Post by Katherine Stanhope

Many came by car, some by bike and others on foot, but no matter what form of transportation used, droves of teenagers and twenty-somethings congregated at Echo Park Lake Sunday afternoon for the L.A. Scavenger Hunt -- the main event for the second day of the F Yeah Fest.

The scavenger hunt spanned the entire city of Los Angeles, kicking off at 2:30 p.m. at Echo Park Lake and ending in downtown at around 7:00 P.M. on Santa Fe Avenue. Tired participants were treated to not one, but two celebratory concerts at the hunt's end location -- acts included Dan Deacon, Strike Anywhere and Paint it Black. There was a wide cross-section of teams competing in the scavenger hunt, from the Sex Panthers -- who decorated their own vibrant t-shirts -- to the aptly-titled Underage Controversy, who came dressed in full matching ensembles (Red and yellow leotards to be exact). Other groups included the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the M&Ms -- I get the feeling that these guys were unaffiliated with their supposed corporate sponsors.

The list itself included L.A. Scavenger Hunt classics such as having a team member kiss a senior citizen and more extreme choices, like finding anything Bobby Brown-related, photographing an entire team playing air guitar in a McDonalds, getting a permanent LA tattoo, shaving an eyebrow and obtaining a stack of canned corn. Despite all of the participants' sacrifices, the F Yeah Fest made these tasks and the excuse to spend an entire afternoon dressed in costume in August, worth it. The winning team will receive $500 cash, a Gibson guitar, tickets to see Hot Chip & Mogwai, 10 CDs a month for a year and much more. Winners will be announced Sept. 14.