd shooting in that cameras were generally not allowed except for the "house" stills guy. Allowing an outside video cameraman was interesting in that the members wanted a travel commercial and the company wanted a party video. The musicians wanted a music MTV style, and the outsiders all just wanted to be naked on TV. Parents didn't want their daughters (17 to 25) in the video, and the daughters took every opportunity to dance and stand in front of the cameras. I never has so many people trying to tell me what to do.
The event had just lost the name "Nudestock" in a trademark law suit and they didn't know what to call the show. "Nudefest" was the new name, but I they were really disappointed in the change.
The stills were all watermarked (sorry). The video was AMX Video #164 Nude Fest. I may try to get a torrent going sometime of the video as it was very unique in many ways.
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