Breakfast Babble => The Grand Scheme Of Things => Topic started by: Bret on May 15, 2009, 12:44:09 pm
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: bdfreetuna on July 06, 2009, 09:05:55 pm
It\'s not like we\'ve ever played for money before. Got time?
Seriously it would be a high honor to play a fest with The Breakfast and fam representing. Not to mention The Weird Beards! Probably one of the coolest times in my life, I imagine :)
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Post by: DocEllis70 on July 06, 2009, 08:37:04 pm
bdfree, i think hes met his budget for paying acts but if you want some exposure and want to come join and play a nice set i think that can be done.
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Post by: ds673488 on July 06, 2009, 04:02:53 pm
ill bike to this one (38 miles)
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Post by: bdfreetuna on July 06, 2009, 02:19:23 pm
Dude, I\'m totally here.
Any room on the schedule for Astral Projections?
ummm.... here\'s my impromptu press kit: http://www.astralprojectionsmusic.com
and Midnight set from Forest Fest 2009 a couple days ago: http://www.thebreakfast.info/forum/showthread.php?p=235331#post235331
peace, I\'ll be there either way this looks sick
Quote from: galenas;235322
TLG is the sexiest jam band out there
Yeah but you haven\'t seen us play yet ;)
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: galenas on July 06, 2009, 01:43:47 pm
oh yeah, totally love him too. TLG is the sexiest jam band out there, no doubt, as i\'ve stated before.
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Post by: skalnbyc on July 06, 2009, 01:41:25 pm
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oh man, i think i\'m in love with reed. that\'s sick.
what about your crush on Josh Clark? 2 [-]girls[/-] TLG band members, 1 [-]cup[/-] Galenas?
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Post by: galenas on July 06, 2009, 11:15:05 am
oh man, i think i\'m in love with reed. that\'s sick.
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Post by: DocEllis70 on July 06, 2009, 11:08:44 am
oh yea... WeIrD BeArds will be there and hope Reed Mathis is playing with Benevento
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Post by: galenas on July 06, 2009, 11:07:35 am
sweet. i like the timing of it, too. makes the end of the summer seem less depressing.
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Post by: DocEllis70 on July 06, 2009, 10:48:49 am
Yep. its a couple thousand acre farm called Sunnyview farms. Its a horse farm hosts/rehabilitates race horses for Saratoga (Joe Torre actually kept his horse there a little whle ago) . The barn that the music will be in is the \'Stallion Barn\' where they used to breed horses... hence the padding all along the walls..im sure it will sound mint in there
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Post by: galenas on July 06, 2009, 10:15:32 am
great lineup! i\'m down!
hey doc, is this that barn you are always talking about??
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Post by: peaches626 on July 06, 2009, 01:50:17 am
Quote from: DocEllis70;235271
The Breakfast will be playing at one of the coolest places we as fans will ever get to see. Let it Roll is the name of the festival and it is coming together nicely and going to be a unforgettable time. Great place with lots of possibilities for future stuff to happen . Breakfast are pretty much headlining and think everyone should be on the roll call for this one. theres pics n info on the myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm
Count me in!!
Title: Great news
Post by: DocEllis70 on July 06, 2009, 12:52:44 am
The Breakfast will be playing at one of the coolest places we as fans will ever get to see. Let it Roll is the name of the festival and it is coming together nicely and going to be a unforgettable time. Great place with lots of possibilities for future stuff to happen . Breakfast are pretty much headlining and think everyone should be on the roll call for this one. theres pics n info on the myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm
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Post by: galenas on June 19, 2009, 10:53:47 am
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: galenas on May 24, 2009, 01:41:18 pm
spoke to my friend who\'s doing booking for cabinfest. said he was interested, depending on the band\'s price tag.... we\'ll see.
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Post by: Bret on May 23, 2009, 03:39:10 pm
Quote from: galenas;231399
$50 gets you three days/nights of music, beverages (including keg beer), 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners. sweet ass deal, huh?!
here\'s my photos from last year
Looks like good times! Anything will do from my point of view and the price is right on this one!
P.S. - I\'m not trying to hurt anyones pride by doing a donation show to help them out... I\'d just hate to lose the music that\'s kept me smiling through good times and bad over the years. I\'m not rich but I\'d give what I could to them over anyone else to keep the music alive, they\'ve given me a lot of joy over the years... fact is, money\'s what they need to keep doing what they do.
