Acura Owners Only Viewing Tent?

[biskuit]

Two years ago there was a small tent behind and on the side of the Acura Stage where lucky Acura owners could munch on free food and get a closeup view. Is this still around? If so, how do you sign up for it? I dont remember how I lucked into it last time, but it was great. Thanks!

[glinda]

Well I've never heard of this, but this year I will definitely look for it! Love my little TSX. Free food and a close view wouldn't be bad either.

[Orleansnj]

The tent that is usually on the fairgrounds behind the acura stage is actually a tent where Acura brings its latest cars to 'sell' - and it is air conditioned and they sometimes have food.....other than that ....like Glinda - i never heard of that.....

[biskuit]

To clarify a bit, this was a smaller security guarded tent area almost touching the back of the acura stage, not the tent where the cars are displayed. You had to have an entry pass from Acura with you to get in. It was two years ago that we went and it was there, no idea if they've done it since or did it before.

[swag]

Yes, it's still there, or at least it was last year. But I don't think merely owning an Integra will get you in. You need to buddy up to a dealer or corporate to get a pass, I think.

[glinda]

What the heck, maybe I'll ask my dealer next time I'm there.

[ETinCali]

Yes, it's still there, or at least it was last year. But I don't think merely owning an Integra will get you in. You need to buddy up to a dealer or corporate to get a pass, I think.

Yeah...wish owning an RSX got me something..like a pass to their nice bathroom!! but alas....it's true, you gotta know someone...

[Jordan]

Unless I'm mistaken, most of the big corporate sponsored stages have private areas with beer and food (blues, fais do do, Acura). It goes with the territory. Hmmm -- note to self -- organize threadheads to sponsor a stage so we can have a little area with wine and booze.

[mauibreeze]

We have our own little beer area...Ms. Lena's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[ohio]

Shell had a massive area (over by kids tent area?)

[glinda]

We have our own little beer area...Ms. Lena's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Uh huh! With special gifts and friendly people!

[stlbarb]

reminds me of JuJu Voo's button from a few years back.

F**K Acura, Fess' drove a Caddy

of course there were no ** on the button

[Profester No Hair]

The tent is real and it does it exist and I may or may not ever get in again but for a wonderful Sunday last May my fiance and I were truly in heaven.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Profester No Hair..... I like it.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Oh, and welcome to the board. Join our madness......

[stlbarb]

Oh, and welcome to the board. Join our madness......

i'm not mad - my insanity makes me quite happy.

[glinda]

The tent is real and it does it exist and I may or may not ever get in again but for a wonderful Sunday last May my fiance and I were truly in heaven.
Howdya get in, prof?

[Profester No Hair]

My fiance has a co worker and Acura owner from Alablama who got passes last year and wasn't using them. We lucked out by telling her we were going to Fest and she hooked us up. I asked the Philly area Acura dealers if they were available...Yes I would buy an Acura just to get back in that tent...They had no idea what I was talking about. It may be a gulf coast thing. Any gulf coast Acura owners want to share? Thanks for the words of welcome...I've been attending Fest since 1996 (always 2nd weekend...it's my birthday and after this year will be my anniversary...YEAH)and just found this board. Just when you think you know everything :). I can't wait for my first Strawberry Lemonade and Jama Jama!!!

[Jada]

I got access to the Shell tent last year through a friend and it was sweet. No AC but plenty of fans, water, soda and a nice layout of food. Oh, and blue rooms too :)

[biskuit]

Wow, I just got an invite in the mail today from Acura. Two VIP tent entries AND two tickets. Good thing I hadn't ordered my tickets yet. Very nice!

Anyone else get one?

[glinda]

Wow, I just got an invite in the mail today from Acura. Two VIP tent entries AND two tickets. Good thing I hadn't ordered my tickets yet. Very nice!

Anyone else get one?
OK do tell! How'd ya get it? Are you a local in NOLA? Recent Acura buyer? or what?

