From Thursday evening setup to Sunday evening breakdown—and all the crowds and activity in betweeen—Xpress presents this timelapse of the entire Bele Chere weekend. Recorded from the Xpress webcam overlooking the corner of College and Haywood streets in downtown Asheville.
Timelapse: Stefan Colosimo. Music: Abby the Spoon Lady and Banjo Ben performing “Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss” for the Busk Break project.
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3 thoughts on “Bele Chere 2011 Timelapse”
Wow, that time lapse is awesome.
And I agree that it appears there were far fewer attendees this year.
if you watch carefully, you can make out the 5k crowd passing through early saturday..
I think a guy urinates on the info booth around 3:15 a.m.