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Post by: galenas on May 22, 2009, 11:08:39 pm
dude, hate to burst any bubbles here, but it takes a **** load of equipment to get a band set up to sound good. can\'t just go to a camp ground w/ electricity and think it\'s gonna be cool.
this being said...
my friends in wounded buffalo theory already throw a sweet ass music festival in upstate ny, called cabinfest. brothers past has played it before.
$50 gets you three days/nights of music, beverages (including keg beer), 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners. sweet ass deal, huh?!
that being said..
b/c it\'s so cheap to get in, they don\'t really pay the bands very well, if at all.
the other thing being said...
perhaps if there is enough interest in getting the breakfast to something like this (which it sounds like there is) they can work out a deal that is mutually agreeable.
i\'ll inquire further....
here\'s my photos from last year: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23216&id=1389421573
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Post by: inthewhitelodge on May 22, 2009, 10:48:02 pm
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Quote from: inthewhitelodge;231340
I know of an upstate secluded place they can play with Electricity and plumbing that would include free food and byob/w alcohol. We would just need the permit cost, which is cheap. People could pay for the band\'s gas and time with 25-30 per person. Tent covers available.
hook it up!
I\'ll be a few days to work out the details.
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Post by: Vassillios on May 22, 2009, 12:01:43 pm
Quote from: inthewhitelodge;231340
I know of an upstate secluded place they can play with Electricity and plumbing that would include free food and byob/w alcohol. We would just need the permit cost, which is cheap. People could pay for the band\'s gas and time with 25-30 per person. Tent covers available.
hook it up!
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: inthewhitelodge on May 22, 2009, 11:50:00 am
I know of an upstate secluded place they can play with Electricity and plumbing that would include free food and byob/w alcohol. We would just need the permit cost, which is cheap. People could pay for the band\'s gas and time with 25-30 per person. Tent covers available.
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Post by: Bret on May 21, 2009, 04:59:49 pm
Quote from: FreeSpirit;230656
:chin: Break-Fest has been talked about for years... it can (and should) be done! :awwyeah:
Love your enthusiasm! You\'re awesome!! I think it should be done no matter what the naysayers and realists think... they don\'t have to go! WE CAN DO THIS & HAVE A BLAST which is what lifes all about... the little pleasures! I think the reason this hasn\'t happened is that whenever an idea is put up everyone thinks up problems that may or may not occur immediately. I think we should try it and learn from experience, good or bad. If you never try, you\'ll be safe, but will you ever have fun? The campground I\'m talking about has these two sites set up far from everyone so YOU CAN PARTY and have a good time WITHOUT bothering others... but we\'ll never find out because the ideas already been shot down in everyones mind. I think we should have a much more can-do attitude about these things. I look back on my road trip around the U.S. when we (a friend & I) left for a three month road trip to Idaho (with jobs waiting at Sun Valley) stayed for a year then left on another two month road trip to get home with a foot locker full of food, a tent, a propane grill, a propane stove and $500.00 in my pocket. We had the time of our lives and worked our way through any problems, actually there were far less than we expected. I think back on what a leap of faith that was all the time and the fun we had because we took that leap. It could\'ve gone bad but once you take the first step it\'s amazing how things tend to work out in the end. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe That\'s all I have to say... I\'m done :banghead::hair: on this subject. HOPE IT CAN AND DOES HAPPEN!! As far as music is concerned there are few bands other than The Breakfast I would like to see pull this off. Other bands may put on festivals but without TB it just don\'t cut it for me... then again I\'m all about their music!
Quote from: DocEllis70;230665
heres the best option if we want to camp, rage and be care free and do our thing: my long time best friend is organizing a music event at his farm in upstate Ny, 40 min south of Albany off the Taconic Pkwy and looking to and hoping to have the Breakfast. It would be this summer and he\'s waitng to hear back from some other bands, so i dont want to say too much. Heres a link with some photos of the place/stage etc. I get up to the farm as much as possible and it is a perfect spot with some history and hope we\'re able to all get up there and hear our faveorite band!
http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm
P.S. - if you can make it happen Doctor I\'d be there with bells on in support of The Band!!