[rosetree]

Wow, I just got an invite in the mail today from Acura. Two VIP tent entries AND two tickets. Good thing I hadn't ordered my tickets yet. Very nice!

Anyone else get one?
So what is the catch?????

[biskuit]

I honestly have no idea how I got the invite in the mail. Our acura mdx is 3 years old. We live in Georgia. I wish I knew, since we're going with friends and would like to be able to get them in with us.

[glinda]

Who'd the letter come from? Acura HQ, your local dealer??

[biskuit]

It's from Acura, not the dealer. Came in a nice brown envelope. There's a code you need to give them and they match it to your name and address. Says "nontransferable."

[glinda]

Just got off the phone with the Sales Mgr at my dealer. He said he'd make some calls for me!!! woohoo!!! MAYBE.....

[Bill/KC]

Damn...makes me wish a had an Acura. Don't suppose a Toyota counts, huh??:rolleyes:

[sailing]

Any luck on the Acura Tickets yet?.We have 2 Acura's since monster in-law gave her Acura to us because she felt she got too old to drive any longer and they are both less than 3 years old.It only struck me today that Acura would have Comp Tickets so I'm sending my other half to the dealership to arrange FREE (his favorite word) tickets.I just hope the fool did not dump them in the rubbish, it could cost him dearly since I have his Black Card etched in my brain;) and he was terrified when I looked at the Ferrari Enzo when they were released.The irony in this weeks accident involving a movie and Enzo was this was the 2nd one wrecked in 3 weeks.The other bit the dust in England.Just got off the phone with the Sales Mgr at my dealer. He said he'd make some calls for me!!! woohoo!!! MAYBE.....

[glinda]

The dealer said he talked to someone at Corp and I was "in" and would be getting something in the mail. That was a week ago, & I'm still waiting. So it's definitley worth it to ask. I don't need the free tickets (i'll give em away to friends)- already got a brass pass, but admission to the tent, THAT'S what I'm talkin about!

[sailing]

The dealer said he talked to someone at Corp and I was "in" and would be getting something in the mail. That was a week ago, & I'm still waiting. So it's definitley worth it to ask. I don't need the free tickets (i'll give em away to friends)- already got a brass pass, but admission to the tent, THAT'S what I'm talkin about!
Glinda, Try calling 1-866-207-3839 & then call 1-800-382-2238 extension 5 for help.It appears as though they have a waiting list and the marketing company [the 866 number] they hired.ONLY ACURA OWNERS IN CERTAIN Southern,Southwest States were the target market.I'm calling the Acura Manager locally since I skipped over him to the source and telling him that Acura RL we looked at will be purchased when hell freezes over or I get an Acura Tent Pass!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

[sailing]

The dealer said he talked to someone at Corp and I was "in" and would be getting something in the mail. That was a week ago, & I'm still waiting. So it's definitley worth it to ask. I don't need the free tickets (i'll give em away to friends)- already got a brass pass, but admission to the tent, THAT'S what I'm talkin about!Glinda, I'm aiming for the tent also and as luck would have it Phil cracked up his car, it's an annual thing here every 8 months he bumps into something so I don't let him use my car since I grounded him.Our Acura Dealers Manager knows the liason between NOJHF & ACURA so hopefully I'll know by this evening.I'm in it for the tent and cleaner porta potties.How can I get a Brass Pass?.I'm disabled and sun kills me, which is really killing me after 30+ years of competitive sailing as a hobby.Is the Brass Pass something I can purchase?.I arrive late 4/25 or basically midnight on the 26th.If I get 2 passes and you get nada you are welcome to use it.I'm in for only 1 weekend.

[swag]

Sailing, Brass Passes are still available thru WWOZ.
http://wwoz.org/newsposts/2007/03/16/only-x-brass-passes-left

Gets you free admission each day, with re-entry, and access to the WWOZ Hospitality Tent. Not as well catered as the Acura Tent surely is, but a good place to relax and cool off.

$350, money to a good cause.

