From: peace@texaspopfestival.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Subject: Texas Pop Festival Book and Historical Marker
It's taken awhile for me to update you, and I apologize for the neglect. I had hoped to have the book ready for publishing in time for the fourtieth anniversary, but health problems got in the way, so I'm making it my goal to do it this year. As you will soon see, I have a special reason for wanting to get it done by the 2010 anniversary.
This fall, I applied for a
Texas State Historical Marker to go near the site of the
Texas International Pop Festival! Is that cool, or what? And get this, the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) has granted permission to place the marker at their Hebron Station, a depot now under construction for the A-train light rail that will soon be running. Hebron Station is just across the field from where the main stage for the festival stood. The station will provide us with lots of bored foot-traffic just standing around, waiting for a train. That means lots of people reading the plaque. In addition to the official state marker, I hope to purchase a plaque with a reproduction of the great Lance Bragg poster from the festival. As sponsor of the marker, I have to come up with the $1500 for the marker by the beginning of February; then, if we can get the additional plaque, I'll need to pay for that, too.
In order to raise the money, the
Flying Pig Roadhouse, in Lake Dallas, has offered to hold a benefit where we will get the door (money paid as cover charge). We've come up with a date,
Sunday, January 31, and time,
1:30 - 8:00 p.m. That's the Sunday before the Superbowl. We've got a pretty nice list of bands who have agreed to donate their time for the cause.
We'll also be giving away some door prizes and have a raffle for CDs and other memorabilia, some autographed. In addtion, Furthermore, the Texas Pop Festival hippie bus, will be there for folks to walk through and admire.
Here is a list of the bands and their scheduled playing time (which could change):
1:30 - 2:30 -
Piece of My Heart (to do a tribute to Janis Joplin)
3:15 - 4:15 -
Soul Sacrifice (Santana tribute band)
4:45 - 6:00 -
Swan Song (Led Zeppelin tribute band)
6:30 - 8:00 -
Johnny Nitzinger (legendary guitarist)
(Drawings for prizes will be held between sets, and you must be present to win.)
The Flying Pig is located right on the
I-35E service road at
5008 E. Stemmons Frwy. (I-35E), Lake Dallas, TX.
Admission is $10 and all proceeds will go toward the historical marker. Anything left after that will go toward the plaque.
If you're not too far away, I really hope you'll come out to see us. I'd love to meet with you and have a chat. If you can't come out, keep in mind that I will accept donations. They can either be sent to me in the form of a check or money order or by Paypal to this email address (
http://mail.texaspopfestival.com/cgi-bin/compose.exe?id=01b90b522fd8f03cb993faf52e9ebe07bb21&new=&xsl=compose.xsl&to=peace@texaspopfestival.com ). Checks can be made out to Richard Hayner and sent to me at 1112 Bayfield Dr., Denton, TX 76209. But begging for money wasn't my intention of writing. So...
Keep in mind that, besides the
http://www.texaspopfestival.com/ website, there's also a
MySpace page (
http://www.myspace.com/texaspopfestival ), a
Facebook page (
http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hayner/681792337#/pages/Texas-Pop-Festival/258156575111 ) and a
Yahoo Group (
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/texaspopfestival/ ) dedicated to the festival.
You're invited to join us there.
Once the historical marker has been granted (and I feel really confident it will), it takes several months for them to make it. When it is put up, it's customary to hold a dedication ceremony. Meanwhile, Hebron Station is set to open in August. With all that in mind, I think it would be fantastic if we could have a huge dedication ceremony with live bands and who knows what else on the 41st anniversary. My hope is to get the city of Lewisville and DCTA involved as well as the County and State, which are already involved through their historical commissions. Perhaps it can be a joint marker dedication and grand opening for the station. We'll see, and I'll keep you posted.
This will be great, not only for the memory of the Texas Pop Festival, but for Texas music history. If you know anyone who was at the festival or would be interested, please forward this email to them.
Peace,
Richard Hayner