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Post by: lilblondie on May 19, 2009, 10:19:21 am
his name is eric and he really drives around in a little scooter....he is a very cool dude...
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Post by: wiredchicken on May 19, 2009, 10:09:04 am
Quote from: lilblondie;230982
^^ who are you?
colin, i ran security at awesometown. pets played there. i prolly met your friend if he is friends with the pets. thats why i asked
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Post by: bdfreetuna on May 19, 2009, 09:18:03 am
Quote from: melanie;230718
it would be fun to have a b-fast only camp-out, minus all the sketch and **** that other bands bring
Wait, so are you going, or aren\'t you :P
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Post by: lilblondie on May 19, 2009, 09:11:24 am
^^ who are you?
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Post by: wiredchicken on May 19, 2009, 08:47:48 am
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damn. i was just gonna see if i can get the band i manage on that fest too, but we have a tentative gig that weekend.....heavy pets festival is that weekend in sept. poop.
my friend rolls with the heavy pets...so watch your toes...he is a wild man on his scooter...
who is your friend?
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Post by: lilblondie on May 19, 2009, 06:47:38 am
Quote from: wiredchicken;230689
damn. i was just gonna see if i can get the band i manage on that fest too, but we have a tentative gig that weekend.....heavy pets festival is that weekend in sept. poop.
my friend rolls with the heavy pets...so watch your toes...he is a wild man on his scooter...
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Post by: princesscaspian on May 18, 2009, 10:17:47 pm
Quote from: wiredchicken;230720
Quote from: Gfunk;230695
Quote from: siflandollie;230626
I am down for any type of Break-Fest.
yeah that!
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: wiredchicken on May 16, 2009, 06:22:52 pm
Quote from: Gfunk;230695
Quote from: siflandollie;230626
I am down for any type of Break-Fest.
yeah that!
Title: Camping... Bonfire... Breakfast... why not??
Post by: melanie on May 16, 2009, 06:11:35 pm
i there could be trouble if this was at a private campground where there are families trying to have a peaceful quiet weekend. I dont think that would be the best choice unless it was somehow blocked out for that weekend to anyone other than people there for the "mini-fest". it would be fun to have a b-fast only camp-out, minus all the sketch and **** that other bands bring, but would also lack all the possible PR and $ that other bands bring.
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Post by: Gfunk on May 16, 2009, 04:13:43 pm
Quote from: siflandollie;230626
I am down for any type of Break-Fest.
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Post by: wiredchicken on May 16, 2009, 03:52:27 pm
damn. i was just gonna see if i can get the band i manage on that fest too, but we have a tentative gig that weekend.....heavy pets festival is that weekend in sept. poop.
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Post by: bdfreetuna on May 16, 2009, 01:27:58 pm
Quote from: lilblondie;230664
so far it is all about the ideas....i think there are four dudes that need to agree with these ideas before anything can be done...spaceman and gencs speak some truths that no one wants to hear....but i mean what do we know...we are just a bunch of peeps from who ct who cant fill sully\'s and dont live in a state where weed is decriminalized....
As far as I\'m concerned nobody has to agree on **** except the people who are actually willing to do something. I don\'t think I\'d recognize you but I think the most people from CT in Albany last night were the guys in the band. Sucks for you about the weed :P
Quote from: DocEllis70;230665
heres the best option if we want to camp, rage and be care free and do our thing: my long time best friend is organizing a music event at his farm in upstate Ny, 40 min south of Albany off the Taconic Pkwy and looking to and hoping to have the Breakfast. It would be this summer and he\'s waitng to hear back from some other bands, so i dont want to say too much. Heres a link with some photos of the place/stage etc. I get up to the farm as much as possible and it is a perfect spot with some history and hope we\'re able to all get up there and hear our faveorite band! http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm
Perfect. And perfect timing : "Let It Roll Festival - Sept 18th-20th". This is excellent because then we don\'t have to call it a benefit and make it sound like charity, you know, give the band the respect they deserve. Breakfast can straight up headline this fest, right? Anonymous donations of whatever people can do in whatever way they can may be the way to go. I know not everyone here is totally broke. This is a great idea, perfect timing as well.