[glinda]

Glinda, I'm aiming for the tent also and as luck would have it Phil cracked up his car, it's an annual thing here every 8 months he bumps into something so I don't let him use my car since I grounded him.Our Acura Dealers Manager knows the liason between NOJHF & ACURA so hopefully I'll know by this evening.I'm in it for the tent and cleaner porta potties.How can I get a Brass Pass?.I'm disabled and sun kills me, which is really killing me after 30+ years of competitive sailing as a hobby.Is the Brass Pass something I can purchase?.I arrive late 4/25 or basically midnight on the 26th.If I get 2 passes and you get nada you are welcome to use it.I'm in for only 1 weekend.
Thanks, sailing. My dealer guy called to follow up (amazing in itself!) and he's going to check on it for me, he did ask which weekend so it sounds like they're going to limit the pass to only one weekend. So I still don't know if I'll get anything, but if not no big deal, it's just a nice little extra perk.

[Corona]

"How can I get a Brass Pass?.I'm disabled and sun kills me, which is really killing me after 30+ years of competitive sailing as a hobby.Is the Brass Pass something I can purchase?.I arrive late 4/25 or basically midnight on the 26th.If I get 2 passes and you get nada you are welcome to use it.I'm in for only 1 weekend."

Sailing- If you go on wwoz.org there should be information on Brass Passes...i'm not sure if there's an end date for selling them....check it out.

[sailing]

I'm hoping to hear back from my other half if I have the pair of passes.On an up note the pass in his name can be used since I need wheelchair assistance when the disease kicks up and walking is so painful I'd go through 14 hours of labor alone again, instead of the pain I suffer.It's more being unable to do things that pisses me off because of the frustration level.So I could always use his pass for someone to push the wheelchair into the tent hehehe;)

[Belle]

"How can I get a Brass Pass?.I'm disabled and sun kills me, which is really killing me after 30+ years of competitive sailing as a hobby.Is the Brass Pass something I can purchase?.I arrive late 4/25 or basically midnight on the 26th.If I get 2 passes and you get nada you are welcome to use it.I'm in for only 1 weekend."

Sailing- If you go on wwoz.org there should be information on Brass Passes...i'm not sure if there's an end date for selling them....check it out.

They are still available according to the site

http://www.wwoz.org/

[sailing]

Thanks, sailing. My dealer guy called to follow up (amazing in itself!) and he's going to check on it for me, he did ask which weekend so it sounds like they're going to limit the pass to only one weekend. So I still don't know if I'll get anything, but if not no big deal, it's just a nice little extra perk.Glinda, The Acura guy phoned while Doc (other 1/2) and I were out together today and he has me quite confused but tickets are being sent to me for Sunday April 29th from Acura so not wanting to say "HUH? what are you talking about I want TENT ACCESS" I thanked him so much and went to get high.As Det.Greene on Law & Order once said "Shoes are crack for women!" sooo true!! so I dragged the poor guy through the department store to buy a new inexpensive purse to use in New Orleans so a pickpocket can't reach right in without lifting a flap and a couple of zippers, well no purse because the only ones I kept getting attracted to were more expensive than he preferred even though I insisted most of my purses were from the same 2 makers and the particular one I was using today is 11 years old but well made.So he ended up spending the cost of a Big Chief weekend ticket w/o parking between the tiny pair of shoes and a dress with some throwaway clothing.I'm wondering what our Acura Dealer got corporate to send us.At least the shopping was prime and since spending time trying on clothes and shopping for 3 hours makes me yearn for a root canal during a monsoon in Macau I may just have to get one of the big chief tickets if they sell them at the door since Ticketmasters going to call me to announce a cancellation of the Rod Stewart Concert I have a pair of Pit seats for after Jazz Fest, I'm hoping to use the credit towards a brass pass or big chief depending upon the timing.I need to jet back to the store and buy the jacket he vetoed right now they are holding it for me.I just wish all those bags from the Gap were not on the doorstop when we got home from my "crack spree" in the shoe department.:D plus I need that darn purse!!! let me know what your Acura people come up with, if they get stuck Acura of Peabody, MA the GM's name is Joel and he may be able to let your Acura guy know the ropes.It's one of the top grossing Acura dealerships in the country, but the marketing firm drew the line at NYC which was SO STUPID:confused: .Berklee School of Music is one of the top music schools for Jazz Musicians in the country right in Boston perched in the middle between the Back Bay & Fenway on Mass Ave. I bet nobody around there would jump at free JF Tix :rolleyes: .Looking forward to the whole patry.time to smoke them shoes!!;)

