Thursday, September 21, 2006

Setup at Wingate

We had a big surprise when we got to the High Street Bar & Grill tonight. The stage has been completely rebuilt making it larger in both width and depth. All of our equipment and all of us now fit entirely on the stage leaving the dance floor clear. We had to redo some of the rigging but overall it's a vast improvement over the old one.

While the new stage was a nice surprise it wasn't really a very happy evening. Our good friend Steve Madary passed away on Monday after a long fight with cancer. We went to his viewing tonight but couldn't stay as long as we would have liked because we needed to set up the equipment. Steve was a good friend and we will miss him.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

2nd Annual Todd Smith Memorial Benefit and Poker Run

Tipmont REMC, friends, and co-workers, of the Smith Family are hosting the “2nd Annual Memorial Benefit” along with a Poker Run to help raise funds for the young Smith Children. This Annual Event will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2006, at the Lafayette Eagles Club, 3208 S. 18th St., Lafayette, IN. Poker Run Registration Begins at, Crawfordsville Eagles Club, 920 South Blvd, from 11:00 – Noon. Registration Fee is $20.00 per Bike.

Memory of Todd Smith

Todd Smith was 34 years old, a Journeyman Lineman, employed at Tipmont REMC for over ten years. On May 13, 2005, Todd was electrocuted while working on a high voltage distribution line in Wingate, IN, while restoring power after a storm went through leaving many homes without power.

Donations

A memorial fund has been established at Linden State Bank, donations may be sent to:
Todd Smith Memorial Fund
C/o Linden State Bank
PO Box 60
Linden, IN 47955

Admission is FREE and Open to the Public

Doors open at 3:00 – 11:00 pm: Lafayette Eagles Club. The day’s events will include live bands, dancing, food & beverages, gambling & raffles for adults, games & clowns for children, dunk tank & games, for teenagers and much more.

Fast Forward will be one of the live bands at the Lafayette Eagles location, as will Salazar.

Click here to download the official flyer for this event.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Setup at the Hideaway


We got an early start today. Tony got off work early so we headed over to the Hideaway at around 4:30 this afternoon. This is the first time there with the new backdrop. Roma and Mike enjoyed our sound check. We did all of our new material (sorry, no hints, you'll just have to come to the show to find out what's new) as well as a few requests. What the heck, as long as we were setup early we might as well play for a while and have some fun.


Laura and Jack seemed to be having a good time. She's from Indianapolis and was in Lafayette to meet a photophobic fireman from Chicago. He probably knows how flammable that Jack Daniels is and didn't want to be seen near it.


We also had a sort of art show. I think it's called "Jill in the Box" and is supposed to have everything you can imagine. Maybe you can see it this weekend although I can't say for sure if they will be there.