ADVISORY/Magic On the Mountain: Blues, Bikers & Jerry Garcia At Big Boulder.Assignment Desks, Music/Weekend/Leisure Editors ADVISORY...for Aug. 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) Crews Welcome for Great American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Music and Visually Compelling, Family Friendly People Watching People watching or crowd watching is a hobby of some people to watch those around them and their interactions. This differs from voyeurism in that it does not relate to sex or sexual gratification. 17 Hours of The Blues EVENT: The 11th Annual Pocono Blues Festival, August 3rd and 4th. Twenty Blues greats, including superstars Robert Cray, Shemekia Copeland, Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets with Sam Myers, will perform on three stages for 17 hours over two full days. This event at Big Boulder Ski Area also includes guitar and Harmonica workshops, plus photo sessions and an opportunity to talk with the headliners. Advance sale tickets are $22 per day for adults and only $5.00 for children. Call 800-468-2442 for reservations. Rock on, Leather Bikers! EVENT: The 4th Annual Classic Rock Bikers Rally, August 10th, and 11th. Back with classics from the `60s and `70s, The Marshall Tucker Band, Mark Farner of the Grand Funk Railroad, Joan Jett and the Black Hearts come to Big Boulder. It's memory with an edge for 8 hours each day of the weekend. Feast on your favorite tunes in the high-energy atmosphere of this exciting festival. So dust off those Leathers and bike on up! Advance ticket sales are a great bargain. A new two-day ticket is $50.00 for age 13 and up, while individual tickets are $30 each day. Children five and under are free and age 6-12 cost $5.00. Call 800-468-2442 for reservations. Peace, Love, and Jerry Garcia EVENT: The 7th Annual Musical Gathering on the Mountain, August 17th and 18th. Were you at Woodstock? If not, you can still make the scene this summer at Big Boulder. Bela Fleck, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Wailers, The Band's Garth Hudson, and Deep Banana Blackout commemorate the anniversary of Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia as they celebrate music, love, and life. Featured musical styles at this year's gathering are Roots Rock, San Francisco-based bluegrass rock, Jazz Fusion and Jamband which caters to fans of Grateful Dead and Phish. The atmosphere is family freiendly and great for crowd watching. Advance ticket sales are a great bargain. A new two-day ticket is $50.00 for age 13 and up, while individual tickets are $30 each day. Children five and under are free and ages 6-12 pay $5.00. Call 800-468-2442 for reservations GETTING TO THE FESTIVALS: Getting there is easy: It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a little over an hour's drive from Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. , on Route 476 to exit 95, and then following the signs. And Big Boulder Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). is less than two hours from metropolitan New York/New Jersey. From the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City metropolitan area take Route 80 westbound to exit 284 and then follow the signs to great musical experiences. Note to Editors: a limited number of reviewer re·view·er n. One who reviews, especially one who writes critical reviews, as for a newspaper or magazine. reviewer Noun a person who writes reviews of books, films, etc. Noun 1. seats are available. Call Michael Cloeren, Operations Manager See datacenter manager. at 570-443-8425 or Steve Agins at 201-944-4037. |
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