[saturn]

Glinda, The Acura guy phoned while Doc (other 1/2) and I were out together today and he has me quite confused but tickets are being sent to me for Sunday April 29th from Acura so not wanting to say "HUH? what are you talking about I want TENT ACCESS" I thanked him so much and went to get high.As Det.Greene on Law & Order once said "Shoes are crack for women!" sooo true!! so I dragged the poor guy through the department store to buy a new inexpensive purse to use in New Orleans so a pickpocket can't reach right in without lifting a flap and a couple of zippers, well no purse because the only ones I kept getting attracted to were more expensive than he preferred even though I insisted most of my purses were from the same 2 makers and the particular one I was using today is 11 years old but well made.So he ended up spending the cost of a Big Chief weekend ticket w/o parking between the tiny pair of shoes and a dress with some throwaway clothing.I'm wondering what our Acura Dealer got corporate to send us.At least the shopping was prime and since spending time trying on clothes and shopping for 3 hours makes me yearn for a root canal during a monsoon in Macau I may just have to get one of the big chief tickets if they sell them at the door since Ticketmasters going to call me to announce a cancellation of the Rod Stewart Concert I have a pair of Pit seats for after Jazz Fest, I'm hoping to use the credit towards a brass pass or big chief depending upon the timing.I need to jet back to the store and buy the jacket he vetoed right now they are holding it for me.I just wish all those bags from the Gap were not on the doorstop when we got home from my "crack spree" in the shoe department. plus I need that darn purse!!! let me know what your Acura people come up with, if they get stuck Acura of Peabody, MA the GM's name is Joel and he may be able to let your Acura guy know the ropes.It's one of the top grossing Acura dealerships in the country, but the marketing firm drew the line at NYC which was SO STUPID:confused: .Berklee School of Music is one of the top music schools for Jazz Musicians in the country right in Boston perched in the middle between the Back Bay & Fenway on Mass Ave. I bet nobody around there would jump at free JF Tix :rolleyes: .Looking forward to the whole patry.time to smoke them shoes!!;)

I want some of what you're taking. :D

[ozzie]

I want some of what you're taking. :D

I feel a pair of size 9s coming on! :D

[rosetree]

Glinda, The Acura guy phoned while Doc (other 1/2) and I were out together today and he has me quite confused but tickets are being sent to me for Sunday April 29th from Acura so not wanting to say "HUH? what are you talking about I want TENT ACCESS" I thanked him so much and went to get high.As Det.Greene on Law & Order once said "Shoes are crack for women!" sooo true!! so I dragged the poor guy through the department store to buy a new inexpensive purse to use in New Orleans so a pickpocket can't reach right in without lifting a flap and a couple of zippers, well no purse because the only ones I kept getting attracted to were more expensive than he preferred even though I insisted most of my purses were from the same 2 makers and the particular one I was using today is 11 years old but well made.So he ended up spending the cost of a Big Chief weekend ticket w/o parking between the tiny pair of shoes and a dress with some throwaway clothing.I'm wondering what our Acura Dealer got corporate to send us.At least the shopping was prime and since spending time trying on clothes and shopping for 3 hours makes me yearn for a root canal during a monsoon in Macau I may just have to get one of the big chief tickets if they sell them at the door since Ticketmasters going to call me to announce a cancellation of the Rod Stewart Concert I have a pair of Pit seats for after Jazz Fest, I'm hoping to use the credit towards a brass pass or big chief depending upon the timing.I need to jet back to the store and buy the jacket he vetoed right now they are holding it for me.I just wish all those bags from the Gap were not on the doorstop when we got home from my "crack spree" in the shoe department plus I need that darn purse!!! let me know what your Acura people come up with, if they get stuck Acura of Peabody, MA the GM's name is Joel and he may be able to let your Acura guy know the ropes.It's one of the top grossing Acura dealerships in the country, but the marketing firm drew the line at NYC which was SO STUPID:confused: .Berklee School of Music is one of the top music schools for Jazz Musicians in the country right in Boston perched in the middle between the Back Bay & Fenway on Mass Ave. I bet nobody around there would jump at free JF Tix :rolleyes: .Looking forward to the whole patry.time to smoke them shoes!!;)

