Threadhead sponsorship of local kids

[ibjamn]

I thought this idea deserved it's own thread, as folks were discussing the fest and perhaps sponsoring local kids who might not be able to afford a ticket to Jazz Fest.

We have been marginally involved with but very supportive of a local group called called Silence is Violence who is trying to enact change on a person to person, neighborhood by neighborhood basis.
http://www.silenceisviolence.org/

As I was perusing their website tonight, I saw where they sponsor youth music clinics for kids on Wednesdays:
Youth Music Clinics.

Every Wednesday, local professional musicians lead music clinics at Sound Cafe for New Orleans children of all ages. The clinics include both vocal and instrumental training, and they are followed by a performance by Glen David Andrews and the Lazy Six.
WHEN: Every Wednesday, 6pm
WHERE: Sound Cafe, 2700 Chartres Street (corner of Port), New Orleans
WHAT: Free Music Clinics and music performance! Dinner provided for children under 12.

Wouldn't it be cool if the Threadheads could sponsor a group of these kids for a day at Jazz Fest?

This is just a raw egg, not even hatched, but I would be glad to be a local contact and work with Silence is Violence and the Fest, along with a committee of THs. In the 90s I worked with the fest to obtain fest tickets for an HIV group I worked with, so they could go to fest and have a contact there still.

I'm just tossing things around in my mind right now, but as time goes by, I think this would be a great way to get young, urban kids who are already interested in music a chance to go to fest.

[grisgris]

Sign me up Jenn. This sounds like a great deal.

[ozzie]

Thanks Jenn... haven't stopped thinking about this! I'm in!

[ohio]

Great idea Ms. Jennifer! I could easily set up a site for donations.....

[Cleophus]

Nice! If the Foundation isn't already doanting tickets to this group, I think it would be great if we could. Please keep us informed.

[funkkjunkie]

What a wonderful idea. Our own kid, Shamarr Allen, is performing before a silence is violence walk this evening!

[rosetree]

Sounds like a good match!
If you need help Jenn, please let me know!:D

Sound Cafe is just down the street from NOCCA right?

[Amy Winette]

Love it, count me in!

[ibjamn]

Great idea Ms. Jennifer! I could easily set up a site for donations.....

VERY cool, Bry! I knew I could count on you! :)

I have already sent an email to Ms. Baty Landis, owner of Sound Cafe and board member of Silence isViolence to see if there is any interest there and to kind of get the ball rolling.
Last year while visiting Bob French at WWOZ, I was introduced to Don Marshall, executive director of the Fest Foundation. I copied him on the email, as well as a personal friend of ours who is a member of the foundation board. (I'll tap them for tickets later.) ;)

Thanks for everyone's support. I can feel in my heart that this is a good thing! :)

[rosetree]

VERY cool, Bry! I knew I could count on you! :)

I have already sent an email to Ms. Baty Landis, owner of Sound Cafe and board member of Silence isViolence to see if there is any interest there and to kind of get the ball rolling.
Last year while visiting Bob French at WWOZ, I was introduced to Don Marshall, executive director of the Fest Foundation. I copied him on the email, as well as a personal friend of ours who is a member of the foundation board. (I'll tap them for tickets later.) ;)

Thanks for everyone's support. I can feel in my heart that this is a good thing! :)

Pssst Jenn, I know Don Marshall......just want you to know ;)

[ibjamn]

Pssst Jenn, I know Don Marshall......just want you to know ;)


ALLLRIGHT!!! (He's a very nice guy, huh?) Our friend on the board is Johnny Jackson, formerly of the city council and Captain of the Zulu Diamnond Cutters (former boss of Ms. Lena!). Between the two of them, I figure if they look at past Threadhead philanthropic efforts, we might get a sweet deal on tickets. :)

[McGregor]

+1

[rosetree]

ALLLRIGHT!!! (He's a very nice guy, huh?) Our friend on the board is Johnny Jackson, formerly of the city council and Captain of the Zulu Diamnond Cutters (former boss of Ms. Lena!). Between the two of them, I figure if they look at past Threadhead philanthropic efforts, we might get a sweet deal on tickets. :)

Very nice guy!!!! Let me know what you want to do when you are ready....I do know another member of the Board...he's a very good customer!

[ohio]

Coming along nicely already! Now we have to think up a cool & snappy name for this endeavor....
no hurry.

[ohio]

Kids At Fest
Fest 'n' Kids
lame, I know

[rosetree]

CHIME
Children Having Incredible Music Experiences

[ibjamn]

I like that one!

[Goose]

Such a lovely idea...count me in for sure. :)

[ibjamn]

CHIME
Children Having Incredible Music Experiences


BUT, would the 12, 13, 14 y/os want to be "children"?

[ozzie]

What's the age group of the kids? In my very limited experience some kids don't like being called kids! Maybe something with youth.

Mind racing off here, but maybe the kids could have an informal comp to name the event themselves and perhaps even create a design. Winner on a tee.

[ozzie]

snap, Jenn!

[rosetree]

BUT, would the 12, 13, 14 y/os want to be "children"?

Are they not "children"????? Aren't they now referred to as "Children of the Storm"???

[ibjamn]

What's the age group of the kids? In my very limited experience some kids don't like being called kids! Maybe something with youth.

Mind racing off here, but maybe the kids could have an informal comp to name the event themselves and perhaps even create a design. Winner on a tee.


GMTA!! This is going to be great. I hope I hear back from someone tomorrow.

[ibjamn]

snap, Jenn!

LOL, Ozzie!! Get outta my head!!!!! :D

[ozzie]

GMTA!! This is going to be great. I hope I hear back from someone tomorrow.

GMTA... translation please!

[ibjamn]

GMTA... translation please!

G - great
M - minds
T - think
A - alike :)

[ozzie]

G - great
M - minds
T - think
A - alike :)

Indeed!

[bluedog]

ooooh! what a great idea! count me in too! what ever I can do to help let me know!

[ScoopJohnD]

Excellent idea. Count me in for a donation or anything else you may need. And I like the let the group pick a name and make a design idea.

[steeleye]

Jenn, count me in.

[saturn]

Count me in for whatever gets planned.

[swag]

CHIME
Children Having Incredible Music Experiences

Maybe it's becuase my day job is in high tech, but I've learned to hate "clever" acronym names.

[Priestboy]

Maybe it's becuase my day job is in high tech, but I've learned to hate "clever" acronym names.

so you would be against it being called "S.W.A.G." (Students With A Gift)?;)

[glinda]

Excellent idea. Thanks, Jenn. I will help any way I can!

[Michelino]

I'd liked to be part of it...at least as a contributor.

I was thinking in the back of my mind when reading recent discussion on the rise of Jazz Fest ticket prices that threadheads should sponsor some area kids/children/young adults....and there you go!

[NYMAMA]

Count me in Jen. What a terrrriffffic way to give back.

[NeenAtlanta]

I love the idea Jenn - let me know how I can help!

[ibjamn]

I'm waiting to hear back from Silence is Violence. If I haven't gotten an email by Mon or Tues, I'll call over there, or maybe go by the Sound Cafe.
I'm excited by this and think it will be yet another wonderful Threadhead endeavor. :)

[breambob]

This is an excellent idea, Jenn.
Just some thoughts [dangerous, I know].
If worked through the NOJF Foundation I'm sure there would be a big break on ticket prices, the ones donated from them are at least half the price of gate tickets.
NOMC and Tip's Foundation might also be interested in helping out.
Silence is Violence is a great resource too, they are doing an outstanding job from what I've seen so far. We prolly need them in every urban city...

http://silenceisviolence.org/

[LindaSue]

If it's not too late, count me in. I'd love to help out/contribute.

[ibjamn]

If it's not too late, count me in. I'd love to help out/contribute.

Definately not too late, in fact it's just beginning. Stick around here with us, more news to follow soon. :)

[Zydekitten]

Oh, I'm SO down with this!!!! Can't wait to be a part of it! :D

[jazzbluesguy]

Jenn Please count me in. Whatever I can do just let me know.

