Loarfest West - Thursday, February 1, 2007

[Scott Tichenor]

Thought some of you might enjoy the artwork that has been approved for this year's LoarFest. By the way, some of our own will be working this event this time around. Darryl Wolfe is serving as one of the general hosts and organizers and will be introducing various acts/events throughout the day. I'll be there and I'm slowly talking Dan B. into it. It's a great time, and the day's events (http://www.mandolincafe.com/news/publish/mandolins_00475.shtml) are simply overload for mandolin nuts.

[Scott Tichenor]

And the accompanying Supergrass logo:

[glauber]

LOL! Shouldn't it be b@njo tuning pegs?

[craigw]

I thought I should pass along a hotels and accomodations update. The Holiday Inn is now sold out (with a substantial waiting list) but the Best Western-Hill House, across the street still has some room availability. Out of 100 rooms there, 38 remain as of this afternoon. They go for $84/single and $89/double and once they are gone you are looking at staying about two miles away. Almost all of our SuperGrass/LoarFest entertainers will be at the Doubletree which is very nice and close to Buck Owens' Crystal Palace. They have also offered an $85 rate on a limited number of rooms. We are working on getting a shuttle to and from the Doubletree but not making promises until it's a done deal. There are several other nice hotels near the Doubletree at varying prices that are listed on the www.supergrasscalifornia.org website .
Craig Wilson
Co-Director

[craigw]

Glauber, there will be several great fiddlers at Supergrass including Michael Cleveland with his awesome band, Flame Keeper featuring Audie Blaylock. I guess fiddle tuners also work under the circumstances. Thanks for noticing the unique work of our graphic artist, Steve Johnson. You'll either love or hate the SuperGrass mule but it sure gets your attention.

[JEStanek]

Awesome artwork on both pieces. Both will make for cool t-shirts!

Jamie

[Mandomaiden]

When will tickets for Thursday night dinner be available?

[craigw]

Mandomaiden, the dinner tickets are on sale now. You can get them from Nancy Zuniga when you order festival passes by mail. They are $20 extra if you have a festival pass and it will be a nice sit-down dinner. Call Nancy at 559-338-0026. Only a limited number of tickets are available so don't wait too long.

[craigw]

Also please note that the dinner concert is scheduled for FRIDAY night not Thursday as some of our earliest publicity stated.

[Mandomaiden]

Thanks, Craig...I'll give Nancy a call.

[Scott Tichenor]

Awesome artwork on both pieces. Both will make for cool t-shirts!

Jamie
I just happen to also have the t-shirt mock-ups.

[Scott Tichenor]

And Supergrass

[glauber]

Craig, the art is awesome.

[fredfrank]

Scott, are these t-shirts available from you?

[Daniel Nestlerode]

Put the days off for SuperGrass and LoarFest in my 2006-2007 work calendar back in May! I'll be there with bells on.

But I have to say the mule and the cow from Fathers day fest a few years ago are about the UGLIEST designs I've ever seen on a t-shirt. (And yes, I own one of each.) Stop torturing that mule with those tuning pegs already! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Hey Scott, see if the CBA folks (or whoever) can use your t-shirt folks. My mandolin cafe t is a lot more comfy than my LoarFest t.

Best,
Daniel

[f5loar]

I won't be able to make it this year but love those new logo for '07, so Darryl pick me up a couple of coffee mugs and 4 XL shirts (one of each color).

[Mikey G]

I'd love to have one of those LoarFest shirts. Is there any way us "common folk" could purchase one?

[Scott Tichenor]

Scott, are these t-shirts available from you?
Not available from me. These will only be for sale at LoarFest is my understanding. The question of whether these will ever be for sale online will need to be answered by Craig.

[craigw]

We aren't really set up at this time to do mail order on the shirts and need to have an ample supply for both Loar Fest and SuperGrass. If we have some left over after the event we could evaluate if doing a mail order is practical.
We'll let ya'all know if we can do that, otherwise the best way to get one of the shirts is to come on out to the festival, it will be a real hoot.