Louisville Waterfront Park Aug16th!!!

[Kory]

cause sometimes i'm an asshole. I know. I just see some folks from far away saying they hope they ship as they don't want to have to drive/fly to the ville to pick it up.

[Wendy]

You know, I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the night of this show is a full moon...

Uh oh.   :o


I'll need to rest up for this one.

[ms. yvon]

[size=18]WENDY!!!!@[/size]

AWESOME to see you here!  hey kids, wendy is my show travel pal!  


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[TEO]

Welcome to the boards Wendy!!! You sure have one awesome show pal... :)

[MyLifeISought]

What do people know about the Louisville Leopard Percussionists? They've been added to the bill...

[KC]

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists are a performing ensemble of approximately 45 student musicians, ages 7-12, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos and piano.

Award-winning elementary school teacher Diane Downs started her first percussion ensemble, The Fabulous Leopard Percussionists, as a volunteer activity after she found some old instruments in a storage closet in the school where she taught in Louisville.

No one anticipated the levels of excitement and satisfaction that would be generated for the children, nor the extraordinary emotional impact that the group would have on audiences through local, regional, national and international music performances.

After ten years as artistic director of the Fabulous Leopard Percussionists, Diane Downs began to explore how she might make the Leopard Percussionist experience available to children throughout the Metro Louisville community.

In the fall of 2003, The Louisville Leopard Percussionists launched as a freestanding community 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, committed to providing the exciting and enriching Leopard Percussionist experience to all children in the Louisville community. Participation in the ensemble has always been and will always be offered regardless of cultural or socioeconomic background.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive musical experience for children that enriches lives and builds community.

Our vision is for participants of diverse backgrounds develop music appreciation, performance skills, proficiency on a variety of percussion instruments, and learn to improvise, compose, and teach music, and to care for their instruments. These skills build creativity and self-confidence and teach life-long values of personal discipline, cooperation, leadership, responsibility, and community.

Click here to view endorsements of Diane Downs an

[im2bob]

When my kids were in elemantary school, the Leopard Percussionists I believe were out of Martin Luther King Elementary.   They are for real and fun to see and hear.   I bet MMJ does something with them, maybe joining them for their opening song.  

I also have a feeling the boys are not done with the surprises for this show.   I know Jim half jokingly mentioned coming in on the Belle of Louisville.   Will there be costumes?  A theme?  We will see.

What do people know about the Louisville Leopard Percussionists? They've been added to the bill...

[Jon T.]

Has anyone been to a show here?  I'm assuming it's GA but when it says lawn I picture taking chairs and a cooler.  Am I way off.  Can you carry your own cooler in??

[Love Dogg]

Has anyone been to a show here?  I'm assuming it's GA but when it says lawn I picture taking chairs and a cooler.  Am I way off.  Can you carry your own cooler in??

I'm going to say no on the coolers.  They're going to want you to buy their beer and soft drinks and water.

I'd say you can bring chairs if you want, or blankets, but I expect it to be crowded with fist pumpers who want to get their asses rocked-the fuck-off!!!!  With that being said, it may be beneficial to sit further back if you bring chairs...better for the railers, which, in turn would be better for you.

I don't know the truth to either of these questions, I'm just speculating.  I've seen shows down there before, but not of this calibur so it's hard to judge.  The Great Lawn is packed during Thunder Over Louisville and they allow a little more, but I don't know if the same rules apply for the bad-ass waterfront concert that showcases the righteous talent of My Morning Jacket.

[Angry Ewok]

Bringing lawn chairs to an MMJ concert? Blasphemy!

[Jon T.]

Bringing lawn chairs to an MMJ concert? Blasphemy!

I was asking for Tracy.  Ya know his old age and all.   ;)

I'm trying to get an idea of the venue.  Thanks for the input Lovedog.  That's kinda what I was thinking with coolers.

[kymomandstuff]

I got tickets for the L-ville show yesterday.I grew up in L-ville but have migrated to South Central Ky. where the minds are closed and the church doors are open.I first heard MMJ when they opened for Bob Dylan in Louisville at Jillian's a few years back.I've since seen them at Bogart's and the 2005 Thanksgiving show at The Palace.MMJ is timeless,ageless,and probably the most talented group of guys to ever grace a stage.You see I don't fit the general demographic of your typical rock concert goer.I'm a 42 year old mother of two living in the sticks.Oh well it just goes to show anyone can be bitten by that beautiful bug we call My Morning Jacket.Here's to August 16th and the greatest performers on Earth!!!

[Kory]

well, at least you have the interweb down there and found this great place!

[megalicious]

I got tickets for the L-ville show yesterday.I grew up in L-ville but have migrated to South Central Ky. where the minds are closed and the church doors are open.I first heard MMJ when they opened for Bob Dylan in Louisville at Jillian's a few years back.I've since seen them at Bogart's and the 2005 Thanksgiving show at The Palace.MMJ is timeless,ageless,and probably the most talented group of guys to ever grace a stage.You see I don't fit the general demographic of your typical rock concert goer.I'm a 42 year old mother of two living in the sticks.Oh well it just goes to show anyone can be bitten by that beautiful bug we call My Morning Jacket.Here's to August 16th and the greatest performers on Earth!!!

nice to see someone else representing the soky!
:)

[TEO]

Anybody booked a room yet? I am looking at The Courtyard or The Residence Inn, they are about the same price and walking distance. Any ideas?

[TheBri-Man]

You know, I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the night of this show is a full moon...

If it hasn't been brought up yet...I vote to start a petition that MMJ play "dancing in the moonlight" on this very special august night!  It would be amazing.

[megalicious]

You know, I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the night of this show is a full moon...

If it hasn't been brought up yet...I vote to start a petition that MMJ play "dancing in the moonlight" on this very special august night!  It would be amazing.

i like the way you think

[Angry Ewok]

Anybody booked a room yet? I am looking at The Courtyard or The Residence Inn, they are about the same price and walking distance. Any ideas?

Let me know which one you pick... I'll need a room, I think it'd be fun to get near ya'll.

[mjkoehler]

Anybody booked a room yet? I am looking at The Courtyard or The Residence Inn, they are about the same price and walking distance. Any ideas?

Let me know which one you pick... I'll need a room, I think it'd be fun to get near ya'll.

Go with the Res Inn. I used to work for Marriott and they were always more comfortable I thought. The rooms have a real kitchen and you can pack shitloads of people in them (and beer in the normal size fridge).

[TEO]

Anybody booked a room yet? I am looking at The Courtyard or The Residence Inn, they are about the same price and walking distance. Any ideas?

Let me know which one you pick... I'll need a room, I think it'd be fun to get near ya'll.

Go with the Res Inn. I used to work for Marriott and they were always more comfortable I thought. The rooms have a real kitchen and you can pack shitloads of people in them (and beer in the normal size fridge).

Of course I can expect to see you there.......?