[ibjamn]

Threadheads have such BIG hearts!!! As soon as we locate just the right group to sponsor, announcements will be made here. Ohio is even building us a website! :) Thanks, everyone!
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_68.gif

[ohio]

We have several months...everyone will be able to contribute!

[funkkjunkie]

I tossed this idea out to Juana this weekend, while we were traveling to MS to HWY61 blues fest. And another idea hit me. Maybe we should consider giving each musician 2 tickets=one for the musician and one for a parent. That way we can help out some of the adults who are missing jazzfest too.

And I picked up a similar project in Greenville this weekend. TModel Ford's 8 year old grandson, Gentle aka Stud, has started playing drums in public. He's played at home for a while and just started playing publicly last fall. He played with TModel at Hwy61fest this weekend (see my review of the fest on the general music discussion forum). His drum kit, which was at home, has a broken snare and a messed up cymbal so Cedric Burnside, Lightning Malcolm and I are working on getting a new kit for him. If anyone wants to contribute to this project, email me at musiclover at conwaycorp dot net.

[Staxsun]

I haven't posted anything on this topic yet, because I'm not big on 'me, too' posts, and the idea is just getting started. That said, ME, TOO. KK, I'm interested in that project, too. I might have some extra drum stuff around. I gave some of it to Johnnie Billington's kids a few years back.

[bywterbro]

I know this has been mentioned in another thread, and by no means
do i want to cut into what funkyjunkys doing, but I thought this was worth
mentioning here.....they take dontations of all instruments.....thanks...
maybe both of these can be linked in ohios new website?
HEALED BY HARMONY
Katrina became a clarion call for an Oregon musician devastated by his son's death, summoning him here to give away instruments
Sunday, June 03, 2007
By Darran Simon
Staff writer

The piano man tried to avoid thinking too much. He filled his head with radio music during his 2,800-mile cross-country drive, but he cried a lot anyway.

The memories kept coming back: his son winning a fourth-grade contest by cranking out 100 sit-ups and then asking his father to hold his legs so he could try for 500, and then the terrible fight that the boy lost, the one that pitted him against a rare form of cancer.

A gangly bass player by the time he died, the son, Steven, was the reason his father, Peter Spring, drove from Oregon to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, pulling a trailer of donated musical instruments.

Spring had never visited the city, but somehow he had absorbed its culture. Back in Oregon, he would play a dirge and do his own second-line when he learned that a jazz great had died. Coming to New Orleans, he said, was his way to "pay down some of the debt" he felt he owed a city and people who invented the music he and his son loved.

In his son's memory, Spring decided to use the music to boost morale, heal troubled souls and become a "third responder," a term he coined. Through the Steven Spring Foundation, which he founded in the fall of 2005, Spring has given out hundreds of instruments to New Orleans musicians and tuned pianos for free or at reduced rates.

He set up his piano tuning business first in Faubourg Marigny, then moved it to Bywater. Today he tunes pianos and provides moving and repair services for the Recovery School District.

As an encore, Spring, 57, is planning a free music camp for Frederick Douglass Senior High School students and others this summer at the warehouse where he lives and works.

The camp is intended to help Douglass rebuild its band, but no elementary, middle or high school student will be turned away as long as there is space. The Douglass band now has 35 members, but many are beginners.

Ali Muhammad, the band's director, hopes the summer program will be both a bonding experience for band members and a recruiting tool.

"Hopefully it's going to help us do what we are really designed to do," Muhammad said. "The band is a tremendous ambassador for the school and for the district. It is going to help us get in performance shape so we can help represent our community and our school."

Spring calls the summer music camp "Music to the people!"

It started with a sore

Spring's son, Steven, took 48 hours to come into this world. He sported a mohawk as a child and one year gave his parents his summer savings of almost $1,000 so they could pay the mortgage after moving to southern Oregon.

Peter Spring made bamboo flutes and for several years sold them on weekends on the craft show circuit, freeing up the rest of the week to be home with his two children. Classically trained, Spring also taught music and ran a piano tuning business in Oregon. His daughter, Amanda, took up the drums and today plays with an Oregon band.

Steven aimed to make a career as a bass player, even though his favorite joke was that the difference between a musician and a pizza was that a pizza could feed a family of four.

When Steven was 13, his parents discovered a sore on his right toe. It turned out to be a rare form of bone cancer. His was one of only about 100 cases nationwide, the doctor told them. The doctor said he would have to amputate a piece of the toe and offered a warning: He had recently had to amputate the foot of another teenager with the same rare cancer because the boy had waited too long before seeking treatment.

The doctor's voice cracked with emotion as he gave them the bad news, and Steven and his father put their arms on his shoulder, comforting the comforter.

The cancer returned when Steven was 15, and doctors cut off two more pieces of the same toe. At 21, he was studying bass on scholarship at Mount Hood College when a sore on his shoulder and a persistent cough sent him back to the doctor. He had this advice for his parents: Look past the doctor visits and the medicine; pretend the cancer doesn't exist.

Then came the thunderbolt: Steven had two inoperable tumors in his brain. The cancer had engulfed his liver and kidneys. His face swelled from the drugs, a common side effect of steroids. Three months before he died, he sat in with the horn-based soul band Tower of Power -- a young man holding his own among seasoned musicians. He was still playing with buddies three weeks before he died on the last day of January 2002. He was 22.

An idea spawned from loss

"The most amazing thing about my son, and the inspiration for me for the rest of my life, is that not once through any of the surgeries, through any of that whole cancer experience, did any family member or medical personnel or friend or audience member ever hear him complain or get bitter or resentful or waste any time or call attention to himself," Spring said. "He just played as hard as he could right up to the end. So, he set the bar pretty high for me, and that's what I got to live up to right now."

The bereaved father spent three years trying to process his loss and, as he put it, to "keep breathing and figure out the deeper meaning of what we're all here for."

Katrina prompted him to start the foundation in Steven's name and help New Orleans musicians. He decided a week after Katrina to move to New Orleans.

The timing was right. Spring was divorced and had no mortgage to hold him down; Amanda was grown. To raise money for the foundation, he organized a jam session at his mother's church in Ashland, a small theater-rich town in southern Oregon. Neighbors dug through attics and closets in search of instruments left behind by grown children. Spring hitched up a trailer, loaded it with guitars, violins, trumpets and the like, and hit the road.

"I feel a profound debt to, particularly, the African-American people, for inventing jazz, which I think is the best thing that's come out of America," Spring said.

Piano giveaway

He met musicians at jam sessions and clubs in New Orleans and started giving away the instruments. He heard about vocalist Barbara Lane from members of the New Orleans Jazz Vipers and realized he might be of use to her.

One morning a year or so ago, he woke her up with a phone call. "Is this Barbara Lane? I hear that you need a piano," he began.

"What, are you selling one?" she asked, still groggy after a late-night gig.

Lane had sold her grand piano before Katrina. Spring told her a woman of her talent should not be without one.

"I just got out of bed. Let me lay back down again," the amazed Lane, a songwriter as well as singer, told Spring.

A few days later, Spring showed up, pulling an upright piano in his trailer. Lane took photos because she couldn't believe it. She offered him a cup of coffee, and Spring eased the piano into her living room, close to her CDs and sheet music.

"I was just like a giggling little child in a toy store, such a beautiful, beautiful soul he is," Lane said, recalling the moment. "Granted I can go out and buy myself a piano, but this thing was given to me, and I won't change it for nothing. That thing is going to be with me forever."

As she told the story, she fingered the keys and said how much she admires the piano's tone: "The bass just billows through my house."

Keeping the faith

Spring has spent some mornings giving lessons to Douglass band members. He moved a piano into the band room and tuned it as students watched. He has donated some pianos and sold others.

He said he gives himself another three years in New Orleans. Before he goes, he hopes to start a church in his Bywater shop and call it the First United Temple of Harmony, a place open to music lovers of all faiths. On the walls, he would hang pictures of Louis Armstrong and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Music, Spring said, is the "deepest most visceral connection to the divine."

