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Mitch Kokai
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08/18/2008 3:48 AM  

The Raleigh News & Observer's front page lists today among the most important items for the coming week:

CHANCE TO HEAR TIFT MERRITT LIVE

Top ticket this weekend: Tift Merritt at the N.C. Museum of Art, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Top ticket indeed.

filberthockey
Posts:268


08/18/2008 5:56 AM  
Not local, but interestingly there's a Toronoto Blue Jays and Tift fan who titled a blog entry recently "It's Just a Shadow in the Way."

http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2008/8/17/595731/story-title
PAUL BUSTA
Posts:199


08/18/2008 5:45 PM  

Now THAT would be a show to see. Any forum fans going?


Mack-Daddy....#22
filberthockey
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08/18/2008 5:52 PM  
I'm there.
Mitch Kokai
Posts:343


08/19/2008 7:31 AM  

Paul,

I suspect this might be one of the larger gatherings of TMSTFC members. It won't be as large as the March show in Durham, which attracted even far-flung Screaming Teamers such as Andy and DavidK (who traveled from England and Houston, respectively), but the turnout of forum members should be decent.

We should also expect a good group the next day in Wilmington, where Phillip and Andie Reid have been doing great work to get the TM machine revved up for action.

PAUL BUSTA
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08/19/2008 4:55 PM  
Yeah Mitch, it must be really fun. Think someone could take a group picture and have Tift in the middle, that would be a great one.

Mack-Daddy....#22
pmcolt
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08/19/2008 9:24 PM  
I have a ticket for the Raleigh show on Saturday and a fuzzy idea of where the Museum of Art is. Can't make it as far as Wilmington to see all the Reids' hard work, but I trust there will be many pictures from the folks who are there.

Is anyone going to be contributing to Tift and the band's anti-sobriety fund this time around?
filberthockey
Posts:268


08/20/2008 5:46 AM  
The NC Museum of Art is on Blue Ridge Road, just off the Wade Avenue exit. The Wade Avenue exit, in turn, is just on the Raleigh side of where I-40 veers west around Raleigh (coming from Durham). Easy to find. Very close to the RBC center (hockey rink, and, oh, yeah, N.C. State basketball court).

I'll have a camera with me, and since my wife is out of town I may be able to stick around after the show. But this show probably will have the most home-town brouhaha of any of them, so I don't know what to expect post-show-wise.

They actually sell beer and wine at the venue. They used to let you bring your own, but they changed their policy a couple years ago. Consequently, they search bags and coolers on the way in, so smuggling in any Makers Mark would be non-trivial.
admin
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08/20/2008 10:56 AM  

If you guys can get pictures, especially a group picture, that would be fantastic. Even if you can't get Tift and the band in it, it would still be great to have a group picture.


Chris McCandless
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ghman
Posts:442


08/20/2008 2:29 PM  
This is great to read! You guys getting all excited to see Tift again in Raleigh & Wilmington this weekend - ahhh how I wish I was there again! Hope you get a chance to take some great shots of the Teens and the band like you did last time in Durham, Forrest.

I'll be thinking of y'all... You kids have fun now!

M-D #18
"I get in a good mood just thinking 'bout it"
Phillip Reid
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08/20/2008 4:55 PM  
Wish you were here AD. Mean that. Sober.
PJDAustin
Posts:60


08/21/2008 3:11 PM  

 

Trop. Storm Fay kept us away, otherwise we might be in Birmingham right about now, SC bound.   I hope all the screaming teens have a fun and safe weekend  !    Andy, I just luv that shot of the Gibson at rest !    BTW, The E-Town radio performance taped in July is scheduled to air between the 24th and 30th of September.   Have a great weekend.   Peter

ghman
Posts:442


08/21/2008 3:14 PM  

Sober?  Bet you won't be by end of Sunday!

Have you got the CCL rider yet?  After the bottle of MM whisky got switched from Bristol to London in May, you know they expect some every time they're within 100 miles of Tift don't you?   And hope you've got the Guinness in too.  Expect some raucous inter-band drinking to happen... check out this pic for evidence



M-D #18
"I get in a good mood just thinking 'bout it"
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