Take a breath!!!;)

[Staxsun]

The authoress of the 'none' thread has reappeared!!!

[ozzie]

No wonder Sailing wants to smoke her shoes... they're the coolist!

[ShaSha]

We got word today that our passes and tickets were being shipped. Last year, we were gifted an entire weekend, but this year it looks like we'll only have access on the final Sunday -- which is plenty!! The food in that tent rocks!

[Blainn]

Bah I'm on the 866 waiting list, the dealer that sold my wife her car told me "tickets went to our long time customers" WTF how do you think you make long time customers you jackass!

[sophisticated sissy]

Guess you have to get it in writing before signing the contract, huh? :(

[rmkcheez]

Anybody get their Acura tent tickets yet? Last I checked was a few weeks back and they said they would be sent out closer to the event date. Looks like ShaSha got word 4 days ago that they were being shipped.

[Blainn]

No word on mine, who's got the hookupz!!!??;)

[glinda]

Still waiting here too, my dealer assured me I will get it, but not yet.....

[sailing]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Our Acura dealer confirmed that the tickets would be here this past week back on 4.5.07 so far it has been 12 days and I'm angry too.NOW is the time to contact Corporate Acura and inform them of the incompetent Marketing Firm.I discovered they were given to customers on New York & we have the Berklee School of Music.They crank out Jazz Musicians as fast as Harvard cranks out Lawyers.I'm going for blood on Tuesday when everyone is at work since Marathon Monday/Patriots Day is a legal holiday in some states.One would think Acura would love to court previous Acura clients.I guess the NIT-WITS @ The Marketing Firm screwed this one up quite well.I'm calling my local guy one more time & if there is still Bullsh!!t both car's will be traded in for ANOTHER MANUFACTURER.If a car dealer can't keep his word, dumping the company and voicing why sends a very clear message.Good luck to all it seems we all got hosed.Looks like it's time for me to test drive the RL, I just need a scorching hot day to do it 90 degrees or above, won't run the A/C all of course at 11:15 am and then proceed to terrorize the salesman in 15 new and used models.It breaks them everytime!!.Only this time they will not be selling me squat.At the Buick dealer locally where I bought my LeSabre the entire team of mechanics vaporize when I'm in the building.My Dad was an engineer trained at Barvaria Motor Works in Germany so I had to know how to dismantle my engine,change my oil etc. Just for a learners permit so having grown up around that at home and having 3 car dealers as neighbors growing up I was taught to Master the Art of Breaking a Car Salesman and I'm furious with Acura so I am making him take the cars to dispose of them or it will be very sticky when I get home.I like our GM @ Acura but I'll be polite with him and tell corporate exactly what I think especially since my other 1/2 swaps out an average of 1 automobile every 8 months since he drives 2 cars of his own and same goes for me then we have "beach front property".That property is a Buick with coral from the Keys and sand from beaches all over the country.I think it would make a good selling point at a Jimmy Buffet Tailgate Party.The more we pi$$ off corporate by putting more u$ed Acura'$ on the road with no intention of purcha$ing a new one the more they s$ee how this is effecting their LOYAL (what a crock) client ba$e.HIT ACURA IN THE POCKETBOOK BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT LANGUAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. [/FONT

[glinda]

I will have a fantabulous time at fest whether or not i get special passes to the acura tent. So if they come, great bonus! If not, I'll just have to make do on crawfish monica and pilsner urquell. Such suffering....