His time in New Orleans has confirmed another deeply held belief: "I have absolutely no doubt that I am in the right place doing the right thing."

. . . . . . .

To reach the Steven Spring Foundation and find out more about the summer music camp, which starts June 18, call (504) 818-8749 or visit www.stevenspring.org.

Darran Simon can be reached at dsimon@timespicayune.com or (504) 826-3386.

[funkkjunkie]

Wow. Because of those who call her home, because of those who move there to support, because of those who love her from afar, New Orleans is going to renew in spite of all the govt. ne'er do wells.
And no worries, bywaterbro. My Delta project is secondary to our New Orleans cause.

[Chas_P]

Another of those not big on Me Too, but you can count on 2 more. We'll be watching the posts.

[tangledupinblue]

Totally count me in on this Jenn! Feel free to delegate anything this way baby!

[bywterbro]

Wow. Because of those who call her home, because of those who move there to support, because of those who love her from afar, New Orleans is going to renew in spite of all the govt. ne'er do wells.
And no worries, bywaterbro. My Delta project is secondary to our New Orleans cause.
YYR.....your love shines thru funkkjunkie...thanks....
all children deserve a good chance in life......
one thing to think of...sometimes on craigslist people give away stuff for
free...if I see its a musical instrument, ill write and see if they are will ing
to donate it

[ohio]

I tossed this idea out to Juana this weekend, while we were traveling to MS to HWY61 blues fest. And another idea hit me. Maybe we should consider giving each musician 2 tickets=one for the musician and one for a parent. That way we can help out some of the adults who are missing jazzfest too.

Great idea!

[ibjamn]

I am thrilled! They are interested in our offer. Bry, I hope you see this. I can't access my home email from work, email me at ibjamn50@yahoo.com.
We have enough time that we can make a real difference for those kids. Here is the letter I got from Baty Landis at SiV:

Ms. Rooney,
Thanks so much for getting in touch about sponsoring SilenceIsViolence
kids at Jazz Fest next year. We would love it. Because we are an
all-volunteer organization (unlike some of the other, perhaps
better-known local organizations you may have worked with), in order
to accomplish something meaningful for the kids, it will cost us about
$150 per day, per kid. This would cover tickets, food, transportation
to and from the Festival, and expenses and a stipend for a guardian
who could stay with them during the trip (one guardian for each two
kids). So, if you would like to sponsor four different kids on each
of two days, for example, expenses would run $1,200. We could work
with more or fewer kids, depending on what level sponsorship you have
in mind.
I think this is a great idea and a wonderful way to reach local youth
as well as support the efforts of a small-scale, very active
organization! Thanks for thinking of us-
Baty Landis
www.silenceisviolence.org

[funkkjunkie]

Yay!

[saturn]

We can do this easily. :D $1200 is a very modest goal -- I expect we can go higher than that.

[ibjamn]

I'm hoping, I'm hoping! :)

[NOLA]

Time for that Threadhead bake sale...

[ibjamn]

YYR, Frank :)

[Staxsun]

We can do this easily. :D $1200 is a very modest goal -- I expect we can go higher than that.

It is a modest goal, plus if we can get some in-kind donations (such as tickets and/or food coupons) the cost would be lower and we could do even more.

[NYMAMA]

Great where do I send my check?

[Cleophus]

Thank you, Ibjamn, for following through on this!
I'd love to contribute. Please let us know further details -- thanks again!

[ibjamn]

Bry/Ohio is going to set up a website for us and you'll be able to do paypal. Anyone uncomfortable with paypal, I'll send my address to for checks.

I'm thinking with the time we have and the possibility of discount tix, we'll be able to sponsor lots of kids! :)

[funkkjunkie]

I love all our hearts. :cool:

[NYMAMA]

I was just thinking about this latest threadhead venture and it brought a tear to my eye. What a wondfull thing this is that you started rolling Jen and what a beautiful group of giving people you all are. Thank you all .

[NOLA]

Just thinkin' out loud here, but the letter mentioned expenses and a stipend for guardians for the kids. Maybe a handful of threadheads would donate their time one day to chaperone a couple of kids at the fest. It might result in some serious FOMS, but it might be worth it to bring a smile to some kid's face and let them experience the wonderful world of Jazz Fest. And it would make the money we raise go a lot further and maybe enable us to include more kids. I wonder what the qualifications are for being a guardian...

[ibjamn]

That thought crossed my mind, Frank, but I also thought that so many THs give their time now, working at Ms. Lena's. That's quite a sacrifice during a precious, short vacation. I was actually hoping the chaperones would be parents, or even musicians. (as kk had mentioned) I'm sure more will be ironed out over the coming months. But I love all the ideas & and making a list!

[jhjpotter]

Great idea jenn!! I agree Frank. I read that $150 number and I would think $150 could be stretched a bit more. The program obviously has done this and been through it before, so they probably have it pretty well figured out, but again, during fest time, it would probably be pretty easy to get a lineup of volunteers through FestAid to get guardians. If it involves a ticket for the guardian, it might be a good way to get more locals coming to the fest too who might otherwise be deterred by the rising cost of tickets.

[swag]

Well, how old are these kids? I wouldn't want to spend a whole day in the Kids area, but if they are old enough to be at the main stages, then chaparoning might not be a drag at all.

[Michelino]

When I read that $150, my first thought was...that's a real adminstrative wollop.

But then I costed it out with 2 tickets, 2 sets of travel expenses, food and beverage...even with volunteer time, it seems be to more a reasonable estimate...Certainly, there are ways to cut costs....donated tickets, etc....volunteers who do not require a stipend.

It would nice to see how the original per diem was broken down according to category and then maybe we could see where to substitute other resources....for example, soliciting vendors to donate food at cost perhaps..

One thing is that with the responsibility of taking care of other people's children, volunteers THs will want to be properly covered by insurance of some sort...maybe some sponsoring corporation will extend it's umbrella or maybe SIV has this covered.

[bluedog]

YAY! another way to give back! I love it! When the website is up & running can we post info about it on say "myspace" and other places to get the word out? now that I think about it I guess it may be time to remove the TH Raffle Banner from "myspace" page ...

[ozzie]

I'm up for including costs for a guardian... the more locals enjoying Fest the merrier. It's a long way off and lots of dolla raising and talking with Baty to do yet, but when we know each other better and have an idea of the threadhead $$ involved, I'd rather see our donation getting more folk into Fest. $150pp per day is pretty steep and I would hope that through our collective resources we could bring that cost down so more kids/guardians can enjoy the experience. Could we run tab at Ms Lenas for drinks? Having said that, even at $150 per... that's a lot of kids we can sponsor!

The volunteer thing is harder... would you entrust your kid to a stranger for the day? Crap, I'm having trouble getting Ken's soon to be 20 year old grandbaby into my care for Fest! Maybe aside from Ms Lenas we could have a meet up at a predetermined stage and all enjoy some music together. So while I'd love to meet all and spend some time with... I'm out on being a guardian.

Thanks so much Jenn, 'tis a good thing you do.

[ibjamn]

Well, how old are these kids? I wouldn't want to spend a whole day in the Kids area, but if they are old enough to be at the main stages, then chaparoning might not be a drag at all.

The kids we are talking about are all ages, taking part in SIV free music clinics every Wed. Local musicians are donating their time to teach. They provide dinner for kids under 12. More info is at their website: www.silenceisviolence.org (http://www.silenceisviolence.org)
Again, we've only gotten one email from them. As we have 10 months till fest, it seems we should raise some money for our cause and work out the details as time goes on when we find out more about how they work and they find out the same about us.

[Amy Winette]

YAY! another way to give back! I love it! When the website is up & running can we post info about it on say "myspace" and other places to get the word out? now that I think about it I guess it may be time to remove the TH Raffle Banner from "myspace" page ...

Hey Blue, I actually think that link goes to everything on threadheads.org, all of the volunteer and other links too :)

[Amy Winette]

Mich, I was thinking the same thing about liability insurance to be guardians for the kids . . .

