Saturday, May 28, 2006
Border Riders
Ironton, WI
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Notes from the
show:
"It was
one seriously warm day to be outdoors for this event.
The weather was better than we could've hoped for and the
turnout was well above expectations. We were able to
arrive just before the food tent had run out of potato salad
and pork. I would've loved to have sat and enjoyed
some alcoholic refreshments a bit longer, but not in that
heat. The 50-foot stage gave us plenty of room to move
around. The event
leaders had hired a sound company sporting a sound system
that we do not normally use and there were some issues in
the band getting started on time. We apologize to all those
that we kept waiting for an extra 30 minutes, but there
wouldn't have been much of a show without hot
microphones. Once we (finally) did get things rolling,
the crowd seemed pretty enthusiastic about the show.
While the sound system had its low points, the light show
delivered some pretty cool effects at times. The second set featured a few
females coming up on stage to dance to Girls, Girls,
Girls. Shortly after, the event planners asked us
to play some music during a contest which was
supposed to be a wet T-shirt contest with the top prize
featuring $200 in cash. However, it seems that some of
the females felt like shedding all of their clothes! The contest went on a
little bit longer than we expected. I guess that's what you get when
you mix rock 'n roll with girls and a field of Harley
lovers. The show had a few new surprises along the
way...Chris's coffin...flame pots...and confetti blasters.
Chris smashed some sort of Kmart brand guitar to the delight
of the crowd attending our third set. The one thing we didn't expect was getting attacked by
swarms of giant June bugs! I lost count on how many times
they would land on my back, neck, chest...uh, you name it.
Once this bugs would land on us, they would bite and that
was very distracting. At the end of the night, the stage was littered
with squashed June bugs!
We're looking forward to
debuting the new light show next weekend in Dayton
Hills...as well as returning to the proven security of our
own sound system. Hope to see you there!"
--Greg
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