Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours in Gastonia, NC May 10, 2008

nvestysly · 05-01-2008, 06:04 AM

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Pot Luck Breakfast on Sunday?

Sunday breakfast sounds good. I think we may make a breakfast casserole. It can be made with or without meat (Italian sausage) - any comments.

I'll send a PM to attendees with our cell phone number.

Lucius

Ike T · 05-01-2008, 06:09 AM

We're hoping to be there by 6pm on Friday. Got to get on the road by 1pm for that to happen. Miss the Atlanta rushhours but get caught in the Greenville-Spartanburg rush seconds.

mbmbstreamer · 05-01-2008, 09:20 PM

Beth wants to make Monkey Bread. It is definitely not on my diet...except my camping diet! You'll love it.

Matt

nvestysly · 05-04-2008, 03:53 PM

The days are ticking down - less than a week to go! Can you tell I'm excited? I hope the weather works out for camping and for the festival in Gastonia.

This will be an outdoor performance for Antsy and the Troubs so be sure to bring lawn chairs. I'm hoping for a nice size crowd at the festival but not a huge crowd. Too big and it's difficult to watch and listen to the band.

If you have a Troubadours CD that you want signed by the band be sure to bring it to the show. I don't have a firm commitment yet about getting together with the band but they did say would like to meet us after the show. Just not sure how much time they will be able to spend with us. We'll have to see how things shape up.

At any rate... A bad day camping is better than a good day at work.

Lucius

mbmbstreamer · 05-04-2008, 06:54 PM

The Airstream bag chairs are packed. So is the firewood. Campfire after the show? Maybe a cold drink and a little conversation?

Nothing like camping with friends (new and old)!

Matt

nilesrob · 05-04-2008, 08:59 PM

We have a few complications for this weekend, but will try to work this in. This sounds like fun - we'll see what we can do!

Ike T · 05-05-2008, 05:51 AM

My brother and family may join us for the show.

They live 45 minutes from Gastonia.

Ike T · 05-05-2008, 06:15 AM

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nilesrob · 05-05-2008, 11:17 AM

OK - deck is cleared - we will head to NC Thursday. Booked in site 90. See you there!

nvestysly · 05-05-2008, 07:04 PM

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OK - deck is cleared - we will head to NC Thursday. Booked in site 90. See you there!

Hello Brad - We missed you as Springstream so it will be good to see you here.

I just heard from one of the Troubadour band members. They do have a very tight schedule - arriving about 4PM on Saturday and probably leaving shortly after the show. They definitely want to meet us and they will be hanging out after the show to say hello. Here's a quote from the email I received:

"say hi, introduce your group so we can all interact during the show. We really want to meet everyone."

Sounds like this is an invitation to make ourselves known in the crowd. Anything you can bring to ham it up is fair game I think. Does anybody have a flag or some sort of poster/banner? Danielle and I have Blue Berets from our WBCCI membership - those certainly look unusual. Somebody want to wear a head full of rollers - that's certainly very appropriate for the show. I'm wearing and polyester shirt and so is Danielle. Anything that fits the trailer park theme would be great. Any ideas?

Lucius

nilesrob · 05-05-2008, 08:13 PM

This is shamesless, despicable. Is there no sense of decorum? We'll be there - sounds like our kind of event....

Ike T · 05-06-2008, 05:47 AM

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Somebody want to wear a head full of rollers - that's certainly very appropriate for the show. I'm wearing and polyester shirt and so is Danielle. Anything that fits the trailer park theme would be great. Any ideas?

Lucius

Soiled white tanktops.

nilesrob · 05-06-2008, 07:25 AM

The only problem with tanktops is you can't roll a pack of Luckies in the sleeve. We'll see what we can find. The problem is I probably won't have to look too far...

nvestysly · 05-06-2008, 07:19 PM

Deep End!

I may have gotten a little crazy with my suggestion of a head full of hair rollers. But the creativity of this group makes me think we'll have some good audience participation.

On a more serious note, any ideas on how we might identify our group? One or two forum members indicated they may drive in for the show but not camp. It would be nice if they could identify us in the crowd. (just in case they don't notice the soiled t-shirts, polyester, rollers and Luckies).

Only a couple more days - I can't wait.

Lucius