First date for 2008 confirmed!!!

[Dream Street Rose]

Hello Louise,

I too remember the mail arriving with the Lightfoot concert schedule. What fun and excitement to see where they were going to be. We got to see the whole year all at the same time. Again I ask myself, where did all those years go?

DSR

[Kerstin]

Would be nice to get the whole tour schedule at once. That would make it soooo much easier to make travel plans.

[charlene]

The only person I ever wrote to before I found the internet folks was Lightfoot himself..
lol

[Auburn Annie]

Originally Posted by Kerstin

Would be nice to get the whole tour schedule at once. That would make it soooo much easier to make travel plans.

It would, but I think they add concerts as venues are available. The logistics of planning out the schedule a year in advance is no small task.

[Dream Street Rose]

Hi Char,

I was the same way. Hope all is well.

DSR

[charlene]

All is well here in Toronto - just had a heck of a thunder/lightning/rain storm come in from south west Ontario, and last only about 20 minutes tho..Hazy but sunny now..could be more of same later..Hope Gord didn't get wet while raking his leaves..
lol
He can relax while watching the Toronto Argos vs Edmonton football game that is on now at the Skydome and tonight its the classic Hockey Night in Canada from the Air Canada centre (ACC) with the age old rivalry of Leafs vs. Montreal Canadians..
GO LEAFS GO.
The Blue Jays had their last game last weekend - no playoffs again..

[charlene]

Just came back from a walk over to the ACC - they had a tailgate party starting at 4 till 7 when the game started and they had a big tv out front to watch the game. it is so incredibly gorgeous out-t-shirts and shorts still!
As we walked past the Skydome there was a production crew shooting something. Some guy was bleeding from his arm like a stuck pig but shooting was still going. We went to the ACC and on our way back they were shooting another scene of a bunch of Leafs fans watching the game on tv's in a store window - they were in jerseys and had Leafs flags and fan stuff. the window was a store in the Dome at the Rogers video store.(Rogers owns the Dome and the Jays) I talked with a production guy and the movie is the new Mike Myers 'The Love Guru" also starring Justin Timberlake. Unfortunately there was no sighting of either (Lisa was disppointed about not seeing Justin) but I'd bet Mike is in the ACC watching the Leafs and Canadiens. he LOVES the Leafs (anf Toronto/Scarborough) beyond telling. They've been shooting all over Toronto and the suburb of Scarborough where Mike grew up.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811138/maindetails
The movie is set for release in June 2008. It will be interesting to see if the scene we watched tonight will make the final cut.

[johnfowles]

One thing surprises me.
I believe that Wayne has or had the ear of EMP and can usually be relied upon to be the first to know about concert dates.
After all his proud claim is
" the most complete source of Gordon Lightfoot information anywhere on the planet, with "the" most up to date new concert listings to be found"
"
As we had to miss every single 2007 conceret we are naturally anxious to know details of the mooted "US southeast run is being put together for early next year" as Wayne has recently stated.
But since Meredith is in close contact with Gord and now has a web site at:-
"Your #1 Official Source For All Things Lightfoot!"
and on the heading picture she has overwritten
"'your #1 source for everything Lightfoot"
I am surprised that fledgling site it may be that obviously she will enhance as and when time permits whilst she took the trouble to link to La Lohan's site so far there is no link to "tour details/concerts"
If you read this Meredith perhaps you might care to comment

Typically, when is the mostly complete tour schedule usually available? Gosh, there's a conference at the end of Jan in NV that I'd like to go to and it would be great to get some Gord in there. In fact, I've not registered for the conference and only will if he's performing in the region.

California would be nice though! I've only been once...and that was just a day trip/drive from Bishop up to Bodie State Park. I'd love to see more of CA!

So I'm hoping to attend shows in New England and maybe elsewhere on a road trip. Do any of you ever travel together and share expenses? I'm thinking that depending on my son's college internship next summer - that perhaps he and I will take a roadtrip. Though I prefer to stay in a hotel...the KOA kabins are so cheap and even cheaper when sharing. Usually about $40/night and the kabins sleep 4. Tent sites (and really, no tent needed depending on the weather) when renting a kabin are like $2/night!

Just something to keep in mind - I only know one person here and nobody else at all. But I think it would be kewl for a bunch to get together and rent a couple of kabins...get the guitars out, etc!

I've been on one ghost town rally and we've done this and it's either camping or a block of rooms at a hotel. Maybe we could do a Gordquest Rally!

Pam

[Gitchigumee]

Hey Pam, there's a whole slew of us in the midwest, so maybe you should check out that schedule when it's announced. I'm pretty much game for anything, and cabins sound like fun. I'm not so sure about tent camping without a tent though.

[johnfowles]

I simply have to share a dream I very clearly remember from last night with you.
In it somebody(I forget who) passed me a cutting from a UK local Newspaper and I was amazed to read (in very small print looking rather like a want or for sale advert) that Gordon Lightfoot would be appearing in an outside concert (unlikely in rain sodden England) at Sherborne School (for Boys),

Sherborne School The Courts
one of a series of delightful paintings by William Cooper a one time schoolmaster at the School in my home town.

