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| Saturday, July 13, 2002 Ripon Fest Barlow Park Ripon, WI |
Sound: Go Audio Operated by Brian Ingwell Assisted by Justin Krol Lights: Interstellar Operated by Geoff Reinke Assisted by Jason Hartwich, Rich Reinke & Bradon Brinkman Stage Tech: Emilio Mendez |
| SET 1: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi Lay it Down - Ratt Unskinny Bop - Poison Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue Working for the Weekend - Loverboy Turn Me Loose - Loverboy Runaway - Bon Jovi Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne Heaven - Warrant Eye of the Tiger - Survivor Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Photograph - Def Leppard All She Wrote - Firehouse Faithfully - Journey Wait - White Lion Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Smokin' - Boston Pour Some Sugar' - Def Leppard Photos: |
SET 2: Lay Your Hands on Me - Bon Jovi Separate Ways - Journey Round and Round - Ratt In My Dreams - Dokken Still of the Night - Whitesnake Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Little Suzi - Tesla Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison Lick It Up - Kiss Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row Jump - Van Halen Down Boys - Warrant Tom Sawyer - Rush The Search is Over - Survivor Wild Side - Motley Crue Smokin' in the Boys Room - BS/MC Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Rock of Ages - Def Leppard I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister ---------- Turn Up the Radio - Autograph |
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| A Word from Josh: Now, this is a festival that really does it right. The usual attractions, rides, "Get Your Picture Taken with a baby Tiger", food and beer - plus good country bands throughout the afternoon on a day than would end with Cherry Pie on the main stage which was perfectly set up for what we do. The high, spacious stage with a high, solid roof perfectly complemented our lights and rear video screen making our show really look like an arena concert from the 80s. Over 3000 people had a good view of the action and they weren't shy about participating. The loud cheers and singing along was just a part of it. As the night went on, people were loosing their inhibitions and some were coming up on the stage to do some down-and-dirty dancing with us. There was even a instance of stage diving. People packed up against the front of the stage and grabbed at our legs whenever we wandered too close to the edge. Once woman even threw some money at Shane. We were being treated like pieces of meat. It was awesome. One reason credited toward the success of this event was a radio promotion which included an in-studio chat and acoustic jam with John, Shane and myself Friday morning on WTCX 96.1 FM, Fond du Lac, with Gregg and Heather. That was a lot of fun. Also present at the radio station was Ripon Fest organizer Jason Mansmith, the man responsible for bringing us to this event. He was great. He made sure that we were well taken care of through out the evening. Even the mosquitoes were friendly. John brought Jason on stage in front of the big crowd to acknowledge his efforts on behalf of the festival. Then, during "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" Shane handed his bass guitar to Jason who seized the opportunity to strut around the stage like a rock star. No wonder he wants us back for next year. And we definitely look forward to returning. - Josh |
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