If we each pitch in $150 that's a lot of kids we can sponsor! Count me in :)

[bywterbro]

since they are young musicians, might consider having them put together a little
band and have them play a few tunes at the thread patry early in the evening..
their music mentors on wed. nite could join them...

[ibjamn]

since they are young musicians, might consider having them put together a little
band and have them play a few tunes at the thread patry early in the evening..
their music mentors on wed. nite could join them...


Oh man!! I love that!! :)

[grisgris]

Mich, I was thinking the same thing about liability insurance to be guardians for the kids . . .

If we each pitch in $150 that's a lot of kids we can sponsor! Count me in :)

I give up something, so I can donate. Give up the coffee in the morning at Starbucks, give up the soda in the middle of the day, bring your lunch to work with you. You save some money & take that money & give it back. I can save $150 this year & save $150 next year to give to this cause. That's $300 that I can give to this cause & maybe make a differance in a child's life. That is priceless.

[bywterbro]

I give up something, so I can donate. Give up the coffee in the morning at Starbucks, give up the soda in the middle of the day, bring your lunch to work with you. You save some money & take that money & give it back. I can save $150 this year & save $150 next year to give to this cause. That's $300 that I can give to this cause & maybe make a differance in a child's life. That is priceless.
grisgris, you are one beautiful soul......

[ibjamn]

I give up something, so I can donate. Give up the coffee in the morning at Starbucks, give up the soda in the middle of the day, bring your lunch to work with you. You save some money & take that money & give it back. I can save $150 this year & save $150 next year to give to this cause. That's $300 that I can give to this cause & maybe make a differance in a child's life. That is priceless.


I love you, chica!! If this makes a difference, turns around just one kid, it will be well worth our effort!

Now, we are back to, what shall we call this endeavor?

[bywterbro]

Oh man!! I love that!! :)
tanks IB....

[ohio]

Bry/Ohio is going to set up a website for us and you'll be able to do paypal. Anyone uncomfortable with paypal, I'll send my address to for checks.

I'm thinking with the time we have and the possibility of discount tix, we'll be able to sponsor lots of kids! :)
I'm on it...

[Chas_P]

We can easily support $150 at this point and maybe even raise it.

Now, we are back to, what shall we call this endeavor?

As an outsider, I'll over a suggestion to start "Giving Back".

[ibjamn]

We can easily support $150 at this point and maybe even raise it.

Now, we are back to, what shall we call this endeavor?

As an outsider, I'll over a suggestion to start "Giving Back".

But you're NOT an outsider! You're a Threadhead, it's you're baby too! :)

[ozzie]

since they are young musicians, might consider having them put together a little
band and have them play a few tunes at the thread patry early in the evening..
their music mentors on wed. nite could join them...

How cool would THAT be! :D

[Chas_P]

But you're NOT an outsider! You're a Threadhead, it's you're baby too! :)

Thanks!!!!!

[bluedog]

Hey Blue, I actually think that link goes to everything on threadheads.org, all of the volunteer and other links too :) well then ... it stays!:)

[ohio]

well then ... it stays!:)
Well then, why don't I just make a "rest of the year" banner...

Ok, I will.

[ibjamn]

Looks like we will go with:

Fest4Kidz

[Chas_P]

Can we make a sticky of this somehow so it's easy to keep up with how it's progressing?

[ibjamn]

Good idea, I'll ask our oh-so-wise moderator! Oh Chhhrrriiisssssss.....

[chrisjoseph]

that is weird...I haven't had time to read most threads recently....but I just read the last post from Jenn asking me to stick this thread...and now having read some of the posts....that is done.

[Staxsun]

I love you, chica!! If this makes a difference, turns around just one kid, it will be well worth our effort!

Now, we are back to, what shall we call this endeavor?

Threadhead SIV-ilization.

[Corona]

Looks like we will go with:

Fest4Kidz
LOVE IT!!! I told you already that whatever you need, money or volunteer assistance....I am THERE okay?

[saturn]

Looks like we will go with:

Fest4Kidz

Sounds perfect --- does CBH have the t-shirts and buttons designed yet? :p:D

[rosetree]

Sounds perfect --- does CBH have the t-shirts and buttons designed yet? :p:D

I think she needs 20 minutes!!!!! LOL ;)

[ibjamn]

that is weird...I haven't had time to read most threads recently....but I just read the last post from Jenn asking me to stick this thread...and now having read some of the posts....that is done.


WOW!!!! I knew you were good, but YOU'RE GOOD!!! I feel like Dorothy, all I have to do is click my heels together, close my eyes and my Fairy Godfather comes along.... ;) Thanks, Chris!
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15/15_3_39.gif

[Lester_leaps_in]

I haven't said this, and I hope I don't really have to, but count me in on this.

I love youth music, and attend/sponser a good deal of it locally. So, the idea of having a few of these kids play a mini-set at the patry really appeals to me.

I like FEST4KIDZ as a name, although I would like FEST4KIDS better.

Anyway, I'm in and glad to be in.

I joined this forum to get info for my virgin NOLA JF. Who knew it would become a year-round activity for me? Is this a cool place, or what?

[linza22]

I haven't said this, and I hope I don't really have to, but count me in on this.

I love youth music, and attend/sponser a good deal of it locally. So, the idea of having a few of these kids play a mini-set at the patry really appeals to me.

I like FEST4KIDZ as a name, although I would like FEST4KIDS better.

Anyway, I'm in and glad to be in.

I joined this forum to get info for my virgin NOLA JF. Who knew it would become a year-round activity for me? Is this a cool place, or what?

it is, isn't it? i've truly made some great friends here, and it all goes back to getting it and not getting it. we truly get it. i really love you guys.

I'm in too!

[Staxsun]

Looks like we will go with:

Fest4Kidz

Sounds good to me. Note to self, read all the posts first.

[Orleansnj]

Hey alll - geeze. I don't read the board for a week and then I'm behind !

Jenn - please, please, please count me in on this one !!!

[bluedog]

Well then, why don't I just make a "rest of the year" banner...

Ok, I will.yes please! & when you do will you frwd the code for myspace to me? bluedog 1365 at yahoo dot com tanx!:)

[linza22]

I think she needs 20 minutes!!!!! LOL ;)

i'll drive up and knock on her door!!!

[pgh_girl]

wow! I have been traveling like crazy for work since JF and haven't been on the threads at all - I have missed soooo much! This is a great idea and you can definitely count me in!

[funkkjunkie]

Here comes my teacher side: I'm with Lester. I'd like to spell it Fest4Kids.

[bywterbro]

what does it mean that this thread has sticky status?
is there a special way to find it...???

[ibjamn]

It means Chris has "stuck" it to the top of the board, so that it doesn't sink down and get lost. :)

[ibjamn]

It looks like we are going to go with the name, Kidz4Fest. My apologies to our teacher contingent. I had already gotten the email kidz4festATyahoo.com. I'm sorry I jumped the gun on that one, I should have waited a bit http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_18_2.gif but it was only my enthusiasm for the project.
However, I am more of a cheerleader than an artist and other Threadheads are hard at work on the website and graphic art. Thanks for everyone's support.

[saturn]

It looks like we are going to go with the name, Kidz4Fest. My apologies to our teacher contingent. I had already gotten the email kidz4festATyahoo.com. I'm sorry I jumped the gun on that one, I should have waited a bit http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_18_2.gif but it was only my enthusiasm for the project.
However, I am more of a cheerleader than an artist and other Threadheads are hard at work on the website and graphic art. Thanks for everyone's support.

The name sounds OK to me. Looking forward to moving forward on this endeavour.

[Ms. Festngator]

Having just read this thread from start to finish, it reinforces for me what an amazing group of souls the Threadhead Nation is made up of. We look forward to being part of this worthy endeavor.
I know CBH will design something way cool, but I also want to suggest that the poem by Jordan's son, Nathaniel, about Jazz Fest, really captures the feeling of Fest. I know I plan to buy one of the T-shirts (CBH, can I get a tank?). Maybe we can raise some additional funds by purchasing Kidz4Fest stuff.

