It is almost time to get the show on the road, literally. Plans changed regarding the facilities we'll be using. We have secured the Girl Scout Lodge in Iverson Park (just off Hwy. 10, S. side of the street and immediately West of the Hilltop Tavern) for Aug. 7th. We have use of the building from 10A to 11P. This lodge is advertised as accommodating 20 persons. However, as I noted on the Flamestock''s FaceBook page, the Monday Night Dance Club group used this in years past and it seemed to serve a larger crowd than that quite well. A beach on the Plover River is within a short walk S. of the building and it is visible from the highway. To check out the facility itself, you can follow this link: http://www.stevenspoint.com/parks/index.html , type 'girl scout lodge' into the search field and it will lead you into a pictoral review from there.
Please note that all the "shelters" (roof & tables only) are on a first come-first serve basis, hence we'd have no guarantee of securing one for that date without posting a guard when the park opened. That coupled w/the fact we could face wind or rain (and not have the amenities of the lodge) is a convincing factor for spending money to be accommodated. *This will work out to approximately a $9/e split...possibly less if more people sign up, which will likely happen.
I'd also like us all to have realistic expectations on the music part of this shindig. Parks & Recs says "amplified music" is verbotten. I was very forward with the music being a large part of the reason we're gathering. I was then told that if we played music within a common sense level of volume we'd have no problems. 'Course...I also said at one point if we get a ticket for disturbing the peace (YEAaaah....we're not 21 anymore are we?), that I would deal with that then. So, as long as we're not "broadcasting", we'll be fine IMO.
We are still searching for some more members. If you know somebody you think we should contact, please post a comment to this, or shoot Ed an email: swingbilly@hotmail.com . Please put 'flamestock' or some other red flag in the subject line so I won't discard it as spam. IF you have a facebook page please let us know that also so we can send you a link to join up w/ our Flamestock FB page.
We're thinking we can do a potluck sort of dinner with each other in the 1P area and sort of take it from there. If anybody wants to dive in & organize that part of it (who-brings-what sort of thing), please let us know. If anybody can think of any specific activities in addition to dancing, please speak up.We'll update you as those plans formulate.
Rockin' 'till we drop,
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Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats: Rock This Town
