What a weekend we had. To start off our dear friends and loyal fans Kevin and Carol tied the knot Saturday afternoon just before our concert at Keehner Park with a few close friends and family as witnesses. It was a beautiful but short wedding. Then their immediate family hosted a surprise picnic lunch in one of the shelters there at Keehner Park. What a great place to hold a wedding. The weather was perfect. Kevin and Carol couldn't be happier. We the members of BlueStone Ivory held our annual band members and family picnic also just before the concert. Here are a couple unofficial members of "BSI" that were in attendance.
The big brown lab is Harvey, Rusty's puppy. The black & white dog, Bear is Lee's dog.
All the members of BSI have pets. Mostly dogs with a couple of cats sprinkled in.
We would like to thank our Flag sponsors for this weekend. Saturday at Keehner Park the Takanen Family were our sponsors and Sunday at Corwin Nixon Park in Mason Humphrey's Mortgage sponsored the flags.
We handed out over 200 flags at each concert. It is always amazing when we play "God Bless The USA" and look out to the audience and see 200 flags being waved with the music in a patriotic gesture. I get the chills up my spine every time.
We also introduced a brand new song that features Ted and Rusty. It is our version of Europa originally recorded by Carlos Santana in his guitar version and then released by Gato Barbieri on Tenor sax. BSI now has our version with Ted & Rusty. WOW, It is great and the crowd really loved it.
You can check us out this Sunday late afternoon at Sycamore Township Concert Series at the North Recreation Facility on Solzman Rd. We start the concert at 6:00 pm and finish around 8:00 pm. I'm sure Ted and Rusty will thrill you with their Europa as they come off the stage and wirelessly walk through the crowd.
For our complete schedule & directions to our gigs, or to listen to samplings of BlueStone Ivory or to view our hundreds of photos from past gigs go to www.BlueStoneIvory.com.
If you are interested in booking BlueStone Ivory for a party, dance or wedding call Gary Rossignol. Phone 513-777-2402 or toll free 800-670-2402. email:Gary@BlueStoneIvory.com.
Congratulations to the newlyweds! A long and happy union to you both. Congratulations to Rusty and Ted for their amazing rendition of the Santana song. Always happy to hear new songs amongst the old and beloved standbys. Kudos to all of Blue Stone Ivory! See you Sunday evening.
Carol
Posted by: Carol Schilling | June 11, 2009 at 09:11 PM
OMG!! BIG Thanks to Gary for the beautiful pictures, never will be forgoten!!! Thanks to all BSI members and their family, fans and our families for making our day SO Very Special. To top off the evening a Fantastic group of professionals to entertain the whole community in such a beautiful park. Europa is my VERY favorite Santana song, VERY WELL done and received. Hope we hear it A LOT!!!
Thanks Carol for yout nice comments! See everyone soon!!!
Posted by: Carol & Kevin | June 15, 2009 at 06:05 AM