[Carolina Beadhead]

It looks like we are going to go with the name, Kidz4Fest. My apologies to our teacher contingent. I had already gotten the email kidz4festATyahoo.com. I'm sorry I jumped the gun on that one, I should have waited a bit http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_18_2.gif but it was only my enthusiasm for the project.
However, I am more of a cheerleader than an artist and other Threadheads are hard at work on the website and graphic art. Thanks for everyone's support.


Ummmm... Jenn, I thought it was Fest4Kidz. That's what we have everywhere, including (I thought) the email. Am I wrong? Do I need to rework my part?

[ibjamn]

GOOD LORD!!! I have lost my cotton-pickin mind!!! CBH is absolutely correct! It is Fest4Kidz!!!
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_1_11.gif



Having just read this thread from start to finish, it reinforces for me what an amazing group of souls the Threadhead Nation is made up of. We look forward to being part of this worthy endeavor.
I know CBH will design something way cool, but I also want to suggest that the poem by Jordan's son, Nathaniel, about Jazz Fest, really captures the feeling of Fest. I know I plan to buy one of the T-shirts (CBH, can I get a tank?). Maybe we can raise some additional funds by purchasing Kidz4Fest stuff.

That's a fantastic idea, Vicki, I love it!

[Carolina Beadhead]

GOOD LORD!!! I have lost my cotton-pickin mind!!! CBH is absolutely correct! It is Fest4Kidz!!!
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_1_11.gif


WHEW!! :D

[ibjamn]

LOL!

[grisgris]

since I have boxes of stuff of don't need or use, I will be having a garage sale for the cause.

[ibjamn]

Cool, Mel! Garage sales, bakes sales, whatever works! Hmmmmm......a bake sale.....

[funkkjunkie]

Woah, I'll bet CBH's and Bry's hearts about stopped on that one. No worries, ibj. The name's great and Nathaniel's poem on the fest4kidz shirts with some cool graphics would be awesome. Everytime I read this thread, it gets better and better.

[Corona]

Cool, Mel! Garage sales, bakes sales, whatever works! Hmmmmm......a bake sale.....
a MARDI GRAS bake sale!!!!!!! Right on St. Charles waiting for the parades!!! Think we could do it?????

[Corona]

Having just read this thread from start to finish, it reinforces for me what an amazing group of souls the Threadhead Nation is made up of. We look forward to being part of this worthy endeavor.
I know CBH will design something way cool, but I also want to suggest that the poem by Jordan's son, Nathaniel, about Jazz Fest, really captures the feeling of Fest. I know I plan to buy one of the T-shirts (CBH, can I get a tank?). Maybe we can raise some additional funds by purchasing Kidz4Fest stuff.
oh man, that's a great idea! I'm gonna send Jordan this thread, I bet he'd want to be involved too. I love that poem and it's so fitting for the cause. This is SO exciting :)

[bywterbro]

hopefully the kids can stop by th get togethers behnd ms. lenas ...

[ibjamn]

a MARDI GRAS bake sale!!!!!!! Right on St. Charles waiting for the parades!!! Think we could do it?????

That's exactly what I was thinking!!! We could probably sell a few cookies & blond brownies to the parade goesrs, huh?

[NOLA]

I suspect jello shots would be a big seller too, though I don't know about the need for a license to sell alcohol...or baked goods either, for that matter!

[ohio]

WHEW!! :DDeep breaths, deep breaths...

[ohio]

So great to get this kind of response, and we haven't even opened for business yet! We working on a site which is coming along nicely, should be ready in a few days or so. Thanks for your interest and support everybody!

[bywterbro]

So great to get this kind of response, and we haven't even opened for business yet! We working on a site which is coming along nicely, should be ready in a few days or so. Thanks for your interest and support everybody!
ohio...are you setting up a non profit? or is the money going right
to Silence is Violence?

[ibjamn]

Bro, we are not a 501c3 organization. I looked into that and it costs nearly $1000 to do that. We are setting up a dedicated bank account just for collecting this money for SIV. We already have a paypal account that will be attached to this account so people can donate by check or credit card. All the funds will be given to SIV earmarked for the Fest4Kidz program. (Over and above any paypal fees which will be built into the donation.)
The accounting of this account will be open and available to anyone who donates or requests it.
The only drawback is that the individual does not get a tax credit for their donation.

[linza22]

I suspect jello shots would be a big seller too, though I don't know about the need for a license to sell alcohol...or baked goods either, for that matter!

nola, jello doesn't have alcohol in it.....nope...i've never heard of such a thing...ever! :confused:

[glinda]

This is so great! I'm glad it's stickied so I can keep up with it even if I'm not on the board a lot (which has been the case lately due to workload).

[TheGuzilla]

see now.... this is nice... just got pointed to this thread and please allow me to add -- an emphatic Yes. Count me & The Bride of Guzilla in. We are happy to help in any way, shape or form. I love this idea.

[as for item sales, t-shirts, etc. one graphic design idea just popped in to my head... (any skilled artists out there?) I think it would be amusing (if the Foundation wouldn't mind TOO much) to have a modified version of the famous JF / Second Line logo, but with little kids doing it. Perhaps in oversized suits, holding the umbrellas, instruments etc., maybe descending in ages so the last one is pulling a teddy bear, etc. just a thought.]

this is great... pledging my enthusiastic support and will check back for updates! nice one!

[bywterbro]

see now.... this is nice... just got pointed to this thread and please allow me to add -- an emphatic Yes. Count me & The Bride of Guzilla in. We are happy to help in any way, shape or form. I love this idea.

[as for item sales, t-shirts, etc. one graphic design idea just popped in to my head... (any skilled artists out there?) I think it would be amusing (if the Foundation wouldn't mind TOO much) to have a modified version of the famous JF / Second Line logo, but with little kids doing it. Perhaps in oversized suits, holding the umbrella instruments etc., maybe descending in ages so the last one is pulling a teddy bear, etc. just a thought.]

this is great... pledging my enthusiastic support and will check back for updates! nice one!

thats a firebreathing idea guzilla.....i wonder how ms. beadhead feels about it....:)

[ibjamn]

see now.... this is nice... just got pointed to this thread and please allow me to add -- an emphatic Yes. Count me & The Bride of Guzilla in. We are happy to help in any way, shape or form. I love this idea.

[as for item sales, t-shirts, etc. one graphic design idea just popped in to my head... (any skilled artists out there?) I think it would be amusing (if the Foundation wouldn't mind TOO much) to have a modified version of the famous JF / Second Line logo, but with little kids doing it. Perhaps in oversized suits, holding the umbrellas, instruments etc., maybe descending in ages so the last one is pulling a teddy bear, etc. just a thought.]

this is great... pledging my enthusiastic support and will check back for updates! nice one!


I think that idea is precious! Would it really be the fest logo if it's kids just 2nd-lining? Hmmmmm.... ;)

[bywterbro]

I think that idea is precious! Would it really be the fest logo if it's kids just 2nd-lining? Hmmmmm.... ;)
i dont think so....
its a great idea....

[rosetree]

Just gotta keep far enough away from the JF logo...they guard that very closely! When we sign our contracts, there are stipulations that we can not have anything close to the logo or the words "Jazz Fest" on any of our wares...

[Carolina Beadhead]

thats a firebreathing idea guzilla.....i wonder how ms. beadhead feels about it....:)

I think it's a WONDERFUL idea!

Just not sure that my skills are up to par with that.

Hmmmmm.....

[bywterbro]

I think that idea is precious! Would it really be the fest logo if it's kids just 2nd-lining? Hmmmmm.... ;)
i took another look at the jazzfest logo....it might be questionably close?..
what do yall think?....
as rosetree said they are very protective....did ohio or carolina beadhead
have any logo ideas?

[Cleophus]

Logo idea:
http://allmusic.galeon.com/caratulas/v/vanhalen-1984-1.jpg

[ibjamn]

I think it's a WONDERFUL idea!

Just not sure that my skills are up to par with that.

Hmmmmm.....



HAHAHAHAHAA!!! Your skills are amazing!

