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TICKETS
SELLING FASTER THAN LAST YEAR - GET THEM NOW.
Early Bird tickets $25. Price goes to $30 August 9th (if any remain).
Only 480 tickets will be sold, and a sellout is expected.
Beat
the recession with a LOCAL party of your
best Springer friends!
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Get your ticket from a committee member listed below or
CLICK HERE to BUY DIRECT from the Springer Connection
using a Credit Card or PayPal >>
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Saturday,
August 15th, 2009, The Acca Shriner’s
Patrol and The Springer
Connection present
the
8th
Annual Blast
from the Past, a
big eastern Henrico party for friends
of ole HSHS.
The Blast
From The Past will
feature the best of 60's and 70's
Rock and Roll with
(in order of appearance)
LOOSE GRAVEL and THE
BARRACUDAS
BONUS: The last 30 minutes of the Blast will complete the party
with BOTH BANDS playing together in the All-Star
Springer ENCORE JAM. This Jam format was a big hit last year, with all the
songs pre-planned from the bands' own songlists.
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We
Dance So They Can Walk!
Net proceeds of this event benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
is a network of 22 pediatric hospitals
in the U.S., Canada and Mexico providing specialized
care for orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal
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SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
LOOSE GRAVEL,
featuring Springer musicians Buzzy
Lawler and Bill Coon, play authentic Rock of All Ages, Music from the 60's to NOW, serious but dancible.
Bill, Buzzy, Henry and Ray play about 100 shows a year and are spreading their authentic brand of Rock 'N Roll all over the Central Region.
Loose Gravel is:
Bill Coon - (HSHS Class of '72) Guitar and Vocals
Buzzy Lawler - (HSHS Class of '69) Guitar and Vocals
Henry Gerber -
Bass and Vocals
Ray Lassiter -
Drums and Vocals
Check out their performance schedule, songlists, music
jukebox and video player on the Loose
Gravel web site >>
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Back: (L-R): Jeff, Donnie, Sam and
Mike
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The BARRACUDAS
It
was 1964 when the Barracudas
sprang from Sandston.
Mike Parker, Jeff Warburton,
Sam Shaw and Donnie Thurston
will rock the second
set and make it feel
like Teen Night at the
Sandston Pool. Bring
your water wings and
flip flops!
Check
out Mike Parker's Scrapbook of the
Barracudas - very cool! >>
The Barracudas are:
Mike Parker - (HSHS Class of '67) Guitar and Vocals
Jeff Warburton - (HSHS Class of '73) Guitar and Vocals
Sam Shaw - (HSHS Class of '69) Bass and Vocals
Donnie Thurston - (HSHS Class of '67)
Drums and Vocals
Butch Earnhardt - (HSHS Class of '67)
Keyboards and Sax
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PERTINENT BLAST DETAILS:
WHEN: Saturday, August
15, 2009
8:00pm to 12
Midnight
Doors open at 7:00 p.m., seating is
First Come, First Served.
PRICE: Early-Bird Tickets are $25 through August 9th.
Tickets go to
$30 AFTER August 9th. Only 480 tickets will be sold,
and a sellout is expected.
WHERE: Acca Shriner’s
Ballroom
1712 Bellevue Avenue in Richmond, off I-95 and Hermitage Road near Bryan Park
Click
HERE for a Map >>
Dress Theme: Tropical ( if you
have it - not a requirement! )
BYOB -
all snacks, sodas, setups, ice and
cups provided! (NOTE: Write your name
on your beverages with a marker or
sticker to save time when you arrive
- otherwise the Shriners will have
you do it then).
NO COOLERS ARE ALLOWED
IN THE BALLROOM (due
to leaking coolers damaging the ballroom floor at an
event in 2006). Cold Beer will be available for purchase. |
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HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS:
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Get your ticket from a committee member listed below or
CLICK HERE to BUY DIRECT from the Springer Connection
using a Credit Card or PayPal >>
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Acca
Shriners Office,
264-0509
Larry Horton (class
of '66): 780-1641
Claude Miller (class
of '66/67): 744-5427
Dana Hanson (class of
'67): 737-2801
Mike Parker (class of
'67): 966-1494
Donnie Thurston (class
of '67): 339-4697
Kathy Nixon (class of
'68): 354-3996
Bobby and Charlie Weis (class
of '68/82): 514-3549
Bobby and Mary Seargent (class
of '68/70): 737-4168
Doug and Debbie Bailey (class
of '69/'72): 795-2406
Tommy & Cheri Casey (class
of '69/70): 328-1619
Alan Ferguson (class
of '69): 314-2556
Buzzy Lawler (class of
'69): 515-5841
Harry Snipes (class of
'69): 672-6700
BLAST MASTER Vic Sorrell (class
of '69): 804-556-3197
Vickie Rowe Yates (class
of '69): 229-5566
Bruce Walton (class of
'69): 795-5602
Wally Denton (class of
'70): 883-7698
(Wally
is the official Blast Photographer - be sure
to smile when he takes your picture!)
Robin Hood (class
of '70): 559-1655
Gray McCalley (class
of '70): 737-3278
Randy & Vonne Fincher (class
of 70/71): 357-1256
Pat Harmon (class of
'71): 781-0998
Jack and Kimberly Adkins (class
of '73/87): (804) 895-1587
Danny Atkinson (class
of '72): 737-1061
Nancy Mingee Oley (class
of '72): 965-9582
Danny Ball (class of
'73): 647-2912
Steve Powers (class of
'73): 737-8498
Dan Zodun (class of '73): 346-0688
Kathy Cullingsworth Russis (class
of '74): 405-6213
Jerry Miles (class
of '74): 222-4339
Jeff
Warburton (class of '74): 737-3397
Dana Creery Crocket (class
of '75): 908-2298
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Photos: 2002-2008 |
This is THE Big Party
of the year, every year! Check out
the photos from these years:
2008 | 2007
2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
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