Dude I\'m gonna see what\'s up with getting my band a slot in this fest! I know Gavin thinks we suck ballz now but I just listened to tapes of Shakedown St > EE Part 4, Free and The Other One from last week practice so u be eatin those words in a minute my friend ;)
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Post by: inthewhitelodge on May 16, 2009, 12:39:11 pm
Quote from: ds673488;230621
Quote from: Spacey;230619
They can\'t even bring 100 people to Daniel Street on a regular basis and you think a money pit festival is going to bring this band out of debt?
Smarten up.
Not being negative being realistic.
This is a business not a charity or whatever a bailout like you all plan.
ME=DONE
LAST POST
PEACE
i dont think this has anything to do with getting the band out of debt, but rather playing on someones land free of charge to the band and people who want to go can go and give them 25 bucks or something. it wont cost anyone too much money, and at least the band will get something.
I personally would pay $50 for a weekend campout. The Pondfest in Peru NY will be the closest thing to this experience, but with less Breakfast sets. I vouch for them to be the openers.
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Post by: DocEllis70 on May 16, 2009, 12:02:58 pm
heres the best option if we want to camp, rage and be care free and do our thing: my long time best friend is organizing a music event at his farm in upstate Ny, 40 min south of Albany off the Taconic Pkwy and looking to and hoping to have the Breakfast. It would be this summer and he\'s waitng to hear back from some other bands, so i dont want to say too much. Heres a link with some photos of the place/stage etc. I get up to the farm as much as possible and it is a perfect spot with some history and hope we\'re able to all get up there and hear our faveorite band! http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm
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Post by: lilblondie on May 16, 2009, 11:25:32 am
so far it is all about the ideas....i think there are four dudes that need to agree with these ideas before anything can be done...spaceman and gencs speak some truths that no one wants to hear....but i mean what do we know...we are just a bunch of peeps from who ct who cant fill sully\'s and dont live in a state where weed is decriminalized....
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Post by: FreeSpirit on May 16, 2009, 06:58:24 am
:chin: Break-Fest has been talked about for years... it can (and should) be done! :awwyeah:
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Post by: Me! on May 15, 2009, 11:42:44 pm
Quote from: Spacey;230619
They can\'t even bring 100 people to Daniel Street on a regular basis and you think a money pit festival is going to bring this band out of debt?
Smarten up.
Not being negative being realistic.
This is a business not a charity or whatever a bailout like you all plan.
ME=DONE
LAST POST
PEACE
FINALLY!!!! would have started this thread myself years ago if I\'d know it was that easy. ;)
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Post by: Bret on May 15, 2009, 10:09:19 pm
Quote from: Yoda;230618
Brett - Are you going out there for pleasure or the MLA conference?
Pure pleasure!
...Not trying to get the band out of debt in one freakin\' show... just thought it\'d be blast, in fact I know it would be! I\'ll just go rage with friends like we do every year without the headaches... **** it! I guess no fun can be had this summer in the land of B-fast... that\'s a shame.
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Post by: siflandollie on May 15, 2009, 05:05:47 pm
I am down for any type of Break-Fest. But it does not sound economically viable.
"This is a business not a charity or whatever a bailout like you all plan."
This has me wondering, what is the best business way to go about helping out the band/solving the problem?
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Post by: bdfreetuna on May 15, 2009, 04:22:34 pm
Spacey is right, in that you guys are mostly wrong. But Spacey is wrong, in that we can\'t do this bigger and better than you guys are thinking!
I\'m thinking big. There are places we can do this with a lot less over head and ways to do it so we can end up giving way more money to the band.
I would go so far to say that my region (Northampton / Amherst / hilltowns) would be the best place. We have a solid fanbase here and its centrally located between NY, CT, NH, Boston area... I\'d also go so far to say, in general, screw CT... you guys can\'t even pack Sully\'s half the time. Not to mention weed is decriminalized in Mass... so...
Nope. If we do this, it\'s gotta be at the end of the summer. In the woods. In the hilltowns of western Mass. We will make money by asking everyone to pitch in as much as they reasonably can, as well as flippin\' kegs of beer (etc). We will be able to camp out and everyone here who isn\'t a total slacker will make it to this event if it\'s what we gotta do to save The Breakfast.
And...... acoustic Breakfast fundraiser? :lol: If we\'re gonna toss these guys mad monies to help em get outta debt I wanna hear some epic electric sets :disco:
No offense guys, good thinking, but some of y\'all got some amateur style thought processes. But trust me, wait until end of summer or early fall.