[ibjamn]

i took another look at the jazzfest logo....it might be questionably close?..
what do yall think?....
as rosetree said they are very protective....did ohio or carolina beadhead
have any logo ideas?

Beadhead has already done some cool poster art for the website. You'll like it, I gar-on-tee!!

[bywterbro]

Beadhead has already done some cool poster art for the website. You'll like it, I gar-on-tee!!
and shes such a cool lady also....im sure it will be good....

[Carolina Beadhead]

and shes such a cool lady also....im sure it will be good....

Awww, thanks, guys!

I'm gonna think on the 2nd lining idea for awhile... :)

[ohio]

ohio...are you setting up a non profit? or is the money going right
to Silence is Violence?
I only set up web sites...

[mightyradgumbo]

I have to hit the bored more often I guess...I am definitely in on this one. Love the entire idea
As far as the logo, I believe the thing that keeps any copyright infringements away from you is the ability to not confuse/represent it with the originating logo. But I am not a lawyer, I only play one on TV.
I will talk to PB as well. I don't know the rules for collections but maybe we can rope some of those well to do cat-a-liks to pony up some dough :p

[ibjamn]

Great idea, Gumbo. Beadhead scrapped our original logo and designed an amazing graphic based one guzilla's idea! Bry's working hard on the website. Coming together, ya'll!

[ohio]

I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once....

[bywterbro]

Great idea, Gumbo. Beadhead scrapped our original logo and designed an amazing graphic based one guzilla's idea! Bry's working hard on the website. Coming together, ya'll!
xciting...will you post the logo here when its ready....

[funkkjunkie]

Or how about just a little peek now!

[swag]

It looks like we are going to go with the name, Kidz4Fest. My apologies to our teacher contingent. I had already gotten the email kidz4festATyahoo.com. I'm sorry I jumped the gun on that one, I should have waited a bit http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_18_2.gif but it was only my enthusiasm for the project.
However, I am more of a cheerleader than an artist and other Threadheads are hard at work on the website and graphic art. Thanks for everyone's support.

Just catching up here.

If you want, I can set up fest4kidz {at} threadheads.org email account. Using a real domain instead of freebie/anonymous Yahoo helps lend a little bit of legitimacy, IMO.

[TheGuzilla]

Great idea, Gumbo. Beadhead scrapped our original logo and designed an amazing graphic based one guzilla's idea! Bry's working hard on the website. Coming together, ya'll!
ooo... I am all a-flutter! Very exciting stuff!

[ibjamn]

Or how about just a little peek now!


I don't know why not, but it'll have to wait till later on this evening, as Q is working for corporate america till 8pm and I don't have the artwork! :)

[ibjamn]

Just catching up here.

If you want, I can set up fest4kidz {at} threadheads.org email account. Using a real domain instead of freebie/anonymous Yahoo helps lend a little bit of legitimacy, IMO.


Sounds good, swag! email me offlist, please!

[Corona]

wow! this thing is really moving along....can't wait to see the logo and Swag, that's a great idea...much more credibility that way!

[ibjamn]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)

[saturn]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/Catipillerthumbsup.gif

It looks amazing! Well done, Susan.

[bywterbro]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)

excellente....excellente......beautiful graphics...thanks to susan and guzilla..
id like to ask a question tho....lets say we come up with more money
than silence is violence has kids participating in their clinic...
or the wednesday nite workshops stop happening....
there are other youth clinics going on around the city also...
no jazz national park has one every saturday morning...storyville stompers
and treme brass teach the kids...
tipitinas has one on sunday afternoons...
ashe cultural center has one also...
rebirth brass band has started one...
etc.
are we sure we want to be tied in to silence is violence exclusively?
this is not a knock on silence is violence in any way...
they are doing great things...

[ibjamn]

Well, we are tied to SIV for now. If all their kids are taken care of, I'm sure we can move on to other groups...

[NYMAMA]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)
This is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great work. I can't wait to get my tee shirt and wear it proudly.

[Corona]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Wahooooo!!! CBH, you are fantastic! :D

[TheGuzilla]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg



WOW!! :D :D

CBH -- That is truly fantastic! Count me in for sure! I'll take t-shirts, hats, coozies, visors, coolers, mugs, boxer shorts & the thong underwear. Actually, do the thongs come in Large Male sizes? Just asking... You know... umm... for a friend.:o

Super awesome... Great work in a short time team!

[ozzie]

Double WOW and YOWZA!!!!!

So fantastic Beadsusanhead! Thank you big time! This is so awesome I can't stop the exclamation marks!!!!! Wahooooooooooooooo!

[bywterbro]

its really beautiful...has like a 3d effect with the flat fleur di lis, and the
children standing upright......a print would be nice also...

[ozzie]

Okay I'm calm now. I reckon let's concentrate on making this year's project a huge success for the Silence is Violence group. If we have reams of cash left we could make some donations. Did y'all see these little treasures on Sauvage St each night.....

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/oldozzie/FestKids07.jpg

The New Orleans String Project (provide tuition free music classes for deserving kids aged 6 - 14 years). www.neworleansstringproject.org

There must be lots of these little groups we could sling some cash to IF we have some leftovers.

[bywterbro]

Okay I'm calm now. I reckon let's concentrate on making this year's project a huge success for the Silence is Violence group. If we have reams of cash left we could make some donations. Did y'all see these little treasures on Sauvage St each night.....

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/oldozzie/FestKids07.jpg

The New Orleans String Project (provide tuition free music classes for deserving kids aged 6 - 14 years). www.neworleansstringproject.org

There must be lots of these little groups we could sling some cash to IF we have some leftovers.


i wish i had seen them...but by the money in the bag it looks like
alot of people were very appreciative......did you take this pic?
did you get to hear them?
yes...there are lots of groups...which is a very good thing for the city.

[NYMAMA]

WOW!!

CBH -- That is truly fantastic! Count me in for sure! I'll take t-shirts, hats, coozies, visors, coolers, mugs, boxer shorts & the thong underwear. Actually, do the thongs come in Large Male sizes? Just asking... You know... umm... for a friend.:o

Super awesome... Great work in a short time team!

MALE THONG!:eek: :eek:

[ozzie]

i wish i had seen them...but by the money in the bag it looks like
alot of people were very appreciative......did you take this pic?
did you get to hear them?
yes...there are lots of groups...which is a very good thing for the city.

Yep, we took the pic. Enjoyed them on our way home each day. Man they were.... bad! I was singing along to row row row your boat and then discovered they were playing baa baa black sheep (over and over and over)! Didn't matter... they is just learning and it made it all the more gorgeous! Good on 'em for setting up where they did... they musta collected a heap of cash.

[ozzie]

MALE THONG!:eek: :eek:

Crikey! Don't go there Mama!

[ibjamn]

WOW!! :D :D

CBH -- That is truly fantastic! Count me in for sure! I'll take t-shirts, hats, coozies, visors, coolers, mugs, boxer shorts & the thong underwear. Actually, do the thongs come in Large Male sizes? Just asking... You know... umm... for a friend.:o

Super awesome... Great work in a short time team!


It turned out nice, huh Guz? Great idea! :)

[rosetree]

Let me add my compliments to CBH on the fine artwork/logo!!!

Put me down for a t-shirt fershur....not the thong, I already.....oops nevermind!!!;) :p

[TheGuzilla]

It turned out nice, huh Guz? Great idea! :)

you flatter me, darlin'... Just a little post-Fest inspiration - CBH did the hard part. But I thank you for the compliment. We like those. And thongs. Why... I'm reminded of one fashion-forward, well-appointed gentleman I saw at the MOMs Ball a couple years ago who I am sure would like to purchase a F4K thong...
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w12/TheGuzilla/354155155_3ce47113d6.jpg

[ohio]

e-e-e-e-e-e-e-s-h

[Lester_leaps_in]

you flatter me, darlin'... Just a little post-Fest inspiration - CBH did the hard part. But I thank you for the compliment. We like those. And thongs. Why... I'm reminded of one fashion-forward, well-appointed gentleman I saw at the MOMs Ball a couple years ago who I am sure would like to purchase a F4K thong...
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w12/TheGuzilla/354155155_3ce47113d6.jpg

Holy Chit! Now I gotta rip my eyes out.

