Topic: Loon Mountain NH

[MacMutt]

NOTHIN makes me squeemish....cept for some of Donnas jello shots!  >runnin n duckin< 

[dmslsfly]

<<< HOOT >>>    Sj  ...  1 day and 2 more sleeps ... Im ssooo lQQking forward to this wknd!!! To all those traveling Safe journeys & Sj enjoy your flight...

[GardenMiss]

NOTHIN makes me squeemish....cept for some of Donnas jello shots!  >runnin n duckin< 

 Can't help that you are attracted to the ones that are the melting pot of left overs!    Has to do with the name I think "MacMutt"

[singlemaltkiller]

Okay so what are the odds of the oddity oddly getting out of hand at the Misfit gathering Saturday afternoon?

[PaddyJJ]

prolly not great, most ppl that are misfits wouldn't have bothered to reread that sentance chris lol.

[PaddyJJ]

got the gas in the jeep, and the errands list written down to do b4 i head up friday mornin, tiz gonna be a great weekend, i can feel it in my bones.
 

[*Anamchara* *Nicole*]

Well, I'm officially traveling to Loon in the a.m. Ben and I found a campground to stay at, so we'll be there for all three days and the Saturday night concert too. Sooooo excited. I can't wait to see everyone!!! 

[singlemaltkiller]

There was a nasty rumour going around at the end of the day the the band has "not yet" been invited back.  This prompted me to start "Bring Back Nach!" chants at various points during the last set.  I have also written a rather impassioned not to the organizers at NHSCOT.ORG and urge those who go or think about going to these games to do the same!



That being said.  It was a fun weekend over all (though it's too bad one person has to ruin everyone else's fun) oh and Ashley...... You are still a traitor and dead to us for betraying the band by wear that other band's shirt and spending time cavorting around the mountain top with the enemy     JK, glad you found someone to spend time with (it's about time right!?!)  oh and after 9 years of attempts I BOUGHT THE SWEATY ONE A BEER    !!!!

[CANDY-LASS]

yeah Chris!!!!       my hero!

[PaddyJJ]

yeah enough small changes lately to the loon music schedule and the frequency at which the artists play are somewhate troubling.  a grassroots campaign to make sure they invite the artists back we like and play more often is required imho.
 
i mean the organizers, i think, are underestimating how many ppl actually primarilly show up for the music as the major draw for the games, i'd still go for the highland clan and the massed pipe and drums but still.  i spend 50% of my time at the games either at the music venues and beer tents the rest at the clan tent for MacLachlan.
i think the problem is that i dont think many of the organizers as much a fan of the modern celtic or tribal rock and therefore devalue the prominance at which the bands bring in revenue at the games which is a critical failure in logic.  there r tons of young ppl that show up just for the music and dance and athletics, they should promote and enhance these aspects of loon to be even more successful imho.
 
 

[Lee-Ann]

yeah enough small changes lately to the loon music schedule and the frequency at which the artists play are somewhate troubling.  a grassroots campaign to make sure they invite the artists back we like and play more often is required imho.
 
i mean the organizers, i think, are underestimating how many ppl actually primarilly show up for the music as the major draw for the games, i'd still go for the highland clan and the massed pipe and drums but still.  i spend 50% of my time at the games either at the music venues and beer tents the rest at the clan tent for MacLachlan.
i think the problem is that i dont think many of the organizers as much a fan of the modern celtic or tribal rock and therefore devalue the prominance at which the bands bring in revenue at the games which is a critical failure in logic.  there r tons of young ppl that show up just for the music and dance and athletics, they should promote and enhance these aspects of loon to be even more successful imho.

Well said Pat, totally in agreement.  They have to realize that Albannach and the other performers bring alot of people into the games that would not normally be there.  I have friends I have introduced to the band and they come to see them alone.  Like you I'm there for both, (Clan and games) but the music keeps me hanging around all day when I would cut out early for the ride home. 
 
So guess we all need to get writing to NHHG and make sure they get it!!

