phorbesie Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Phish: A Benefit For Vermont Flood Recovery, September 14thPhish will play a special show at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, VT next Wednesday, September 14th. The concert will benefit Vermont flood recovery efforts. In the wake of Hurricane Irene, Vermont experienced its worst flooding in a century, which devastated communities throughout the state."It's been heartbreaking to see all the loss and destruction that came from the storm," said Phish keyboardist Page McConnell. "Vermont is very much a part of who we are as a band. We're really looking forward to playing this show and we hope the money raised will make a difference in the recovery and rebuilding effort."General admission tickets will be $75. In addition, a special "Friend of WaterWheel" package will be available for $250. It will include preferred parking, a reserved box seat, a limited edition poster and access to a Vermont craft beer tent. A very limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com. The ticket request period is currently underway and will end on Wednesday, September 7, at noon ET. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, September 10, at 10:00 AM ET. In order to ensure that a large allotment of tickets is available to local residents, the public onsale will be in-person only and will be cash only. The box office location will be announced this Friday at http://phish.com, by email update and on local radio stations. There will be a limit of two tickets per person whether individuals are purchasing in person or during the online ticket request period.Proceeds from the concert and merchandise sales will be directed to The WaterWheel Foundation and The Vermont Community Foundation to aid in the recovery of the Green Mountain State.The WaterWheel Foundation was created by Phish in 1997 to oversee the band's various charitable activities. Fans can donate to The WaterWheel Foundation by clicking here. You should specify that they would like their contribution to go to Vermont flood recovery efforts. The Vermont Community Foundation was founded in 1986 and is Vermont's largest homegrown philanthropic foundation, managing a collection of over 600 charitable funds that invest more than $18 million annually in Vermont through grants, loans and other investments. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, the Foundation worked with donors and other partners to facilitate donations for relief and recovery efforts, including the establishment of a fund to benefit Vermont farmers affected by the storm. Visit vermontcf.org or call 802-388-3355 for more information.The show will be Phish's first in Vermont since 2004. Doors will open at 5:30 PM and the concert will begin at 7:00 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Note 'mailorder' ends tomorrow!i mentioned the possibility of this show to velvet this morning, and he said 'that sounds like the kinda show i'd be interested in' ... :dance: (i hope he's interested in getting us tix, hehe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 While I'm sure there's rumbling about it on the green board, I really like they way they're doing the ticketing for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Closest Phish show to Ottawa in 17 years? Order in.Looks like the venue has a capacity of 10,505. Couple that with general onsale being in-person only and this is gonna be one tough mail order.If any of you Ottawa folk wanna order a pair just to see if you get 'em, well I'd happily take the pair off your hands.Anyway, hope to see some of you down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Closest Phish show to Ottawa in 17 years? Order in.If I was a PT jerk off I would point out that both Lake Placid, NY (12/16/95, 12/17/95 and 10/16/96) and Plattsburgh, NY (Clifford Ball, 1996) are closer to Ottawa than Essex Junction is. I would then call you a n00b and say "Sorry you never saw Phish," even though you've seen them way more times than I likely ever will. But that's not how I roll and would be douchey hair splitting, so I'm a shut the hell up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Both the Lake Placid shows and the Plattsburgh shows (each of which I attended, close that they were), are farther away in TIME, which mulitiplied into the whole spatial thing make them distincly farther away in the realm of space/time, the very realm that I hope to travel through to see the band next Wednesday (merely days away - see?).Duh!What's a n00b? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 FYI, your only chance to get tickets ends at noon people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Submitt'd.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Both the Lake Placid shows and the Plattsburgh shows (each of which I attended, close that they were), are farther away in TIME, which mulitiplied into the whole spatial thing make them distincly farther away in the realm of space/time, the very realm that I hope to travel through to see the band next Wednesday (merely days away - see?).Duh!What's a n00b?LP and P-Burgh are both closer to Ottawa in driving time than Essex Junction, though at this point I'm not even sure what we're talking about anymore.Hawking'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Oh no...I missed the window!! It is my birthday show folks...I need a miracle!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 In! GA Field!Sorry Cully, phorbesie and I only scored a single pair. Hope to see some of y'all there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 In! GA Field!Sorry Cully, phorbesie and I only scored a single pair. Hope to see some of y'all there!Of course you did... If there's a luckier two people when it comes to tickets, they're probably related to the band! Nice score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 We're karmically infused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Submitt'd.Reject'd.In! GA Field!Envy'd.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 We're karmically infused.How did you guys do in the Colorado contest?You had a great story!Ps. Congrats and as usual, I'm jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 We're karmically infused.How did you guys do in the Colorado contest?You had a great story!Ps. Congrats and as usual' date=' I'm jealous![/quote']Harumph. We came in third, though free tix only went to 1st and 2nd (phorbesie still went to Colorado, I didn't). The entry that beat mine was a poorly written paragraph about a guy at Coventry who helped carry another guy who was in a wheelchair from camping to the concert field on the first night, resulting in the loss of the first guy's shoes and stash.For the record, the above is a dramatically improved rewrite of dudes entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 For the record, the above is a dramatically improved rewrite of dudes entry. Ah Velvet, you make me laugh so much!Enjoy the show in Vermont next week. Is that the same venue where TAB played in 2002?I would have tried for tickets but I saw the info too late, and I'm going to the Pearl Jam show here on the same night anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 In! GA Field!Sa-weet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Here you go Cully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 It appears that I have an extra ticket for this show. Though logistically, I can't get the ticket out to anyone in time, PM me if you want to risk trying to meet me in the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I sure wish I could take you up on that offer Dave-o! Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Here's a article from VT about Phish this show.Be warned, if your a hyper-sensitive Phish fan don't bother reading. lolhttp://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2011/09/here-for-phish-how-about-you-lend-a-phreaking-hand.htmlOnce this made it to PT, they attacked her FB page with such articulate comments like this:"Bob LeClairyour mother sucks cocks in hell." Coco HannaFUCK YOUR FACEIt appears her FB may have been deactivated, I imagine due to the extreme harassment she got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I cannot stand modern day 3.0 Phish fans. From my perspective they are a horrible fanbase. They've done more than just ruin PT for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 You want to hear about a terrible fanbase, check out the dead lot documentary 'tie-died' from the 94 lot era, seems to me you would fit into that awesome era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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