A slightly more difficult location but possibly doable for Celia would be
Aug 26 Ft. Wayne, IN Embassy Center Box Office: 260-424-1811; www.ticketmaster.com
My personal preference would be Rockford. Anyone coming from places farther away would be welcome to crash at my place in Rolling Meadows if you don't mind bringing a sleeping bag and sleeping on the floor. It would be aproximately an hour drive from Rolling Meadows to the concert location in Rockford. I have a 7 passenger mini van that we could carpool in.
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Being that our friends in Ft. Wayne have all moved (or are moving in the next few weeks), I think you can take that off the list of "convenient" as we'll have no place to stay and the drive is about as far as Chicago.
I'm up for the Rockford one; I just need to talk Bill into it.
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Ok, I have talked him into going to the Rockford one, meeting you people, and spending the weekend in Chicago. We'll probably be needlessly staying in a hotel, though, because he's just not keen on this whole staying with people we don't know thing.
Sheesh, it's not like we're staying with Jon Boy or something!
I think I'll just mark that as progress and be happy about it.
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Lol Tom... Rockford is also considerably cheaper
Do we want to order tickets in a block? If so I could do so after Friday(I get paid then) We would need a nose count by then (Vana and Lime?) xnera? CT? Glynn? (who am I missing?) Also would need a consensus as to whether we want the nice seats or the cheap seats. Since the event is far enough away we could hold off for a bit longer on the ordering too.
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I could probably do the Rockford one. The 23rd is the day I'm moving back to Beloit, but I could always leave all my stuff in a jumble and take off right away. It's nice and close, at least.
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Hey Celia, I'll look around for inexpensive hotels near my place. I think there is an Amerisuites nearby that has decent rates. It is just off of I-90 too which is what we have to take to get to Rockford.
(And after this your hubby will know us so he can't use that excuse anymore!)
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I already have something on August 23rd, but I can try to reschedule. How soon do you need to know to order tickets? (Friday might be pushing it, so if you can wait a bit longer it would help.)
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I might be interested, it depends on my wife, and she's out of town now. I will let you all know shortly.
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We are in. Though, when I told Bill that we would be meeting several people (and not just AJ and her husband) his eyes filled with horror. He's such an introvert.
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Incidentally Celia, we aren't married, we are living in sin, just so there isn't any confusion. AJ
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So right now Celia there are only 6 people definite and both Steve and Tom are computer nerds so they will get along with Bill just fine, if that will ease Bill's fears any.
We also know a couple Erik and Erica (yes they got married) from college that lives in Stockton, IL (poor things). I may invite them as well, with the group's consent, though I don't know if they like Weird Al. Erik is a mech E and both he and Erica are also sufficiently literate and nerdy that they should blend into the group pretty well. I can see Steve, Tom, Erik and Bill trading lots of computer war stories!
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Bill does realize in general there are lots of PEOPLE at concerts right? If he doesn't like us he can pretend we just belong to the rest of the crowd. AJ
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haha, AJ, the thing about introverts is that you put them at ease by not paying any attention to them at all. so, like, a crowded concert is fine, but a crowded concert where 5 people he doesn't know who are all eager to get to know him is difficult.
hmm...i think i'm managing to paint him as a lot more socially inept than he actually is. don't worry about him. he'll be just fine as long as you don't surround him and cut him off from me and ask him all kinds of personal questions. Posts: 3956 | Registered: Jun 2001
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In that case Steve and Tom (and maybe Erik) will probably be sufficiently loud in exchanging their own stories that Bill will be able to quietly blend right in by listening. Steve, Tom and Erik all have personalities bordering on the bombastic at times.
More importantly, what time do we want to get together?
It is a 6 hour trip from my house to the concert. That means I may have to get up early on Saturday, which my wife loathes to do. If its an evening thing--6, 7, or so, that is fine. If its an afternoon event, I need to bribe her.
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Haven't yet heard from Vana and Lime but possibly they or TomD could reccommend a restraunt where we could get together beforehand. You are welcome to free lodging at our place either before or after the concert, though as mentioned previously it might be on the floor and it is also a bit of a drive away. I also have dogs, so if you are highly allergic I wouldn't reccommend our place either, though I would plan on vaccuuming beforehand with our Kirby anyway which is generally enough for my friends with only mild allergies.
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Anyone is welcome at our house as well. We have an air mattress and a pull out foam sofabed. We're about an hour from Rockford. Sadly, we know nothing about restaurants in Rockford, so unless you want to meet in Madison that afternoon or evening, we'll have to defer to Vana and Lime Posts: 1777 | Registered: Jan 2003
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Hey, I'm in Illinois right now! ^-^ Visiting my grandma. She lives in Rockton, and is giving me her car.
