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Anybody plan on going?

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I have a hotel room. The bands are not up my alley, but I do need to listen more closely to a few. Not an abigail's ghost fan...however, I think I am still going. Although the 3RP is the weekend before, the plans are made...too many friends to catch up with at Progday to say no.

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Not familiar with Von Frickle. They have good reviews. Are they any good?

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Not me either. You Tube maybe....I will go into full investigative mode post-Nearfest.

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Let them know your room number Rick and you never know your luck.....;)

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I have to admit I am not familiar with most of the bands announced so far. I have a hotel room booked but I might not be able to go. Whether I go or not will depend to some extent on who the final two bands are(probably both will be headliners). I have been personally involved with the festival for the past two years and for a little while longer anyway am still on the promotions team so I will be dissapointed if I don't go but like I said it will depend on the headliners(if I don't know them then I don't see the point). I've been down there the past three years in a row and don't want to stop now if I can help it. ;)



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I read in PE today that Ain Soph is to be one of the headliners (was the first band announced I think).

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That could very well be the case. It depends on who made that announcement. ;)

Personally I don't think they are quite headliner material but that's just my opinion. They are, however, every bit (if not more so) as much of a headliner band as 3, IZZ or Qoph. Ultimately It will probably depend on who the other two bands are. Personally, I think Kenso are more well known. It will be interesting nonetheless to see who the two other bands are. I'm not on the band selection committee so these things about who is the headliner and who isn't don't always come up when the initial announcement is made.

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One of Steve Sly's posts. There is a chance I didn't read it right, but it was in response to the same type of inquiry you made (who the headliners would be).

Speaking of the selection committee, I do know one person that was on it (and dropped out). It's been a difficult go of it for getting bands this year.

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That is true. It seems that this year and last year announcements have been made rather late and it definitely seems to affect ticket sales. Adding to the low numbers is the fact that it seems to be increasingly difficult to get attention grabbing headliners. One of the places I make announcements regarding band announcements is on here because I figure the aural moon people are more likely to know about the obscure bands than say the myspace prog groups where I also post. Steve does post on PE(I don't but I use to occasionally-i'm no longer on there)so that probably was him making that announcement. If there is only one headliner left to be announced then I am definitely curious as to who it might be. I'm going to roll my dice for the New Trolls since they had a new cd out not too long ago but I'm not holding my breathe. ;)

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Well, I think Canvas Solaris and Von Frickle alone would make it worth going. I'm still working out the logistics, but my plan is to get out there and be more social than usual. I hope Mike413 will make it, as he is supposed to tutor me on the finer points of picking up prog women!

Sorry...inside joke. :)

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they shoulda called Frost*.

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Maybe give Dweezil Zappa a call or Mike Keneally

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Well, Mike Keneally played a few years ago. Zappa plays Zappa would be cool though.

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Now that Mirthrandir is playing, I'm guessing I will have to go.

I know Alan Benjamin well and Simon Gannett has ties to my wife's family, so I feel obligated to go.

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I'm sure Alan will understand if you don't though...

Found out the headliner for day 2 and it was not announced since the contract was not yet completely finalized. But I will say that alone, the band will make the trip worthwhile for me (even though they will play at Orion the day prior).

Eventually I will check out the bands I don't know, but I should go to see some good friends...and talkingto Steve Sly over the weekend psyched me anyway...

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OK. Being that I am on the PD promotions team I feel obligated to say something here.

Mirthrandir has not been officially announced(yet)as one of the bands on the ProgDay lineup. Therefore I can neither confirm nor deny that they will play at PD this year. I guess sometimes word gets out a bit prematurely. Anyway, eventhough there has been no official announcement yet( again I use that word so there's a clue right there ;)it should be official very soon.

Here kitty kitty go back in the bag. ;)

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Mike,

Mirthrandir was announced by Steve to the Nearfest crowd, I believe, and the unannounced headliner (which will come out this week I hope) was told to me by Steve and Mike Potter. That's as official as it gets.

I'm sure vax will make sure before he books a flight :yougo

But thanks for the update...I'm now goping to try to cut myself off from all of this so I can catch up on the mountain of work that awaits for me, like a leech wanting my blood.

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When do tickets go on sale?

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Yup! I saw the band in question this spring at the NJPH!

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Hmm maybe I got confused with the band for Day 2. We'll find out soon :)

Dog,

No need to hurry on tix, not on sale yet. There are always tix and it's gen adm..plenty of time.

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Well it seems to be official from here the horses mouth.

http://www.myspace.com/dutyfreearea

DFA's new one will be on the show this week and it is GREAT.

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Excellent, both really great bands. I was going anyway, but the pot sure got sweeter. I've only seen DFA, at NF, and heard about Mirthrandir show from J. Robinson.

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Scott,

Looking forward to it...and DFA will be great in a smaller setting. At Orion it was magic. Hop over to the Progressive Ears pic and tell me who the famous guitarist is in the middle (no answering by those who were at Nearfest :) )

He's someone that frequents Progday.

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OK. I didn't mean to sound overly cautious here but it's hard to know how under the hat things need to be. Nobody tells me that stuff. In fact I even have people who do I what I do telling me they can't tell me about what band(s)are playing because it's not official yet. So I get a lot of mixed signals. I didn't know Steve was already making that announcement. Here I thought I was special. Lol.

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July 1st.

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I only posted it because it's on their myspace. If it falls through it's not my fault :)

By the way, I didn't mean to include Steve in the DFA...Mike only.

You have your own special way:rofl:

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Independence Day! :D

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Nonetheless it's not official. In fact both aren't. The announcements can't go up on the website until the contracts are finalized. I'm not angry or anything. It's way beyond me. I'm just a messenger. But the thing is if people make plans to go based on just the announcement of those two bands(especially DFA) and for some reason the contracts don't go through then PD gets blamed for it. There are implications. It is highly unlikely but still possible. I think the PD team was just anxious to get the word out and saw NF as a prime opportunity to get more people interested even if it was a tad premature. That said I totally understand the risk involved.

Rick, I'm not blaming you or anyone else. It's not really anyone's fault. As far as I'm concerned it's all just a technicality anyway. Being that DFA has it up on their myspace page I guess that means they really want to play. I'm sure everything will turn out just fine. At least I'm hoping. Bands have cancelled at the last minute in the past but that can and has happened after band's have been officially announced and not just PD either(FK at RF comes to mind).

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ok:

To anyone - You will not need to make any plans for Progday anytime soon. You can wait until August like I did last year.

Mirthandir was announced by them, just like NF always announces a band a year in advance, and like Rosfest does. Bands cancel all the time (like Yes did this year).

No one's getting their hopes up, Mike, and frankly, I don't think anyone really cares, and no one is going to blame Progday. Or no one in their right mind.

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yeah... what Rick said. geezz.

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Finally got the chance to take a look. It appears to be GG's Gary Greene. Do I get a prize? How about a Carolina brew at the show, that'll do. :knowing:

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That's him - ok about the brew, but since you added an e to his name I get to take a sip :)

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Should be safe Danger. Plenty of time for that problem of Rick's to clear up.:winkies:

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If Danger didn't get anything when we were in the same place at Progday, he never will!

Have a good pic of you and the Fish that I need to upload...