[sophisticated sissy]

Ah woo! That's the spirit, glinda! Enjoy your car; enjoy the Fess...Acura owners tent is lagniappe. IAG.

[stlbarb]

why would i want to view Acura Owners Only? is this a new band i haven't heard of?


:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[rmkcheez]

Acura tickets were delivered today via UPS. I got 4 tickets for the 1st Saturday.

Laissez le bon temp roulez.

[glinda]

good to know, rmk, maybe somethin will show up soon...

[glinda]

Yes! Today's UPS truck delivered 2 free fest tix good any day (which will be given away to lucky peeps in my krewe) and 2 VIP passes for May 6 to the Acura tent. Great lagniappe! Hope everyone else who tried, gets theirs too.

[mdfest]

Sailing seems a little uptight

[Blainn]

Phfft i tried to call again today I'll be lucky to get tickets to the Tent.

Fook acura:p

[sailing]

Sailing seems a little uptight

Far from being uptight, thanks for the slam!

[sailing]

Sailing seems a little uptightP.S The marketing firm they chose ONLY sent the passes to select states which I found odd considering The Berklee School of Music in Boston has developed many of todays Jazz Greats!!.Meaning there is a huge Jazz Population in Massachusetts as a delightful result.And Acura did come through, since my son turned 16 as I was landing in NOLA nobody is home to sign his learners permit and we plan to let him learn to drive in the old Acura and LeSabre.Happily I got the Cadillac speed demon to go play on I-10.After managing a major corporation for 16 years I admit I can be demanding at times, but that is the corporate side of my personality.I need to go tend to the sweet teenage boys with the pure Aloe I brought (O.K I'm still a Mom & only have 2 sons left living, my youngest was 8 and was lost on March 30, 2007 that may explain my stress at the time).A parents worst nightmare came true 1 month ago today, so I apologize for the earlier shot.Grieving your youngest child sucks!.No hard feelings. Sincerely, Sailing:o

[benmo4]

We have our own little beer area...Ms. Lena's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Who exactly is Ms. Lena? I saw the thread about meeting there at..1:45?..but I don't want to be silly and go without really knowing. However I'm guessing since I'm on this website I'm invited?

[benmo4]

OK I read the rest of this thread and from what I know this is how the Acura thing works:

I remember about 3 years ago my mom received a letter in the mail from Acura asking us to call a listed number and give our adress or whatever and select a certain date that we would like to receive the special Acura Passes. However, our passes got messed up and we never got them!! I was really mad. I think we got that letter though because my mom had been an owner of an Acura and had purchased it within I think 2 years. Also this letter may be randomly sent to Acura owners within 2 years to narrow it down even further.

Furthermore, my dad just got a client that is a backstage producer at the Acura Stage who will be providing me and my Texan friend with Acura Passes for the whole weekend. (I love my parents!) And even cooler is I might be able to get an internship at the Acura Stage next year, even though that just might be hauling around stuff.

[Bill/KC]

Who exactly is Ms. Lena? I saw the thread about meeting there at..1:45?..but I don't want to be silly and go without really knowing. However I'm guessing since I'm on this website I'm invited?

Everyone is invited. Search the other threads to find out more about it.

[glinda]

Well I had my virgin expereince with the Acura Hospitality Tent. What a treat! I wil definitiely try to get the passes again, hopefully they will send them automatically. Just having a place in the shade to hear Steely Dan on Sunday was HUGE. Then you add in the free (great) food, drinks, and standing space right up front beyond the tent (even if the view was not great) and clean, no-line portapotties, and wow! A lovely perk. Might just keep me in an Acura for awhile.