I would expect that if we are going to have a fundraiser for the band we should at least be able to hand them $5000+ . Minimum.
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Post by: ds673488 on May 15, 2009, 04:14:55 pm
Quote from: Spacey;230619
They can\'t even bring 100 people to Daniel Street on a regular basis and you think a money pit festival is going to bring this band out of debt?
Smarten up.
Not being negative being realistic.
This is a business not a charity or whatever a bailout like you all plan.
ME=DONE
LAST POST
PEACE
i dont think this has anything to do with getting the band out of debt, but rather playing on someones land free of charge to the band and people who want to go can go and give them 25 bucks or something. it wont cost anyone too much money, and at least the band will get something.
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Post by: derickw on May 15, 2009, 04:08:34 pm
Stepping Stone Ranch?
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Post by: Spacey on May 15, 2009, 04:07:50 pm
They can\'t even bring 100 people to Daniel Street on a regular basis and you think a money pit festival is going to bring this band out of debt?
Smarten up.
Not being negative being realistic.
This is a business not a charity or whatever a bailout like you all plan.
ME=DONE
LAST POST
PEACE
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Post by: Yoda on May 15, 2009, 04:07:07 pm
Brett - Are you going out there for pleasure or the MLA conference?
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Post by: Bret on May 15, 2009, 03:38:10 pm
Trust me I\'d be up for anything along these lines. I was thinking of Ct. so it wouldn\'t cost the band too much in gas, fees, tolls, etc. If anyone know anyone with land that\'d be great... no worries from the po-po. At this point even talk of the old "family jam" at Joshs\' new place souds phenomenal to me! Those were great times as I\'m sure some of you out there remember...
Quote from: Vassillios;230606
this would require a shite-load of promotion
Not the Baltic campout. Keep it simple... fam & friends. Wouldn\'t want a bunch of people we didn\'t know anyway, wouldn\'t be able to keep them under control and probably get thrown out due to someone we don\'t really know who doesn\'t care what happens and trashes the joint. I\'m thinking private messages like was done for hotel TKA. We wouldn\'t need TOO many people to make it profitable for the boys. I was thinking more of the fun of a weekend getaway for friends than making it a huge event with promo and ****... don\'t want to ruin a good thing. If they make some good cash, so be it!
Say there were 25 people @ $30.00 (this includes everyone attending - no guest list) a pop that\'s $750.00 - $75.00 for the site, so that\'s $675.00 for the band and they can have fun and party all day long... frisbee, soccer, lawn darts, whatever anyone wants to bring. (after 25 people it costs $2 - $3.00 a peep so that\'s say $22.00 for the band per person after 25)
Perhaps the idea is too simple in this ever more complex world. Perhaps nothing good would come out of it and we\'d be banned for life from the campground, that\'s up to us. With show attendance lately I think it could be kept small enough to not cause problems. Or we could just close down Wooster St. turn a flatbed semi trailer sideways, use it as a stage, and party all day long... sound familiar?
Can I get a Cliff Notes version of that post? I scanned... something about rock salt in a trailer park?
Nah, you pretty much got the jist of it... I was just wondering if the band could make some extra money spreading rock salt in trailer parks next winter! :biggrin:
anyway... I\'m off for Hawaii, can\'t wait to see what directions this thread turns when I get back. Aloha... I\'m out!
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Post by: Vassillios on May 15, 2009, 02:50:04 pm
this would require a shite-load of promotion
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Post by: kindm's on May 15, 2009, 02:39:06 pm
On a similar note if you wanted something a little nicer w/ camping or cabins there is always
http://www.fullmoonresort.com/
They have done stuff with terrapin in the past. They have a lounge bands etc etc.
If it is still the case a terrapin boardie runs security for the place.
I\'m down for a Break-Fest of any kind.
There might also be some land available in north western NY where they did the original RAQ lew-au (The folks that own the land are friends of friends)
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Post by: wildcoyote on May 15, 2009, 01:24:39 pm
Can I get a Cliff Notes version of that post? I scanned... something about rock salt in a trailer park?
