Ticket Stubs

[Yuri]

I came across just a few of my Lightfoot ticket stubs that I’d collected over the last quarter century and had an idea.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7929/lightfootbulbfu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I’m sure that most Corfidians are no less crazy than myself and keep their stubs as a souvenir. Thought it might be fun to post a few of these and see the variety of tickets out there. Who can post the oldest ticket, the most expensive ticket, the most venues. How many locations (states, provinces, countries) can we come up with. The year with the greatest number of attendees/stubs. How many can we post for the current tour - etc. Perhaps those posting their stubs might also share a story or memory around that performance.
Just a diversion while waiting for summer to roll around.
Ticket Stubs

[Jesse Joe]

DSR do you have all your ticket stubs ? :)

[brink-]

gee Yuri, it would be nice to get by with 9.00 for a ticket again. I have never kept my stubs. I don't know why, just never have. But this will be interesting to see the prices, locations, and dates.

[charlene]

Sept.7/2002-Orillia Opera House.
The Concert that Never Was..

[RJ]

re: Sept.7/2002-Orillia Opera House. The Concert that Never Was..

Oh really.. were you there?.. If so I suppose you've posted a description of it somewhere.. not to bring back bad memories.. but I'd be interested to hear from someone who was there, what the experience was from the ticket holder's perspective etc.. Those who showed up for the gig etc.. What were the rumors? What was the news, the feeling around the Opera House etc..
'just curious..

[charlene]

I was there on that most horrible day..I've tried searching for my posts at that time..some of them are under 'crashman'..I'll keep looking.
It was quite a day and night.

[RJ]

No big deal..
if it's difficult to find..
I know I'm off topic here etc..

[charlene]

I'm now curious as to where they've gone..
lol

[brink-]

I was there, and Char didn't even know me.....

We were assembled at the doors, it seemed to be late and we were wondering why the doors weren't opened. Then somebody came out and said the concert was cancelled as Mr. Lightfoot was ill or not well. Just some mumblings in the crowd, nobody thought too much about it I don't think. I went back to the hotel, and the next morning there were films of Gord being taken from the Flight For Life into the Hamilton Hospital. Someone was bagging him so I knew that it was serious or he would not have been intubated. He was unconscious of course. Rick made a statement later that day, and then I flew back to Colorado and didn't hear anything more. I finally found corfid again - I was not a member at that time, just a lurker and a rare one so it was difficult to find the site again. It was a worrisome time, that is for sure.

[Dream Street Rose]

Jesse Joe,

I tried the link and below is what I got when I clicked on it. Thank you for all your posts.

Please try some different terms.


DSR

[Jesse Joe]

DSR it's from 2002 when Lightfoot got ill, maybe its not working anymore ?

[Jesse Joe]

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crashman
11-04-2002 11:03 PM
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crashman
10-28-2002 11:37 PM
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crashman
10-08-2002 11:04 PM
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crashman
09-16-2002 07:10 PM
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crashman
09-11-2002 01:06 PM
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crashman
09-09-2002 08:44 AM
by char (http://www.corfid.com/vbb/member.php?find=lastposter&t=13483) http://www.corfid.com/vbb/images_corfid/buttons/lastpost.gif (http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=88265#post88265)

[Jesse Joe]

Char & RM were looking for these posts from 2002. I tought I had found what they were looking for. Sorry that it turn out like this. Really didn't mean any harm. ~Jesse Joe~

[charlene]

I will look for them as well-I'm also going through my boxes of stuff and scanning some articles/reviews/tickets/programmes etc. that I've meant to do for along time but now have the time and energy to actually do it..So much stuff..

[buzzard]

Interesting topic, Yuri.

I scrounged around and found some interesting items. I haven't tried adding attachments here; hopefully this will work. How times have changed. The oldest one is from my first Massey concert - $7.50 for a fifth row seat! Also included is a comparable ticket from the most recent Massey series - $65.00, 29 years later. The stubs from the 70's are the old style that were produced by a printing company and delivered to the venue. The most recent one is an e-ticket, printed at home, with a bar code scanned upon entrance.

[charlene]

Massey Hall - March 23..could be 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976 or 1975. Ground Floor - $11.50
1975 was my first Lightfoot concert at Massey.
Massey Hall - March 14, 1980. Ground Floor - $12.50

[charlene]

HAMILTON shows
September 6, 1979
November 4, 1981
November 28,29, 2004 - Thankyou Shows for McMaster Hospital
and nametags that Sir John made for the attendees..

[charlene]

Massey Hall - March 22, 1981

[Peter Bro10]

here's one with an autograph... how cool is that?
It is framed and on display in my den.

[charlene]

Massey Hall - March 13, 1982

[charlene]

Massey Hall - March 27, 1983
Massey Hall - March 14, 1984 - one week before my son was born - due date was March 17, 1984.
and article from Dec.1983 prior to Massey concerts..

[charlene]

Massey Hall - March 20, 1987
Massey Hall - November 18, 1988
Massey Hall - March 24, 1990

[charlene]

Massey Hall - November 23, 1991
Massey Hall - March 20, 1993
Massey Hall - March 18, 1995

[charlene]

Massey Hall - May 24,25,26-2001

[charlene]

Peterborough Festival of Lights - August 11, 2001

[RM]

Great posts.

In the 12/83 'King's City' column, Lightfoot is quoted : "This is my hometown. But I haven't always been at my best".

Does anyone have a recollection of a performance at Massey Hall that you consider sub-par ?

[charlene]

The critics have not always been kind to Gord here in Toronto..I have lots of reviews that I will get scanned asap as I go along and sort thru all of the stuff I have..

[Jesse Joe]

I have this one from probably 1977.

[Jesse Joe]

Thanks for those great pictures CHar, including this one which is my favo(u)rite... Lightfoot in the 70's right ? Man did he look good, with that beard. Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo said in a TV interview something like, -> many young guys wishing we could look & sound like him. The curly hair and all... :)



http://www.corfid.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=924&d=1204416989

[charlene]

I've got that pic marked as taken in 1981..

[RockyF]

These are the only stubs I could find. The earliest is from the Music Hall in Houston, circa 1972. If I remember right, I paid $3.50 for it because $4.50 for a front row seat seemed excessive at the time.

I know I have some other ticket stubs around here somewhere, but I must have put them in such a secure location that I can no longer find them myself. So what chance will the ticket stub thiefs have?

Regards to all,
Rocky
Flint, Texas

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I could not find the ticket stub for this concert, but these are pictures from the 1978 concert at Jones Hall in Houston. Liona Boyd was opening for Gordon, at least on the Texas part of the tour. My seat was in the front row of the hall, but very close to the right-hand end.

[Jesse Joe]

I've got that pic marked as taken in 1981..

He quit the booze the following year, labor day. I guess he also decided to shave his beard... :biggrin: :)

[charlene]

previous post of unknown dated stub must have been 1979...I took these on March 20, 1979..Colleen Peterson was the opening at. She passed away in 1996.
Pee Wee was wearing his fake nose and glasses..

[charlene]

more March 20, 1979 pics from Massey Hall.
When Gord introduced the band back then they would all walk around shaking hands with each other..
Barry is 'meeting' Gord..

[joveski]

barry has the "who are you?" expression on his face!

[charlene]

oh yeah .. they all played along like trained actors---every time..
lol

[Jesse Joe]

Great pics Char, Colleen Peterson was another favorite of mine. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Didn't you just hate it when they tore the ticket stubs in 2. Today they dont do that anymore !


October 24th,1987... Rebecca Cohn Auditorium... Halifax, Nova-Scotia.

[Jesse Joe]

April 3rd,1990... Moncton Coliseum... Moncton, New-Brunswick !

[Jesse Joe]

May 11th, 2007... Moncton Coliseum... Moncton, New-Brunswick !

[RockyF]

This thread hasn't had much interest for a while, but I finally located my ticket stub from Ft. Worth this past June. I had it neatly stored away in a Dave Mallett LP sleeve. "Inches and Miles", I believe.

The Ft. Worth ticket stub doesn't show a price, but it cost me $55.00. Note that they stamped 'Limited View' on the ticket, and I had to initial that before they actually would take my money. (I might have had a limited view if the opera box I was seated in had been full. But only 3 of the 8 seats were in use, so I got to move to a seat with a totally unhindered view.) The ticket included parking right next to Bass Hall in the Sundance Square area. Which is a very happening place when you hail from Tyler.

I met Terry and Mike on the street after the show. They came out of a service entrance in the back of the concert hall, and asked me if I knew where the Renaissance (?) Hotel was. I didn't -- but Mike and Terry were kind enought to chat with me for a few minutes and sign my booklet from the SongBook collection. Very fine gentlemen, indeed!

I would have attached these pics to my previous posting, but Corfid didn't seem to want to let me do that. Or else I just don't understand the process.

Regards to all,
Rocky Fugate
Flint, Texas

[Jesse Joe]

Welcome to you Rocky F, really good to hear from Texas folks. :)