The Observation Deck

Tonight starts Band2gether--the Summer Youth Concert Series which will run every friday through August. The Concert will begin at 6pm and tonight's event will have three very special guests--Business Owner of the Year, Jim O'Bryan, and Tony and Lucy Sinagra to wish the kids luck! The bands playing tonight are Little Known Fact and Trancemitter.
The Concerts will be held Sinagra Park, by Marc's Plaza.

Come out and support our kids!

Goodluck Ruthie!!

I'm sure this will be alot of fun and the kids will be great!!

Rhonda

Come out and support arts and music in Lakewood Ohio.

It is events like this that make summer in Lakewood fun.

Good luck Ruthie, and all members of Lakewood Is Art.


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Just heard Ruthie on WTAM's news break.

Nice plug for the concerts and for Lakewood.

Better than that, I'm glad to see yet another event that gives kids things to do and places to go.

Any truth to the rumor that Jim will be running a laser light show from LO world headquarters across the street?

On a serious note, will they be closing down Detroit Road for the concert?

Thanks to all involved for putting this together! It was an enjoyable evening! Looking forward to next week!

In case you missed it--here is a video my kids put together for the Lakewood Band2gether kick-off on Friday, July 11th! Included are wonderful intros from our own Business Owner of the Year, Jim O'Bryan and the city's beloved Tony and Lucy Sinagra. And of our course our city's wonderful kids rockin' out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBe0O5j7SNw

Enjoy---see you this Friday--our bands will be
Fabulous Waste of Time and Back for More............

Don't forget to bring lawn chairs!

Ruthie....how absolutely positively wonderful!!! A dream come true! When I think about our first meetings at Phoenix last winter....wow....you made it happen. I wanted summer entertainment on Main Street. You wanted a venue for these hardworking talented kids to play. And here we are!

I still remember the morning Ruth introduced me to Chris Vance. It was fait accompli. These two were/are so passionate and so committed to these kids! They were going to make it happen.

I cannot begin to count the hours Ruth and Chris put into this project. Also, we can not overemphasize the invaluable support of Lakewood Hospital which provided sponsorship funding for Main Street Lakewood 2008 events early this spring. When other funding fell through, that backing gave us just what we needed to move forward from the conceptual stage to reality.

Other critical contributors:
The City of Lakewood. With the encouragement of the mayor we got critical public works (the tent!) and security support for the project.

Jennifer Gula for the AWESOME logo.

LAKEWOOD OBSERVER for the bottomless cup of promotional assistance.
A Graphic Solution for assistance with signs, t-shirts and help with any number of issues. Jim - we really, really, really, appreciate the help.

Barb Michel for her marketing expertise.

The Beck Center for the stage.

The Lakewood Foundation, Cox Cable and Dave's Cosmic Subs for coming on board early in the game with financial and promotional assistance.

Ruthie will have to add to the list......she worked tirelessly with so many people and organizations. Main Street just greased the skids.

Congratulations - hooray, hooray.....I hope you felt our good vibes from Massachusetts. What a wonderful program for our community. Thanks for this awesome contribution towards "building the brand"!!

Mary Anne

Ruthie,

The video was great! Congratulations on a great event!

I can't wait to be there this Friday!

What a great event!

Rhonda

This was a great event! My family had a wonderful time and we look forward to a summer of more. Thanks.

Good Morning, Lakewood!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow, Friday, July 18th, will mark our second Band2gether concert in the series and will be featuring

Fabulous Waste of Time and Back for More

Cox will be filming this event--so lets show Northeast Ohio that Lakewood Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!

Special "thanks" to all of our sponsors: the City of Lakewood, Parks and Recreation Department, Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood Observer, The Beck, Lakewood Foundation, Dave's Cosmic Subs and Sam Ash for helping the wickedly cool triad of Main Street Lakewood , Vance Music and LIA bring this concert series to the Community.

Bring lawn chairs, $10 for a Band2gether t-shirt and stop by one of the fabulous Main Street Restaurants to pick up a bite to eat at the concert!!!!! It's like blossom only BETTER!

Check out the new photos from last nights concert! Great music!! Great night and a wonderful audience!!

Thank you Ruthie and Barbara! Great event and wonderful fun! I can see this becoming a bigger and bigger event.

Thanks also to the organizers: LakewoodisArt, Vance Music Studio and Mainstreet Lakewood.

Make sure you check out two new bands next Friday night!


http://lakewoodobserver.com/photoblogs/ ... -july-18th

Rhonda Loje

Thank you , Rhonda, for the fantastic photos..........!

Both bands Rocked Sinagra Park! The talent of these kids is truly amazing! Hope everyone will come out again next week and bring some friends! The more the merrier!

I work Friday nights, so I'm unable to attend, but I think this is such a cool event, and it has to be tremendous fun for the kids.

Just out of curiosity, how did last night's attendance compare to the week before?

My husband and I came out to watch both bands. It was truly enjoyable. I'd love to see many more people turn out to watch these talented kids.

A great night in Lakewood!

Brad, Attendance was a little greater then the week before... many more stuck around to the end--we have been hitting between 100-125 as best as I can tell--would like see the numbers double and triple as the summer progresses! Been hearing some nice feedback from a couple of restaurants who have noticed an increase in traffic as a direct result.....isn't that fabulous?

Thanks, Diane for coming--I need to meet you!

Please everyone spread the word--!