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Warped Tour 2009
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Monday, August 10th, 2009Meet Jon – Warped Road Update!
Monday, August 10th, 2009Hey everyone!
Jon here from Warped in St. Louis. Can’t tell you how good it feels to be back on the road with Rock For Health and I’m hoping to see you all at the tent this summer!
The craziest thing happened today…a dude was banged up in the pit pretty good today and where did his friends CARRY him to? Not the medics but to Rock For Health! We had the chance to save a life first hand today, and it really means a lot that you all are recognizing us as a resource for everything health-related. We’re here to create awareness around healthcare for the industry and act as a hub for our bands, but it was pretty special to hear the words, “You’re Rock For Health, right? We need you…”
But we need you, too…
Even today too many of our musicians are struggling to have the care they want and need. So many of us are under the misconception that, just because you’re in a successful band, you have every resource at your finger tips. Not the case! Our bands needs us more than ever.
More and more this year you’re coming to the tent with stories of how you saw and heard about RFH through AP and Fuse, and that is so encouraging. We love hearing about what the organization means to you and we want you to keep spreading the word!
One t-shirt sold equals a month of healthcare for a band….think about it…
Check out warpedtour.com see if we’re coming to a city near you and please, by all means, come introduce yourselves at the tent!
Jon
Three weeks in!
Monday, July 20th, 2009It’s hard to believe that we are just about three weeks into tour… How quickly time has been flying! Each and every day we are greeted with curiosity and support from kids and bands. Not a day goes by that I am not taken back by the support expressed. There is nothing quite like having someone come up to the table and say, “what you’re doing is amazing…it’s inspiring!” Admittedly, I did get teary eyed a couple times! As the tour has been going on our outreach has been growing and surpassing our expectations, we have you, the readers, the admirers, to thank for it. So, thank you.
Much love to these great people we met this weekend!
Lainie!
The girls who made a bag out of a tee shirt!
Just to bring you up to date. The past couple days we have been conquering the east coast. Friday we were in Camden/Philadelphia, followed by NY on Saturday and Oceanport, NJ on Sunday. We would like to throw out a big thank you to Oceanport, it was the best day so far! We are continuing on to Boston tomorrow and it promises to be a great day…there are going to be some awesome surprises throughout the day so come to the tent and see what’s up!
You guys have been keeping us busy! There is little time to catch bands lately, but Kristina and I were able to catch some of Chiodos the other day (the band is an avid supporter of RFH), they were incredible! Plus, Matt (of Chiodos) was wearing our shirt on stage in Oceanport! How cool?! They sound better than ever! If you have the opportunity to check them out on a future date of the tour- we advise you do so! Rock For Health is lucky enough to be on a bus with a talented new band called There For Tomorrow, our table in Oceanport happened to be pretty close to the Smartpunk stage and we were able to see some of their set…it’s looking good!
Thank you Matt (chiodos) and Nick (guest vocals for chiodos)!
Lil Jon came to hang out in Uniondale on Saturday! He has been a RFH supporter since February of this year! His shirt of preference? The black tee. What a great guy, we were stoked to see him!
Please continue to come to the table. Please ask questions. Your curiosity and support are what keep us smiling throughout the day.
-Amanda & Kristina
A quick thanks to Less Than Jake, POS, A Skylit Drive and Meg & Dia – we recently spotted you supporting the cause!
Warped Tour Update Part Deux
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Happy fourth of July!
Let me start off with an overdue video update from Pomona, CA. Amanda from Shore Alternative was out with us for a few days! Be sure to check out her site! We will be doing a lot of video blogs with them this summer.
Warped Tour has been very kind to us thus far… It’s day 10 already! Thanks to everyone who has stopped by so far!
Doesn’t our tent look lovely?
Warped Tour Update Number One!
Sunday, June 28th, 2009Greetings from There For Tomorrow’s bus! We are currently en route to Ventura, CA for day 3 of Warped Tour. Things have been going great so far! The whole crew is out – me (Kristina), Andi, Diego, Amanda, and Michael (who is also out for Glamour Kills!).
Pre-production day in Pomona was on Thursday. Got to love it – its summer camp reunion! Hot, long, and sweaty, but well worth it.
We are riding with There For Tomorrow the whole tour and I couldn’t be more stoked about it! The guys are so great and hospitable to my whole crew. I’m currently listening to them have a conversation about why N*Sync is great or just plain terrible. Got to love it!
Thank you to everyone who stopped at the tent these past two days – current supporters and new! It’s nice being able to put faces to many of you that I have been talking to.
We’re really excited about the “Sponsor A Band” contest that we are running right now – be sure to check it out! We will be announcing more bands very shortly. There For Tomorrow and Versa Emerge are currently up there. Keep checking back for more updates!
Check out www.shorealternative.com and look out for some new videos that the lovely Amanda Tumulty and I (pictured below) have been filming.
Looking forward to meeting many of you this summer!
Be well –
Kristina