A view of Greenhill at the top of the town showing the old stone building "the Julian"
at one time this housed the town Library
two points to err umm point out
1 Just behind the lady walking in front you can pick out a triangular area built up in the corner. this legend has it was added to prevent that spot being used as a public convenience by gents exiting one of several nearby public houses. OK sorry TMI, I know!!
2 The old timbered building alongside has a shop on the right hand end corner
The last time I was there this was a greengrocer's store, in my school days it was a small corner convenience store not facility run by a character called Eddie Anstey who sold amongst other things cigarettes (I can remember as an impecunious schoolboy buying my first cancer sticks there (Eddie sold Wills Wild Woodbines

the UK's cheapest and nastiest fags in packets of 20,10.5 and even in very small packets containing just 2 I seem to recall )
He also catered to gentlemen's "basic needs for something for the weekend" as they used to be coyly referred to and I remember my best friend Russ being cuffed around the ear when he asked Eddie how the "rubber trade" was going
Anyway back to my dream I could clearly reading then rereading that this concert was to be on July 4th next year at 8PM
I decided to wake Susan and tell her of this momentuous news, but she immediately commented that it must be an error since we had been led to understand by Gord's Manager Barry that they were unlikely to ever go to Europe again as they wanted to only go where there was a good chance of making/not losing money so in the light of this opinion, despite Gord having said a few times that "we must go back to Britain" this is unlikely.Then rarely for a dream I remember thinking "oh well this must be a dream"
I can also remember feeling annoyed because I did not fully read the cutting so missed reading our names which I had "seen" under the date details.
It will be interesting for sure if and when the 2008 full sked_yule is announced seeing just where Gord might be on July 4th!!!

[Gitchigumee]

I hope you're right and he goes back to the UK on July 4th. Honestly, the side notes in your stories are a hoot! I sure wish we could meet some day.

[Rainbow Trout]

Wherever he is on July 4, I hope I'm there!

Originally Posted by Gitchigumee

Hey Pam, there's a whole slew of us in the midwest, so maybe you should check out that schedule when it's announced. I'm pretty much game for anything, and cabins sound like fun. I'm not so sure about tent camping without a tent though.

I'd travel to the midwest for sure! Cabins are great and there would be no problem finding ones that sleep more people, or to rent more than one cabin if there's enough people. I don't mind sleeping outside and always bring my rope hammock along if I can find 2 trees to hang it from!

When we had rented a KOA kabin in NV a few years back...well it was just great! It even had a porch swing and a few of us would stay up just talking and swinging!

One of the nights - a group rented the neighboring kabin. There were a few adults, who slept in the kabin and....about 50 teenaged girls in sleeping bags all over the place! The kids were really nice and well-behaved but I had to navigate around them to get to the bathroom. Which happened to be several times that night .

Anyhoo, would be great if a bunch of us (or even a few!) can get together and do this! Unfortunately, I work Th-Sun from Memorial Day-Labor Day and I don't take any days off. If I have someone working with me next year, I can maybe trade days for some weekends off. Time will tell!

Keep in touch!
Pam

Originally Posted by Gitchigumee

Hey Pam, there's a whole slew of us in the midwest, so maybe you should check out that schedule when it's announced. I'm pretty much game for anything, and cabins sound like fun. I'm not so sure about tent camping without a tent though.

Great Gitch! -would be great if a bunch (or even a few) of us could get together!

There should be plenty of room in one cabin or even we could rent two. I do like sleeping outdoors however but prefer to not use a tent! I always bring my rope hammock along and if I can find trees to hang it from!

We rented a KOA kabin a few years back, which was just great! It even had a porch swing and at night, a few of us would just talk and swing for hours!

One night though - a large group rented the neighboring kabin and campsites (just all the ground extending out front from the kabin). The adults slept in the kabin and...50+ teenaged girls in sleeping bags all over the place! They were actually all well behaved - but it so happened that I had to make several trips to the bathroom and therefore had to navigate my way around them.

I do work weekends (Th-Sun) from Memorial Day-Labor Day and I don't take any days off (3 seasons now!). Hopefully, I'll have someone working with me next season and will be able to exchange weekends. If not, I would only be able to have time before and after these holiday weekends.

In any case...planning well in advance helps!

Keep in touch!

Pam

lol funny! I lost my post (so I thought) and had to type it all over! So you'll get two versions!

[QUOTE=johnfowles;130252]I simply have to share a dream I very clearly remember from last night with you.
In it somebody(I forget who) passed me a cutting from a UK local Newspaper and I was amazed to read (in very small print looking rather like a want or for sale advert) that Gordon Lightfoot would be appearing in an outside concert (unlikely in rain sodden England) at Sherborne School (for Boys),

Whoa!!! What a dream! Wish I could remember my dreams . Maybe I have dreams of Gordon Lightfoot and don't even know it.

[videoeditman]

Originally Posted by RJ

re: Let's hope he comes near our hometown..

Indeed.. though one more Florida runthrough works for me as well (lived in Pinellas County for years, go at least twice a year, and got lots'a peeps down there still).. You'd be welcomed in the land of sunshine and palm trees Claudia.. I'd definitely make a south Florida sweep in '08 my own self with much glee and sense of good adventure etc., and they seem to do Florida about every other year.. If the voice is strong as the will.. then Clearwater, Sarasota, West Palm, etc... next year I bet.. that's my predict..

I second the motion. I'm in Orlando and could use a visit. If he comes to Orlando, I'll take him to Disney for free...great perks when you work there.

Justin