Hello everyone,

It looks like we're going to have a pretty big crowd for our April Caffe Lena concerts. We've blocked off 15 rooms at The Downtowner, but it's becoming pretty obvious that there will be more than 15 people attending. If you plan on attending, and will need a room at The Downtowner, you'd better make reservations soon. I think the hotel has 42 rooms, and there was another small group that was also reserving rooms for the same weekend, so please don't wait until the last minute to reserve.

Also, if you plan on attending either or both of the concerts, you should reserve a seat at Caffe Lena. The Caffe seats 82 people, and last time we played there, they had to bring in extra tables. There are many local people who will show up, and they don't always reserve. I'd hate to see people from our group show up, and be turned away at the door, so please, please reserve, and do it soon!

Val will have a get together for everyone on Saturday afternoon, currently planned from 2:30 to 6:30 PM. Everyone who has signed up on her mailing list at http://mageenet.net/lenaconcertform.html will be invited to attend. In the very near future, Val will be adding meal choices and asking how many guests you are planning on bringing. So, if you plan on attending, please sign up on the above link as soon as possible. It's really the only way she can keep track of how many people will be attending.

Phone numbers to Caffe Lena and The Downtowner are posted on Val's link.

Thanks,
Cathy
visit my website at http://www.cathycowette.com

Hello everyone,

It looks like we're going to have a pretty big crowd for our April Caffe Lena concerts. We've blocked off 15 rooms at The Downtowner, but it's becoming pretty obvious that there will be more than 15 people attending. If you plan on attending, and will need a room at The Downtowner, you'd better make reservations soon. I think the hotel has 42 rooms, and there was another small group that was also reserving rooms for the same weekend, so please don't wait until the last minute to reserve.

Also, if you plan on attending either or both of the concerts, you should reserve a seat at Caffe Lena. The Caffe seats 82 people, and last time we played there, they had to bring in extra tables. There are many local people who will show up, and they don't always reserve. I'd hate to see people from our group show up, and be turned away at the door, so please, please reserve, and do it soon!

Val will have a get together for everyone on Saturday afternoon, currently planned from 2:30 to 6:30 PM. Everyone who has signed up on her mailing list at http://mageenet.net/lenaconcertform.html will be invited to attend. In the very near future, Val will be adding meal choices and asking how many guests you are planning on bringing. So, if you plan on attending, please sign up on the above link as soon as possible. It's really the only way she can keep track of how many people will be attending.

Phone numbers to Caffe Lena and The Downtowner are posted on Val's link.

Thanks,
Cathy
visit my website at http://www.cathycowette.com

I've got my room booked and tickets for Caffe Lena and am just debating what airline to fly to Albany on. Air Canada is in BIG trouble right now and I'm also concerned about that WAR problem that may crop up!
ack!
cross your fingers!
Char

Well your choice is non-stop via Air Canada, or connections via US carriers. I'll write you offline, but I found a good choice on US carriers if you can get to the airport at the break of dawn - it's via Boston, definitely a LOT better than going to NYC (which will include a bus transfer between two airports). You'll be in Saratoga before noon (and I'll pick you up, of course). That's if you are uneasy about Air Canada's future ...

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com

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can you do something about that "war" problem too Val???
lol

quote:Originally posted by char:
can you do something about that "war" problem too Val???
lol


Char, I told you, take a bus. Wings never, never fall off busses, but if they do, you're nice and close to the ground.

Cathy

Cathy-you are, once again, SO helpful!
lol
Val - what's the line on the flying buses into Boston???
lol
Char

Is there a bus that goes from the Uk?
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

Silverheels,

My daughter tells me Harry Potter uses a flying car! He lives near you, no? Perhaps he'd lend it to you. Have a safe trip.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

No, Bru, there is no bus from the UK. But there are many flights across the Atlantic to NYC, and it's an easy hop up here. Maybe this should be your next trip to this side of the pond? We have a lot of old friends and a great bunch of newcomers planning to come, and a visit to Saratoga is a great vacation all by itself, even without a highlight of a Lightfoot tribute concert.

It's not to late to plan it ...

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com

Bill,

thank your daughter for me. I'd forgotten about Harry P's car. I'll have a word
with him. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

Val,

you're doing a great PR job!

I am working on it ... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

quote:Originally posted by SilverHeels:
Val,

you're doing a great PR job!

I am working on it ... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hey - that would be great! I hear tell that someone may be driving up from NJ; that might be another way you could get up here to Saratoga, once you land. "We" have about 20 rooms already reserved at the motel (out of their 42), so make those plans soon if you want to stay where most people will be. And, yeah, I'm working at this. I'd like it to be a big success for Lena's, and a big gathering of Lightfoot fans - old friends and lots of new ones. I hope you make it.



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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com

quote:Originally posted by SilverHeels:
Is there a bus that goes from the Uk?
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif


Concorde Bus Lines?
Sorry. You probably wouldn't understand the pun unless you've lived in Maine. Concorde is one of our bus lines, like Greyhound. It's also the name of that great big airplane that flies across the big pond.

Do try to make it, Bru!

Cathy

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:

Concorde Bus Lines?
Sorry. You probably wouldn't understand the pun unless you've lived in Maine. Concorde is one of our bus lines, like Greyhound. It's also the name of that great big airplane that flies across the big pond.

Do try to make it, Bru!

Cathy



Uhhh... I've just been informed the Concorde has been grounded. So don't take that one, Bru!