[AtPontchartrain]

Well I had my virgin expereince with the Acura Hospitality Tent. What a treat! I wil definitiely try to get the passes again, hopefully they will send them automatically. Just having a place in the shade to hear Steely Dan on Sunday was HUGE. Then you add in the free (great) food, drinks, and standing space right up front beyond the tent (even if the view was not great) and clean, no-line portapotties, and wow! A lovely perk. Might just keep me in an Acura for awhile.

I have friends who traded in their Acura for something different 4 or 5 years ago, and they still get Acura stage passes in the mail. I called them from where we were camped out during Johnny Rivers/Rod Stewart to chew them out. They had a great time anyway.

[jtkelley3]

Does anyone know if this tent will be available in 2008? I've got friends and friends of friends who work for Acura and Honda and was going to ask them if they can get me some passes, but since there hasn't been much discussion about it, I wasn't sure if the tents will be there this year. Any info is appreciated :)

Jamie

[Belle]

Well I had my virgin expereince with the Acura Hospitality Tent. What a treat! I wil definitiely try to get the passes again, hopefully they will send them automatically. Just having a place in the shade to hear Steely Dan on Sunday was HUGE. Then you add in the free (great) food, drinks, and standing space right up front beyond the tent (even if the view was not great) and clean, no-line portapotties, and wow! A lovely perk. Might just keep me in an Acura for awhile.


Weren't you sweatin and waiting and calling last year. Glad to hear it all worked out.

[swag]

Does anyone know if this tent will be available in 2008? I've got friends and friends of friends who work for Acura and Honda and was going to ask them if they can get me some passes, but since there hasn't been much discussion about it, I wasn't sure if the tents will be there this year. Any info is appreciated :)

Jamie

I don't know for certain, but I do know Acura is again sponsoring the main stage, and every year they have done that, there has been a side-stage Acura hospitality area... so it seems a likely bet.

[glinda]

I forgot all about this! Better try & contact my dealer, but it may be too late. Or maybe they'll just arrive in my mailbox. Ya'd think it would be on my permanent record.

Like jazzfest would be no fun without it......

[DenverDestinDarlin']

You all crack me up! Esp. Sailing...hahahaha...
Yah, the sun has gotten to me from all the sailing as well.
Bring on the heatstroke! And as a nutritionist I am suppose
to know how to handle it...hahaha...but once you're partying in New Orleans
and eating all that delicious food, common sense seems to leave me
and I just endulge and enjoy. Can't wait to be there 2nd weekend.
Get out the do rags and umbrellas! "Sailing takes me away to where I'm going to the sea..." (Chris Cross) and soon to be "Wasted away again in Margaritaville." Stlbarb, I think you're a stitch. You sound like fun to party with.

[stlbarb]

You all crack me up! Esp. Sailing...hahahaha...
Yah, the sun has gotten to me from all the sailing as well.
Bring on the heatstroke! And as a nutritionist I am suppose
to know how to handle it...hahaha...but once you're partying in New Orleans
and eating all that delicious food, common sense seems to leave me
and I just endulge and enjoy. Can't wait to be there 2nd weekend.
Get out the do rags and umbrellas! "Sailing takes me away to where I'm going to the sea..." (Chris Cross) and soon to be "Wasted away again in Margaritaville." Stlbarb, I think you're a stitch. You sound like fun to party with.

stitch
witch
bitch
i've been called them all, but NEVER a snitch.

[40somethin]

I have gone to the New Orleans jazz festival 3 times and was a guest of Acura. The offer comes from thier corporate office. They don't send me the invitation every year, but they have sent it at least 4 times since 2000. Acura treats their guest like royalty. You have to respond to the invitation that they send you in the mail. Then they FEDEX two free passes to the festival on the day of your choice and they have showcase various local caterers all day long. Seems like every other hour they have a different kind of food for you to taste. You can stay in their tent or you can go and visit other stages. Also it's free drinks all day long, beer, water, soft drinks. I really enjoy myself when I go as an Acura's guest. This year, I've been looking forward to the invitation, but haven't gotten anything yet--which means I probably won't get one.