guest column Festivals: The Most Fun Ever Becky Caldwell is the executive director of the Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon, Virginia. Her career has spanned 22 years and numerous festivals throughout the country, including the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival, and Spontaneous Combustion Improv Festivals in Atlanta and Detroit. by Becky Caldwell I have a confession to make- I am a festival junkie. Keep your fancy plush seats and climate control. I'll take a sweaty walk down a neighborhood street any day, as long as it's lined with vendors and edged with entertainment. I may be a foodie, but I still I prefer to eat my food off a stick and a paper plate than a fancy res66 BlueRidgeCountry.com Becky Caldwell on festivals: "Fire up that giant copper kettle and pour in the corn, because this girl loves a good street party!" taurant. Beer belongs in a plastic cup, and the best dancing happens on the grass. These are facts which I have no interest in arguing. I first fell in love with festivals when I was an intern at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (Fancy, Morehttp://www.BlueRidgeCountry.com