Cathy

Silverheels, You could almost bus it from the UK to the USA. A quick trip through the 'Chunnel' turn left, grind up through Scandinavia into Russia. The only problem is getting across the Bering Straits into Alaska. Perhaps a passing ice floe may suffice.

The reference to Harry Potter's car triggered fond memories. My first car was a Ford Anglia (Harry's) I called it my 'Anglebox'
It cost me £145.00 I had to take out a loan to buy it. I had just passed my driving test, and when I tried to drive it away from the garage, I kept stalling it, (4 on the floor) The salesman got his mate to follow us and he drove it home for me. Lol.
Oddly enough we have just ordered a new car, which, I am happy to say, we no longer have to take out a loan to buy. This one will not stall, it is an automatic. How times change.

Just to maintain the GL theme. I am off to the pub tonight for the weekly jam session. I will be attempting 2 Gordon songs. 'Heaven Don't Deserve Me' straight forward strumming. also 'I'll Tag Along' tricky finger picking. Wish me luck http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Silverheels, You could almost bus it from the UK to the USA. A quick trip through the 'Chunnel' turn left, grind up through Scandinavia into Russia. The only problem is getting across the Bering Straits into Alaska. Perhaps a passing ice floe may suffice.

The reference to Harry Potter's car triggered fond memories. My first car was a Ford Anglia (Harry's) I called it my 'Anglebox'
It cost me £145.00 I had to take out a loan to buy it. I had just passed my driving test, and when I tried to drive it away from the garage, I kept stalling it, (4 on the floor) The salesman got his mate to follow us and he drove it home for me. Lol.
Oddly enough we have just ordered a new car, which, I am happy to say, we no longer have to take out a loan to buy. This one will not stall, it is an automatic. How times change.

Just to maintain the GL theme. I am off to the pub tonight for the weekly jam session. I will be attempting 2 Gordon songs. 'Heaven Don't Deserve Me' straight forward strumming. also 'I'll Tag Along' tricky finger picking. Wish me luck http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hey 'Big Cheese',

where are you in the UK?

Thanks for the bus route suggested but there may be a few problems with that one ... :

Where is the jam session taking place? Love
the choice of songs!

Cathy,

I'm working on it - I'm working on it!

D'you s'pose Mr. Bush might postpone the
war to allow me to fly there and back
safely?

No? Just a thought ...

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

quote:Originally posted by SilverHeels:
Cathy,

I'm working on it - I'm working on it!

D'you s'pose Mr. Bush might postpone the
war to allow me to fly there and back
safely?

No? Just a thought ...

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif


Don't hold your breath waiting for that, Bru. We're going to have a war, whether we need it or not.
You should make the hotel and Caffe Lena reservations. You can always cancel them if it looks like you won't make it.

Cathy

There is an airplane called the Airbus manufactured by a company called-- Airbus! (what a clever bunch of folks!)

Anyway, another option you flying folks may consider is the possibility of flying into the Airport in Syracuse NY. The drive is about the same distance as from the NYC airports, and REALLY easy to get out of the airport and on to the NYS Thruway to head east to Saratoga. I have no idea what the air fare difference is, but it's just a thought for those intimidated with the thought of having to deal with NYC airports and traffic.

The nearest airport is Albany, 25 minutes away. You don't want to fly into Syracuse.

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com

whatever

quote:Originally posted by vlmagee:
The nearest airport is Albany, 25 minutes away. You don't want to fly into Syracuse.



Bru, fly into Newark. Surely, you can get SOMEONE in New Jersey to pick you up and bring you to Saratoga Springs.

Cahty

Cathy,

hmmmm ... now there's an idea! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

Silverheels. I live in a little village near Chichester, called Funtington. The wee pub I vist is the on the west side of Portsmouth Harbour, in Gosport called 'The Fighting Cocks'.

With regard to this forthcoming 'war' I hope it will not stop my wife and I flying to Corfu in May. We hope to spend a week on a small Greek island, Paxos. We are keeping our fingers crossed. I hope the Caffe Lena concerts go well. It sounds pretty good http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Silverheels. I live in a little village near Chichester, called Funtington. The wee pub I vist is the on the west side of Portsmouth Harbour, in Gosport called 'The Fighting Cocks'.

With regard to this forthcoming 'war' I hope it will not stop my wife and I flying to Corfu in May. We hope to spend a week on a small Greek island, Paxos. We are keeping our fingers crossed. I hope the Caffe Lena concerts go well. It sounds pretty good http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Big Cheese (English translation as we arent friends with the French again! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

I know Chichester but not your village.
Maybe I'll come find your little pub
sometime and you can sing Lightfoot for me. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hopefully this war will not ruin *any* of
our travel plans. You guys have a good holiday.

Silverheels. Point taken, re. French. The sad thing is my wife and I love France, and usually go over most years. But not this year.
You would be most welcome at the pub. When you say 'sing' I take it you are using it in it's broadest sense. I think Gordon would sue me if he heard me.

It reminds me of the old gag.

Torch singer to piano player, "That tune you are playing, has haunted me from the first time I sang it"

Piano player to torch singer, "It should, you murdered it" http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Silverheels. Point taken, re. French. The sad thing is my wife and I love France, and usually go over most years. But not this year.
You would be most welcome at the pub. When you say 'sing' I take it you are using it in it's broadest sense. I think Gordon would sue me if he heard me.

It reminds me of the old gag.

Torch singer to piano player, "That tune you are playing, has haunted me from the first time I sang it"

Piano player to torch singer, "It should, you murdered it" http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif