IS EVERYONE READY FOR THE SUMMERTOUR!? Does it seems like you have beenwaiting forever? Does it seem that it willnever get here? Well if so, call me - wehave loads that still needs to be done!This is seriously going to be the bestsummer tour ever, and all thanks to theveritable BLUE ARMY we have enlistedfrom all the members! Bear with mewhile I mention all those that gave of their time and talents to help out. In noparticular order... The TXBlues and PCBmembers that have blagged, begged,followed up on leads and sold so manyextra tickets to help pay for the legends;Cary for a tireless, and at timesfrustrating, job getting us all roomdeals, flight deals, and transportationand pulling it all together like the pro heis; Chris and Huby, who have been myfar left coast arm and done more than Ican tell you; Mitch and Danny for pullingo
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what will be the most incrediblesupporters tournament in history,complete with a cup; Kelley and all thosethat have submitted, wrote, edited anddouble checked the website so that allthe info is updated; Jeremy, John andDanny (again) for sending out themessages on the podcasts and areplanning some very cool media stu
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; ourvery sweet editor, Jamie who is tirelesslydragging info out of all of us for thenewsletter; Tel (and his right hand“man”, Amy) for what I know will be themost interesting quiz ever; Teri, forkeeping on top of all the merchandiseprojects from which we will all benefit,and you haven’t seen some of it yet!(don’t you love surprises?); Raciel, forher patience, her creativity, and herendless hours of computer work todesign and produce some of the coolestgraphics on the planet; to all of you thatbought a ticket, reserved a hotel room,bought a shirt, a flag, a bus ticket, atailgate ticket or whatever to help usraise the funds to bring 2 legends andNeil to us this summer; and most of allto Andy and Paul, who have been thereevery day, while I drove them crazy withendless lists, checks, questions andutter chaos. You all have no idea howmuch time they have put in and whatthey have put up with. Without thosetwo, honestly we fall apart and I adorethem and respect them more than I canever tell them. Please, if you see any of these fine folks on the tour, buy them adrink, pat them on the back, or simplytell them what a great time you arehaving.
If you haven’t been to the tour websitepages, you are missing out. All theinformation is there and it is beingupdated literally daily. It should be thefirst and the last place you check to getready for the tour. We have the greatestpubs chosen, fantastic lodging andunbelievable events. We were a smallarmy two years ago, but we are indeed amuch larger, and I know prouder andlouder army now.
So on to our special guests... I am soexcited about this! First, Stephen Rea,the author of
Finn McCool’s FootballClub
, will be in LA and Dallas with hisbooks and willing to sign copies foranyone that wants to buy one, and as Iam nearly finished with my copy, I verymuch recommend it! Stephen iswonderful, funny and very Chelsea, andit is going to be a pleasure to welcomehim. So please if you are going to eitherplace, go introduce yourself and have achat, and if you have the dosh, buy thebook! If you are not on tour, you canfind it on Amazon (ed. note: that's whereI got my copy!), or at Borders or Barnesand Noble.You know I am very pleased that we have
•Notes From theChairwoman•Legends Profiles•5 Questions For...Neil Barnett•Summer TourCity-by-City Info•Finn McCool'sFootball Club BookPreview•Tales fromSummer ToursPast
SUMMER TOUR APPROACHES!
Notes from the Chairwoman
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Last month we said thankyou to Guus.... now it's time to say:WELCOME CARLO!
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3JULY 2009
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