"I really wanted to come up here with my friend and his band because I wanted to get out of town. I've been in New Orleans carnival season for a month and getting out of the thick of the crazy parties...

Neeley Curent: "We've been selling popcorn for City Garden school, a local non-profit. It serves first through fifth grade [and] it's an arts and outdoor education school here in Columbia. Why did you...

"I was a queen [last year] and I love just being able to dress up and be myself for once instead of normal clothes, so that's why I do it ... People are just really exited to see you [as a queen] and...

"One of the things I love about True False is that it brings people in from not only all over the country, but all over the world ... Being able to meet people that I would have never had the opportunity...

"I really wanted to come up here with my friend and his band because I wanted to get out of town. I've been in New Orleans carnival season for a month and getting out of the thick of the crazy parties...