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Post by: Mamalakabubadaya on May 15, 2009, 01:23:56 pm
Quote from: Rujah;230591
Break-Fest
if rujah is in, i\'m in.
since the band is no longer welcome at beardslee, what about sunnyview farm (http://www.myspace.com/sunnyviewfarm)? (jon aruny-pull some strings)
i would love to see a one of these dreamed up break-fests actually happen.
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Post by: Rujah on May 15, 2009, 01:18:49 pm
Break-Fest
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Post by: ds673488 on May 15, 2009, 01:06:04 pm
i didnt read that entire post, but ive been thinking of something like this for a while...campp out on someones land, all pay a certain amount of money to the band, and have them play on a cheap (or no) stage for all of the fans. 2 days of music, 3 sets per day...epic
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Post by: Bret on May 15, 2009, 12:44:09 pm
Though i\'m not the one to organize something like this, and it\'s up to the band and everyone else as to whether it\'s feasible... BUT...
(I posted this in the thread to **** **** and moan about where the B-fast is playing... thought it deserved it\'s own thread as the people who might be interested probably don\'t visit that thread with good reason!)
There\'s a campground in eastern Ct. with group / party sites. One is at the top of a hill in the woods away from everyone, the other is a huge field also away from everyone, probably an acre or more in size. I\'d say go for the huge field! You are allowed to drink on site. I think it was $75.00 a night for the site up to 25 people then $2 - $3.00 a person after that. They would probably only want to do an acoustic set so as not to **** everyone off, but last time I was there I asked the guy at the desk a few questions. First I asked how many cars were allowed, he said "as many as will fit in the field." I asked if there was electricity out at the field, he said "no but you could bring a quiet generator." I\'m just saying, it\'s tucked in a corner of the Shetucket river which is a short hike from either campsite and it\'s a nice campground. We went with about 25 people so it cost us $3.00 each for the night... $3.00! Maybe we should throw a fund raising weekend... $25.00 or $30.00 a person, if the fam went they\'d make some $$ to help \'em out, campout & have a good damn time but don\'t get cRaZy, have TB put on a couple acoustic sets, bring an instrument if you have one for jammin\' before and after, have a killer fire in the fire ring in the middle of the field, dance around like wild injuns, and CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES IN THE MORNIN\', they might even let us back as a group! That\'s my two cents... sounds perfect to me. It\'s Salt Rock State Park in Baltic Ct., just north of the Casinos. I think we\'re all mature enough now to not trash the place so we may get the chance to make it a yearly thing or even more often.
just go to the site and check out the map, Salt Rock is the last one of the state park camping areas. ==> http://www.ct.gov/Dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2716&Q=325034
The field campsite is in the lower left corner, the hilltop wooded site is in the upper right hand corner on the map. If you do go, even on your own, be good, it\'s one of only two or three State parks that allow drinking in Ct... don\'t ruin it for everyone... seriously!!
You have to call and reserve the group sites, I don\'t see them listed below, but i\'ve stayed at both... they do exist.
SALT ROCK CAMPGROUND The Salt Rock Campground is open May 15 through October 12, 2009 (daily). 173 Scotland Road (Rte. 97), Baltic, 06330 Exit 83 off I-395. Go left, follow Rte. 97 through Baltic. 2 miles north on the left, just past Salt Rock Road. 71 tent and recreational vehicle (RV) sites. Utilities to some sites, bathroom, dumping station, showers, in-ground swimming pool. Two pets/site permitted. Fishing by permit along the Shetucket River with over one mile of waterfront access. Permits may be obtained at the Salt Rock State Campground office. Nightly Rates for CT residents: $25/night for a tent site $28/night for a site with electricity and water $30/night for a site with electricity, water, and sewer plus a Processing Fee Rates for non-CT residents are $30, $32, and $35 per night plus a Processing Fee. Extended Stay Rates for CT residents: $165/ 7-night week tent sites $185/ 7-night week with electric, and water $200/ 7-night week with electric, water, and sewer $710/ month with electric, water, and sewer plus a Processing Fee Extended Stay Rates for non-CT residents: $200/ 7-night week tent sites $220/ 7-night week with electric, and water $235/ 7-night week with electric, water, and sewer $850/ month with electric, water, and sewer plus a Processing Fee Campsite Reservations (860) 822-0884 Campground Map (PDF):
Think about it... it\'d be a nice Breakfast getaway!