[bywterbro]

i went blind....can that woman on his arm please lead me around...

[jolie]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)

This looks terrific! You all are very talented and doing a wonderful thing here.

[TheGuzilla]

Holy Chit! Now I gotta rip my eyes out.

yep... there are some things you can't un-see...

[funkkjunkie]

Looooove it! But guzilla, did ya hafta do that? Man!!!! ;)

[Carolina Beadhead]

Thank you all for your kind words! :o

All I have to say is THANK GAWD FOR GOOGLE....

Forgot to say a BIG thanks to Guzilla for the inspiration!

[glinda]

Wow, cbh, you've done many great graphics, but THIS ONE!!!!! So beautiful! Love it.

[bluedog]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)

WOW! this is beautiful! it brought tears to my eyes ... I LOVE IT! Bravo!

[NYMAMA]

Crikey! Don't go there Mama!

I'm sorry Ozzie. My eyes are still burning from that picture.

[Corona]

its really beautiful...has like a 3d effect with the flat fleur di lis, and the
children standing upright......a print would be nice also...
ooooh, great idea bro...I would love one for my office! I like the idea of coozies too....you could throw them in your backpack for fest and they are pretty cheap to produce. This is so great :)

[Corona]

Yep, we took the pic. Enjoyed them on our way home each day. Man they were.... bad! I was singing along to row row row your boat and then discovered they were playing baa baa black sheep (over and over and over)! Didn't matter... they is just learning and it made it all the more gorgeous! Good on 'em for setting up where they did... they musta collected a heap of cash.
roflmao Ozzie!!!! only you :) :) ;)

[Corona]

you flatter me, darlin'... Just a little post-Fest inspiration - CBH did the hard part. But I thank you for the compliment. We like those. And thongs. Why... I'm reminded of one fashion-forward, well-appointed gentleman I saw at the MOMs Ball a couple years ago who I am sure would like to purchase a F4K thong...
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w12/TheGuzilla/354155155_3ce47113d6.jpg:eek: :confused: :eek:

[rosetree]

:eek: :confused: :eek:

Please stop bringing this picture back, I'm running out of bleach!!!!

[bywterbro]

some clips of future fesk4kidz kids...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ctphmIQa4ss&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FME5-kc5BMA&mode=related&search=

[Michelino]

Carolina SusanBeadhead worked her graphic magic and with some retooling and numerous suggestions (and scrapping the original idea in favor of an idea from Guzilla), this is is final product that will represent our project!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p136/ibjamn50/F4K.jpg

Now, BryOhio works HIS webmagic. :)

Very cool...looks very nice...a great way to start this project.

[Amy Winette]

Beautiful!!! That turned out fantastic :) :)

[rosetree]

So, this seems to explain some things ;) ;) ;) Giving to charities activates our "pleasure centers"!!!

Brain gets a thrill from charity: study
Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:10PM ED

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Knowing your money is going to a good cause can activate some of the same pleasure centers in your brain as food and sex, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

People who participated in a study got a charge knowing that their money went to a charity -- even when the contribution was mandatory, like a tax. They felt even better when they voluntarily made a donation, researchers found.

Ulrich Mayr, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon, said the research sheds light on the nature of altruism and could help people feel better about being taxed.

"It shows that in an ideal world you could have a tax situation where you could be a satisfied taxpayer," said Mayr, whose study appeared in the journal Science.

In the study, Mayr and two economists gave 19 women volunteers $100 each and then tracked their brain activity in a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner.

The women were shown their money automatically being transferred from their account to a local food bank.

When the money reached the food bank account, it activated portions of the brain -- the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens -- known for pleasure. The effect was even greater when the people got to choose to give the money away.

"What is interesting is that these pleasure areas are for really basic needs, like food, sex, sweets, shelter and social connection," Ulrich said in a telephone interview. "It's the area that tells the brain what is good for us."

As it turns out, "That very same brain area not only tracks what is good for us, but what is good for others," he said.

He and colleagues were hoping to find out whether there was something in the act of giving itself -- and not just the social and egotistical reward of being a philanthropist -- that offers satisfaction.

"The fact that we find pleasurable activity in those mandatory tax-like situations strongly suggests the existence of pure altruism," he said.

Of course, simulating a tax is quite different from paying taxes to a government with policies you may or may not support, he noted.

"What it shows is that, in principle, we are capable of feeling good about doing our share," he said.

"The question is, 'Why is it that so often we feel bad about filling out our taxes?' Our study shows it is worth looking for an answer."

© Reuters 2007. All rights reserved.

[Zydekitten]

The logo looks really wonderful (Woo Hoo!) and I'm excited about it :D . . . I just have a really stupid question (not unusual for me) - a couple of the kids look somewhat sad/downcast/dejected in their body language . . . are they supposed to?

I guess I was thinking that the idea was that kids would have a more active, festive attitude - but I'm probably unclear on the concept and lacking a clue (as usual).

:o

Signed,

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/dunce_kitten.jpg

[Zydekitten]

P.S. - Please don't EVER post that photo of the dude with dickdoo and the banana hammock again . . . (shudder) ;)

[mightyradgumbo]

its really beautiful...has like a 3d effect with the flat fleur di lis, and the
children standing upright......a print would be nice also...

I would love to see that on a tile as well...I am having the patry tiles and the roux ga roux tiles set as a wall piece and this would make a fantastic addition if it possible.
What a great job, Sue and everyone that has been involved so far.
I am currently in negotions as well with my good friend, Priestboy, to see if it is feasible for his parishoners to raise some dough for this most worthy cause.

[linza22]

Very cool...looks very nice...a great way to start this project.

wow wow wow...you guys are simply talented! i want tshirts and coozies!

[ibjamn]

wow wow wow...you guys are simply talented! i want tshirts and coozies!

There just happens to be merchandise available for purchase on the website, beginning tomorrow, June 20th, 6pm CST. :)

[linza22]

There just happens to be merchandise available for purchase on the website, beginning tomorrow, June 20th, 6pm CST. :)

cool! i'll take a look tomorrow!!!

[Chas_P]

There just happens to be merchandise available for purchase on the website, beginning tomorrow, June 20th, 6pm CST. :)

6pm CST? What's with all these late night activities down there? How does that help us A-type East Coasters? The day's shot by then! :p

[bywterbro]

6pm CST? What's with all these late night activities down there? How does that help us A-type East Coasters? The day's shot by then! :p

chas were just helping you to stay awake later for your next trip
2 neworleans.....sleep well, its almost bedtime...:D

[Corona]

There just happens to be merchandise available for purchase on the website, beginning tomorrow, June 20th, 6pm CST. :)
wahoooo!!! Let the shopping begin!

[Corona]

6pm CST? What's with all these late night activities down there? How does that help us A-type East Coasters? The day's shot by then! :p
ummmm......what the hell time is that EST? lmao!

[ohio]

ummmm......what the hell time is that EST? lmao!We forgot about you, hun. 6pm CST is 7pm EST is 8pm EDT is 7pm CDT is 6pm MDT is 5pm MST is 5pm PDT is 4pm PST....

Glad I could clear that up for you :confused:

[bywterbro]

We forgot about you, hun. 6pm CST is 7pm EST is 8pm EDT is 7pm CDT is 6pm MDT is 5pm MST is 5pm PDT is 4pm PST....

Glad I could clear that up for you :confused:

so what time is it in australia...does ozzie get first crack at the website??:rolleyes:

[Corona]

We forgot about you, hun. 6pm CST is 7pm EST is 8pm EDT is 7pm CDT is 6pm MDT is 5pm MST is 5pm PDT is 4pm PST....

Glad I could clear that up for you :confused:
completely...so tomorrow at 7 I can start shopping :)
Thanks bro!

[ohio]

so what time is it in australia...does ozzie get first crack at the website??:rolleyes:Everybody gets first crack at the instant it goes live....

