Strange dream

[fbhjr]

I dreamed we were doing some sort of Phoenix Swords show on some sort of
campus. I think it was a college campus, but I’m not totally sure.
We were set up next to a stone church because it “looked the most medieval
of the buildings there”.
It seemed like there were a fair number of student age people there. We
didn’t seem to be doing many shows, mostly answering questions of folks
going past.

As we stood there, a parade came by. It wasn’t on a road or anything, just
following one of the foot paths across the campus.
In the parade was the Sons of the American Revolution color guard that I
used to be in 30+ years ago. They marched on past looking much like they
did back in the 80’s.
“Thinking of joining up with us again?” a voice asked.
I turned and sitting on top of the stone wall at the end of the yard was
Ann, the drummer for the color guard. (Yes, the Sons of the American
Revolution had a woman drummer for their color guard back in the 80’s. She
was by far the best drummer we could get.)
“No, I think I’ll stick to swinging swords,” I told her.
“Suit yourself!” she said. She hopped down and marched off down the road.

As the parade continued, some folks with big torches came marching down the
path.
“Careful with those or you’ll set something on fire!” I shouted.
And, they did.
As the past the church where we were set up, one of the torches hit the
side of the church. While the church was mostly stone, there were some big
wooden vents in the side. One of those was hit and caught fire.
My wife and blue_micha jumped up and ran over with our troupes
fire extinguishers.
But, the vents were large and they couldn’t put it all out.

I grabbed what I thought was our troupe’s fire proof blanket and began
swinging it up at the vent over my head. But, it turned out to only be my
normal bath towel and it caught fire.
I stopped my towel out.

“I think we need the fire department,” my wife shouted as she ran up with
another bucket of water.
“I agree,” I said. “I’ll go pull the alarm.”

I ran into the building and looked for the fire alarm switch. No one in
the church had noticed that the side of the building was on fire. There
were lots of people in there and they seemed to be holding a meeting of
some kind.
In the front foyer I found a fire alarm button.
I pushed it in, it popped back out.
I pushed it in again and it popped back out again.
I looked at the button. “Hold in for 30 seconds” was written on the button.
I pushed it in and held it. It started pushing back quite hard and I had
to lean on it with my full weight. I was not at all sure I could hold it
in for 30 seconds.
Dream ends.

I’ve got no idea what set off this dream.
My wife and I have been worried about Phoenix Swords jobs this year because
of a lack of performers. But, how would that tie in to doing a job outside
a church and setting it on fire?
And, why did the old color guard show up?
I did a google search on the drummer who showed up in my dream. A photo of
her in her uniform was the second image on there. So, I guess she still
does it.
She was probably about my age now 30 years ago, so I’m not sure if she still marches with
them or not.

And, I’ve got no idea about the fire and fire alarm part.

Comments

[luckweaver.livejournal.com]

Well, I would assume the fire ties into your worries, given that fire is dangerous, and the alarm went off, and you had trouble with fighting the fire. It was probably your subconscious' way of panicking.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Possibly. But, it is also one of the mediums with which we perform, so I think it is more complex than that.
I think it is my fear of our upcoming big show and I won't have enough people to help with it. That I keep asking for help, but it isn't showing up. Or, that I'm afraid it won't.