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Good Fest Manners Benefit Everyone!
1. Please obey all Cornerstone rules, policies, and security staff. This means no fireworks, open fires, driving your
car once you have reached your site, setting off dry ice bombs, or any other unsafe foolishness that you should have gotten
out of your system many years ago.
2. Keep the volume down in the campgrounds, particularly at night. If you feel a need to make noise, go into the food
court area or the main stage (where there aren't a lot of campers) and make your noise there.
3. Watch where you park and camp. Try not to block roads or crowd your neighbors.
4. Be prepared to be offended. Not everyone shares your views on abortion, homosexuality, the death penalty or the Clinton
presidency. If you find that someone is wearing a t-shirt espousing views that you don't like, ignore them. Or better yet,
talk to them about it. You may make a new friend, and more importantly, you may learn something.
5. Not everyone holds to the same "holiness standard" that you do. Some people smoke, drink, and wear two-piece bathing
suits. Try and focus on the beams in your own eyes before plucking slivers out of theirs. (This being said, I should note
that alcohol is not permitted on the site, and that the fest organizers ask that people dress modestly. Cigarette smokers
should be considerate in when and where they choose to light up.)
6.Old fashioned phrases such as: "Please", "thank you", "excuse me", "I'm sorry", and "you're welcome" make for a more
civilized community.
7. Try and do someone a good turn every day. If a person's car is stuck in a ditch, help push them out. If a person has
run out of money for food, buy them a meal. If someone seems sad and lonely, buy them an ice cream cone and listen to them.
Imagine what would happen if *everyone* at Cornerstone tried to care for each other in this way!
8. Remember that not everyone has had the blessing and benefit of a good upbringing. Sometimes the people who seem to
be the most rude and obnoxious are at Cornerstone because they really are trying to live a Christian life. It isn't easy for
a lot of people to transcend their upbringing (or lack thereof), show grace and understanding with such people. This doesn't
mean that you should be a pushover, or should tolerate abusive or dangerous behavior. It just means that you should try and
settle problems with people in a gracious and understanding way, rather than immediately going to security.
9. Be flexible when setting up camp. If someone moves into your camping area and needs a you to move your car or truck,
do so, and without whining.
10. If you get a ride from someone that you don't know very well, (or even someone that you do know well) show your appreciation
by filling up the gas tank, buying a sack of ice daily, and taking them to lunch/dinner/breakfast on your way up and on your
way down.
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