I only do Western Hemisphere time zones ;)

[ozzie]

I don't want to miss the grand opening... so if it's Wed 10.25am EST now in Oz, when the heck will it be 6pm there. And what's fer lunch?

[bywterbro]

I don't want to miss the grand opening... so if it's Wed 10.25am EST now in Oz, when the heck will it be 6pm there. And what's fer lunch?

i think 8am your time oz..

[ibjamn]

ummmm......what the hell time is that EST? lmao!


LOL!!!! 6pm NOLA time, Lis!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_72.gif

[Corona]

lol...being the genius I am when it comes to time zones...I think it's 8:10 a.m. to be exact....

is that right???

[Corona]

LOL!!!! 6pm NOLA time, Lis!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_72.gif
roflmao!!! I am a University graduate...why the HELL am I so retarded when it comes to this sh*t??!!!! Is NOLA time Central time zone? will I EVER remember this??!!!!:o

[ibjamn]

I don't want to miss the grand opening... so if it's Wed 10.25am EST now in Oz, when the heck will it be 6pm there. And what's fer lunch?

I'll be over at the door of the website, serving pomegrante martinis and crawfish bread as you enter. ;)

[ibjamn]

roflmao!!! I am a University graduate...why the HELL am I so retarded when it comes to this sh*t??!!!! Is NOLA time Central time zone? will I EVER remember this??!!!!:o


By Jove, I think she's got it! ;)

[Corona]

oh man! I have to work late tomorrow night!! No tarminis and crawfish bread for me :(

[Corona]

it's truly ridiculous! So is it a surprise about what's for sale tomorrow? I'm SO excited :)

[ibjamn]

It's a surprise, but not much of one! ;)

[ohio]

lol...being the genius I am when it comes to time zones...I think it's 8:10 a.m. to be exact....

is that right???
more or less. you must be on HST...hippie standard time

[ohio]

roflmao!!! I am a University graduate...why the HELL am I so retarded when it comes to this sh*t??!!!! Is NOLA time Central time zone? will I EVER remember this??!!!!:oThat's the problem. You need to be a barely high school grajiate, like me!

[ohio]

I'll be over at the door of the website, serving pomegrante martinis and crawfish bread as you enter. ;)Prosciutto wrapped swimpies?

[mightyradgumbo]

roflmao!!! I am a University graduate...why the HELL am I so retarded when it comes to this sh*t??!!!! Is NOLA time Central time zone? will I EVER remember this??!!!!:o

Here you go, Lis....save this link as a favorite ;)
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml

[Corona]

more or less. you must be on HST...hippie standard time
Hippie Standard Time! bwahahahaha.....that's about it :)

Thanks for the website Gumbo....got it bookmarked!

[bywterbro]

I'll be over at the door of the website, serving pomegrante martinis and crawfish bread as you enter. ;)

well i might be hanging in the doorway for awhile..;)

[ibjamn]

Prosciutto wrapped swimpies?



Definately! :) http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_2_121v.gif

[NYMAMA]

I just want some more of MRBJAMNS delicious crawfish bread.

[bluedog]

wow so excited to do some shopping tonite! :D whatevah time it may be ... HST ... LOL!!

[Corona]

I just want some more of MRBJAMNS delicious crawfish bread.
me too!!! cough cough (satchmo) cough cough ;) ;)
We should take up a collection for crawfish tails...man those things are expensive huh???

[ibjamn]

me too!!! cough cough (satchmo) cough cough ;) ;)
We should take up a collection for crawfish tails...man those things are expensive huh???

We may have some in the freezer..... ;)

[Corona]

you tease! ;)
so everything ready to rock for tonight?
We can put myspace bulletins out too huh?

[ibjamn]

Yep - I'm excited! Myspace bulletins would be great. I have the graphic on my myspace.

[linza22]

We may have some in the freezer..... ;)

i'll chip in for crawfish bread! what's you're mailing addy? or paypal? yummy!!!!!

[bluedog]

Yep - I'm excited! Myspace bulletins would be great. I have the graphic on my myspace. yeah I'd like to add it to mine too ... can you share the myspace code?:)

[ibjamn]

yeah I'd like to add it to mine too ... can you share the myspace code?:)


LOL, yep, if I can remember how I did it....

In fact, I'll post it later, as there "may" be a very slight change in the graphic today......

[ibjamn]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_21.gifThe website for our latest Threadhead fundraiser will go LIVE on Wednesday, June 20th at 6PM CST - this Wednesday!!

Thanks to Ohio for the fantastic website building, Susan for the graphics and merchandise, Swag for the email addy: fest4kidz@threadheads.org , to all the Threadheads who have made suggestions up to this point and those who will assist with this project in the coming months.

I hope we are able to fund Jazz Fest for the all the SIV kids and BEYOND!

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_21.gif If only one child becomes interested in music, chooses a drum over a drug, picks up a trumpet http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12_1_36.gif instead of a gun, our efforts will not be in vain.
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_13_18.gif

[Chas_P]

A quick question because i couldn't find it in the thread, but is the new site a link from threadheads.org?

[Carolina Beadhead]

A quick question because i couldn't find it in the thread, but is the new site a link from threadheads.org?

It will be later today.

[ibjamn]

A quick question because i couldn't find it in the thread, but is the new site a link from threadheads.org?

Plus there will be an ginormous announcement here at 6pm central time, with fireworks and refreshments & everything!! ;)

[bywterbro]

brass bands
brazilian dancers

[ibjamn]

brass bands
brazilian dancers


How many is a brazilian?? ;)

[ozzie]

Got my 'first' order placed!

[bywterbro]

Got my 'first' order placed!

i knew you would be first ozzie, congrats..
....hows it looking on the site?

[linza22]

i knew you would be first ozzie, congrats..
....hows it looking on the site?

what the link? what's the link!?? i'm stressing! i can't find it in my shopping fury!

[Amy Winette]

Hey wait, I thought it wasn't launched yet!! What'd I miss?? Link??

[ozzie]

Site's not up BUT cafe press has some Fest4Kidz goodies and they are winging their way over here now!

As always Beadhead's done a specTACular job.

[Amy Winette]

Oh how sneaky! ;) So we can't make our donations yet but we can shop . . . Is there a cafepress link?

[linza22]

Site's not up BUT cafe press has some Fest4Kidz goodies and they are winging their way over here now!

As always Beadhead's done a specTACular job.

that's what i'm lookin for! here i go!

[ibjamn]

STOP IT!!! Why can't ya'll wait for an hour and a half!! :(

[Amy Winette]

hmm, fest4kidz doesn't turn up any hits when i search cafe press . . .

[ozzie]

Sorry I jumped the gun... off to work now and will miss the offishal opening. Bugger!

http://www.cafepress.com/jfthreadhead/3149585

[Amy Winette]

Oops, I'll wait if that's preferred, I'm mostly waiting to make my donation myself anyway :) I did look though, the products sure look nice :)

[linza22]

STOP IT!!! Why can't ya'll wait for an hour and a half!! :(


i hate it when i get in trouble. ok....(tick tick tick) i'll wait...i guess i'll go downstairs and have a martini....(kicks chair and walks out....)....(sniffle)....

[ohio]

Yep - I'm excited! Myspace bulletins would be great. I have the graphic on my myspace.Folks, I'll set up a graphic and coding after we launch the site. That way anyone can post it on their site or myspace page and it will be clickable...

[ohio]

Kids will be kidz, I guess.
Fest4Kidz site is now open, link is at the top of http://threadheads.org (http://threadheads.org/)

[ibjamn]

WoooooHOOOOO!!!!! The ribbon is cut!!! YAY!!

And WE'RE LAUNCHED!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_2_100.gif

[Chas_P]

One tshirt sold. Nice choice of colors too!

Have to get to the serious business of the tickets though now.

[grisgris]

I made my first contrbution, have you? WoooooHooo.

[ibjamn]

I made my first contrbution, have you? WoooooHooo.


While everyone was shopping, GrisGris is the first one one the books with a donation!!! YAY MEL!!!!
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_4_101.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_6_2v.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MDUS)