I got there for a little while — there was a great energy among the young crowd.

I had my camera and took a few shots of mumbledust and Christ, Lord.

I’ve rhapsodized about mumbledust before — a duo of Rachel Perisho and Ryan McCardle. See my previous post mumbledust: folk noir from Savannah

Here’s mumbledust’s exceptionally beautiful video for the even more beautiful song “Places”:

mumbledust at The Starland Dairy, including a shot of sound man Peter Mavrogeorgis. And, yes, that’s a saw that Rachel is playing:

And here’s Christ, Lord from Atlanta (most of the band members were in pretty dark spots):

People are just getting stuff done.

And that certainly holds true for Jon Taylor, an artist and SCAD student who organized The Starland Circus Friday night in conjunction with his The Clown Show at Desoto Row Gallery.

I first wrote about Jon in my column in Do when he mounted the fundraiser The Cat Show in 2011, and I included a preview of The Starland Circus in my column last week. Bill DeYoung did a great piece for Connect.

A lot of guests obviously had no idea what to expect at The Starland Circus, but knowing Jon, knowing the great space of the old Starland Dairy, and knowing the entertainment he had scheduled, I wasn’t surprised by the unpredictable, campy, and really warm atmosphere. None of the kids who showed up with their parents early in the evening seemed to be weirded out by the clowns, the masks, or the tricks.

The SCAD Circus Club entertained, there was cotton candy, many of the guests arrived in costume, Dame Darcy performed, there was a fashion show — probably the fastest one ever, anywhere — with apparel from The Clothing Warehouse, Anitra sang arias from Pagliacci.

After sunset, the scene shifted from the singing and the fashion show to a light show with dancing.