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Where are Vana and Lime... I know Lime was extremely interested. Btw I'm leaving town in a a couple of hours on a business trip and won't be back til Friday so feel free to bump this thread as needed.
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Hi, hi, sorry! I've not been at work since Monday (power outages), and I just didn't see this thread.
I'll talk to Lime (I actually didn't know he was so interested!), and if we can't do the concert we will at very least have dinner with you all. What level of restraunt are we looking for? Sit-down I assume, but do you want nice-nice, sorta-nice, or cheapo? I'd recommend Thunder Bay, Chili's or Cheddars or something, and Maid-Rite, respectively, or there's always Beef-A-Roo, which is technically fast food but is wonderful. Maid-Rite and Beef-A-Roo are both fairly local, and my uncle owns two of the Maid-Rites in town, so if you're ever here and need to eat cheap, call me. Seriously. I will take personal time off work, if needs be, for Beef-A-Roo or Maid-Rite (or, well, anything else, really) with a Hatracker or two or lots. Posts: 2661 | Registered: Apr 2002
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I have to admit that I am somewhat unnerved by the prospect of visiting a Beef-A-Roo or Maid-Rite, if only because they both exceed my "hyphenated eatery" quota. But for Vana, anything.
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As far as seating goes, I haven't been in the Coronado since it's been renovated, but I don't think they made it any bigger. So, all of the seats are fantastic, even the cheap ones. But, the "expensive" seats really aren't very much more expensive than the cheap ones, so it doesn't matter much to us.
I think we're pretty sure we'll be going. Not set in stone yet, but looking good. Posts: 2661 | Registered: Apr 2002
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So, Anna, you had talked about buying a block of tickets. How should we work that? We should probably buy the tickets soon.
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AJ'll be back sometime today, right? She seems to have taken over leadership (we love you, AJ!), so once she's back, we'll see what we can figure out about getting those tickets bought (and in the meantime, I'll try to remember to mention this to Dan again and see if we can make a decision about the concert part).
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If some of us get there early, would anyone be interested in playing mini-golf at that awesome volcano that's off the highway? Tom and I have been wanting to go ever since we first drove up to Madison in late November *grin*
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I just wanted to say that I am extremely jealous of you people, seeing as how Weird Al won't be joining us in Utah (apparenlty, he's not a fan of Jello).
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Ok I'm back, sort of. Sorry I didn't bump this on Friday, but life has a way of getting in the way.
First of all xnera, I'm thrilled you have a job and am very happy for you! YOU GO GIRL!
Second of all, I need a final tally of everyone going so that I can order the tickets.
Thirdly I need to do my bills to double check that I can inded buy the tickets in a block. (It should be cool but I need to double check. Always better to be safe than sorry!)
Fourthly, I just found out on Friday after I got back from the business seminar that I have tonsilitis and mono, possibly caught when I was in the hospital with the GB surgery. So, I'm going to be a little bit slower doing the other three than I would like. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have everything done. Also hopefully I should be over the mono by the time the concert rolls around!
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If we want to try to get the tickets in a block, I'm sure we've got to hurry on that. If Banna can't swing it, and if they're available through TicketMaster, I'll be glad to spring for 'em.
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don't worry about my friends Erik and Erica or is it Eric and Erika I never get it right. If they come they can get their own tickets and just hang out with us before or after.
Dan Raven hasn't given us a definite yes though it appears like he is coming with wife in tow add Xnera we need to know about dkw and Jeni and double check on Vana and Lime though they sound like they are yes
IN for sure
Tom Christy Celia Bill AJ Steve xnera
Possibles: Jeni dkw Dan_raven (& wife?) Vana Lime
My brain is fried, I really want to leave work and go home but I have so much I need to do.
Okay, I'm ordering tickets tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday). If you haven't put your name as a certainty on this list by then, you'll have to buy your own.
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Though Rockford is within a half hour driving time and I love Weird Al, I'm going to have to pass. With moving and registration and other important stuff going on that weekend I just can't be certain I'd be able to go. I have seen Weird Al before though, and he puts on a great show. You'll have fun Posts: 4292 | Registered: Jan 2001
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I got nine tickets for section OR7, Row EE; that's the front-middle of the back floor, so at least we're not in the balcony. It was $298. And in case I get clubbed in the head and consequently can't get to the show for some reason, they can be picked up in my name at the door under confirmation number #597288.
Great wrath will be visited upon people who do not show up, as the tickets are non-refundable. Greater wrath will be visited upon people who take advantage of that confirmation number and a fake ID to put their own group of friends in those seats. Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999
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