We would like to extend our warmest and best wishes to Lee our dear friend, BSI brother and bass player/singer and all around good guy. Not to mention a great father to Catie and husband to Becky who turned 40 something (he won't say what) last Friday September 12th.
As a special birthday present...Lee took a few of us, those that were available to Belterra for the Chicago concert. These were not just almost front row tickets, they included back stage passes that entitled us to meet and greet the entire band "Chicago".
Check out the picture with Birthday boy Lee, next to Don Hudson from "Second Wind" who tagged along, Jim Kastrup and Gary Rossignol.
We are all standing right in front of the group Chicago...Robert Lamm, Ray Hermann, James Pankow (with his hands on Lee's shoulders), Keith Howland, Bill Champlin, Tris Imboden, Jason Scheff and Lee Thornberg.
The concert was really great. One of the best performances I've seen and heard from our all time favorite rock-n-roll hero's Chicago. They did it all Friday night including an encore consisting of "Free"
with the American Flag drop and topping that off with an extended version of "25 or 6 to 4". We all left satisfied.
Thanks Lee for inviting us to go with you on your birthday. It turned out to be a last minute ordeal and not all of us were available. Lee's uncle teaches Jason golf and has a close relationship with him and was able to score the tickets and passes. Y E S !
We do plan on something rather special for Lee and Mark to formally celebrate their birthdays at Jim & Jack's at the end of the month.
Until then...BlueStone Ivory has just booked a brand new gig. We will be playing in Aurora Indiana this Saturday night at the Bucher Farm Festival. Dwight Bucher is the owner of 300 acres overlooking the Ohio River atop a long hill in Aurora, Indiana. He throws a huge party every year to raise money for various charities of his choice. One is the local fire department and another he told me he donates to is the Cancer Society.
We start playing around 6:30 PM and will be sharing the stage in a huge pole barn with Rusty Bladen and his band. There will be awesome fireworks at around 9:00 PM. We will play 3 sets ending around 10:30 PM. Then Rusty will take it till about 12:30 AM.
There will be plenty of food and drinks all included for the suggested donation of $25.00 per person. It is only suggested as a donation...if you don't have money you will not be turned away.
They expect somewhere of around 3,000 guests at this party.
For more information go to our website www.BlueStoneIvory.com and under Now Appearing you can get directions from your home address.
Hey sounds like FUN!!!
Happy Belated to Lee!
Kevin and I went to see Chicago On Sat nite.. OMG they were awesome as usual!!! I told Kevin I kept waiting for MY band BSI to come on out!!!! I also was waiting to hear after they played 'Beginnings'... "we're Chicago, we'll be right back!"
Anyway, We hope to see everyone on Saturday!!!
We all need it after such a bad week with the winds of Ike.
Hope all is well, our prayers to all the BSI families and fans.
Peace!!
Carol & Kevin!!
Posted by: Kevin & Carol | September 18, 2008 at 07:02 AM
Sounds like Lee had the right way to celebrate his birthday! I know all who were able to attend had a fantastic time. I'm sure we'll hear about it when we get together Saturday and/or at Jim & Jack's.
I'm looking forward to the Festival in Aurora Saturday. It should be an exciting experience...and so many people to listen to and enjoy the sounds of BSI!!
I feel fortunate that I had no loss of power, shingles, trees or anything else over the weekend. My son outside Houston wasn't as lucky. Their power came on Sunday night so they could cope with a leaky roof and water damage inside. But everybody survived and that's the important thing. We count our blessings!
See you all Saturday. Carol
Posted by: Carol Schilling | September 18, 2008 at 09:24 AM