[PaddyJJ]

this is what i wrote to the 2 contact ppl.
 hi, I just thought I’d say as a person of Scottish heritage and a frequenter of many highland games that I love loon and have been coming for 15 yrs. straight.   although I have notice the past few years some troubling things and hope they may be remedied.  the parking lot attendants this year were woefully out of touch, some didn’t have radios and were texting each other trying to keep up with the direction at which they were sending the influx of cars to park in certain areas.  I myself on Saturday was driven in a complete circle twice because the car parking attendants weren’t in communication with each other, twice I had driven off of the main street to D parking lot and then directed back out to the street only to be told to turn right onto main street again and be directed to D parking lot, on the 3rd attempt I heard a rumor that they were parking ppl at the hobo lot so I drove over there unprompted by a parking lot attendant.   and the 2 bartenders that were over by the athletics events lodge on the 3rd floor, on friday night were extremely rude, I asked them if they were still open and they didn’t’ even say anything, they just both shook there heads with a scowl on there face and as I turned to walk back down the stairs, they shut off the lights to the whole floor.  extremely rude imho.   also on a minor note, one of the yellow buses a woman was driving on the hobo route parking lot had a safety hand rail that had a metal bur on the handle that was cutting ppl’s hands deeply enough as they exited the bus, I myself got a fine razor cut on my right hand as did the 2 ppl in front of me. unfortunately I didn’t get the bus number but a lady in her mid 50’s with dirty blonde hair was driving the bus which as I said was a yellow bus, and she did seem to know a great deal about the train car restoration project as she mentioned it as she drove past them into the hobo parking lot (if those details help you narrow down which bus this may be).  that safety rail should be replaced or repaired sufficiently so the metal bur is ground down to avoid further minor cuts to ppl as they exit the bus.   yeah enough small changes lately to the loon music schedule and the frequency at which the artists play are somewhat troubling. a grassroots campaign to make sure they invite the artists back we like and play more often is required imho.    chiefly ALBANNACH!!!... , RATHKELTAIR, THE TOWN PANTS, HADRIAN'S WALL(NEIL EMBERG , ASHLEY MACLEOD, BARLEY JUICE, ENTER THE HAGGIS.

i mean the organizers, i think, are underestimating how many ppl actually primarily show up for the music as the major draw for the games, I'd still go for the highland clan and the massed pipe and drums but still. i spend 50% of my time at the games either at the music venues and beer tents the rest at the clan tent for MacLachlan.
i think the problem is that i don't think many of the organizers are as much a fan of the modern Celtic or tribal rock and therefore devalue the prominence at which the bands bring in revenue at the games which is a critical failure in logic. there r tons of young ppl that show up just for the music and dance and athletics, they should promote and enhance these aspects of loon to be even more successful imho.  my final impression of the music changes is they are making the music artists play less at the beer tents and octagon so they can encourage more ppl to buy the 20 dollar friday and saturday concerts which bring in additional revenue. and I mean the over 70 dollars I spent to go the 3 days of the games makes me take pause, I mean If I’m spending that much to enter the games, I expect, nae, demand a chock full schedule of epic music on a full bill.     next year in closing I hope to see    1) radios in the hands of the parking lot attendants,    2) all my favorite bands back, (chiefly ALBANNACH!!!... , RATHKELTAIR, THE TOWN PANTS, HADRIAN'S WALL(NEIL EMBERG , ASHLEY MACLEOD, BARLEY JUICE, ENTER THE HAGGIS.)    3) schedule the bands to play more often, I mean ALBANNACH was only scheduled to play once on sunday, the past u could catch atleast 2 or 3 performances, whether they were in the beer tent mini stage or the concert tent or octagon lodge made no matter to me.   you guys should really beef up the music celtic rock component more for the 2012 loon games, I don’t think you really understand how many people just come up for the celtic rock or tribal celtic fusion music.  it is a driving force to many people that are interested in scottish events such as yours.   give the people what they want plz

[dmslsfly]

O PATNH I TOTALLY AGREE!!! Bravo well written. I also had the same probs. with the bus/parking situation & the security rudeness at saturday night concerts. Last year all of their help was fired just before the games so I could mebe understand it last year but NOT this year. It WAS totally unacceptable!!! Im definately on my way to leave them a nice    note also...

[MacMutt]

Was really good seeing everyone again.  If i didnt see you or say hello, I apologize; as you might have heard, or noticed, I was feeling very under the weather with one hella nasty head cold. (riding up the mountain in the  ski cars was fun but it did a number on my sinuses)


I hope everyone had a great time! 

[KISSfan94]

That being said.  It was a fun weekend over all (though it's too bad one person has to ruin everyone else's fun) oh and Ashley...... You are still a traitor and dead to us for betraying the band by wear that other band's shirt and spending time cavorting around the mountain top with the enemy     JK, glad you found someone to spend time with (it's about time right!?!)  oh and after 9 years of attempts I BOUGHT THE SWEATY ONE A BEER    !!!!

hahahaha Yeah it was about time!! Too bad my man won't be there next year! I'm so sad.    He was my "boyfriend" for 2 weekends in a row! LMAO! We had fun up there!! 

[singlemaltkiller]

Does anyone know if the band has heard from organizers about being invited back yet?