Brock Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 The L-D Center has added Lucie, Elisabeth Edwards, and a whole bunch of LUCY events to the schedule! LUCIE ARNAZ: HOST AND MUSICAL GUEST, FRIDAY AUG. 3 We're excited to announce our Friday Night Stand -Up showcase with host and musical guest Lucie Arnaz. Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, has seen critically acclaimed success wearing the hats of producer, singer, actor and director, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The American Theatre Wing. AMESTOWN TO HOST "LUCY OLYMPICS" Lucy Fest 2012 will feature Jamestown hosting their very own Lucy Olympics, a competition on Friday Aug. 3 & Saturday Aug. 4. Contestants will compete in events including candy wrapping from the "Job Switching" episode, grape stomping from the "Lucy's Italian Movie" episode, and the most comprehensive I Love Lucy trivia contest ever believed to be held! Along with all of this, a costume contest featuring several different categories will also be held as part of the Olympics. Any contestants testing positive for abnormal levels of vitameatavegamin or any other performance enhancing drugs will automatically be disqualified. NEW LUCY RADIO PLAYS, ELISABETH EDWARDS BOOK SIGNINGS, AND MORE! Be part of the "studio audience" for a live "Lucy" radio comedy show! By popular demand, Gregg Oppenheimer, son of I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, returns to Jamestown to direct more radio comedy on the stage of the beautiful Reg Lenna Theatre. Last year, on this same stage, the world premiere of his original production I Love Lucy: The Untold Story was a huge success-so much so that it was the subject of four separate nationwide broadcasts on SiriusXM™ Radio. This year's laugh-filled show opens with another original behind-the-scenes look at the creation of I Love Lucy-the world premiere of Gregg Oppenheimer's "Finding Fred and Ethel." Next up is a side-splitting episode of Jess Oppenheimer's first sitcom, Baby Snooks, the show that inspired him to create the character we know as "Lucy Ricardo". And to round out the program, another hilarious episode of Lucille Ball's radio sitcom, My Favorite Husband: "Valentine's Day" (later adapted for TV into the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Plays Cupid.") All three shows will be performed in the style of old-time radio, with the actors standing at microphones on the stage, plus sound effects and music, including live singers. Tickets on sale April 17 Elisabeth Edwards Book Signing - Friday Aug. 3: Attending this year's festival for a book signing will be Elisabeth Edwards, author of "I Love Lucy: A Celebration of All Things Lucy: Inside the World of Television's First Great Sitcom" and more. Impersonator Shows - Friday & Saturday Enjoy breakfast, lunch, and dinner with "Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel." Early Bird Specials - Daily 9am to 10am: Receive an extra 10% off all of your favorite I Love Lucy merchandise! Lucy Town Bus Tours - Wednesday thru Saturday: An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy's hometown, birthplace, childhood home, and more. Lake View Cemetery Tours - Thursday thru Saturday: Back by popular demand, tour Lake View Cemetery in a horse-drawn, covered carriage & visit the resting place of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Summer Wind Cruise - Sunday Aug. 5: Lucy loved the lake & you can too! A refreshing 2hr cruise on Chautauqua Lake aboard The Summer Wind. Photo Op with the Fabulous Four - Friday Aug. 3: Have your photo taken with the Fabulous Foursome from I Love Lucy. Members Only Archive Event - Friday Aug. 3: Have your picture taken with never before seen items from the our archive collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Sounds like fun. I hope they have this good a weekend next year when I plan to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 The L-D Center has added Lucie, Elisabeth Edwards, and a whole bunch of LUCY events to the schedule! Elisabeth Edwards Book Signing - Friday Aug. 3: Attending this year's festival for a book signing will be Elisabeth Edwards, author of "I Love Lucy: A Celebration of All Things Lucy: Inside the World of Television's First Great Sitcom" and more. Impersonator Shows - Friday & Saturday Enjoy breakfast, lunch, and dinner with "Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel." Early Bird Specials - Daily 9am to 10am: Receive an extra 10% off all of your favorite I Love Lucy merchandise! Lucy Town Bus Tours - Wednesday thru Saturday: An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy's hometown, birthplace, childhood home, and more. Lake View Cemetery Tours - Thursday thru Saturday: Back by popular demand, tour Lake View Cemetery in a horse-drawn, covered carriage & visit the resting place of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Summer Wind Cruise - Sunday Aug. 5: Lucy loved the lake & you can too! A refreshing 2hr cruise on Chautauqua Lake aboard The Summer Wind. Photo Op with the Fabulous Four - Friday Aug. 3: Have your photo taken with the Fabulous Foursome from I Love Lucy. Members Only Archive Event - Friday Aug. 3: Have your picture taken with never before seen items from the our archive collection! Amestown, the place where the Lucy olympics will be, is this anywhere near Jamestown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Amestown, the place where the Lucy olympics will be, is this anywhere near Jamestown? It's the hometown of the Ames brothers, including Oyving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I think it's near RIVERSIDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I think it's near RIVERSIDE! Does one take the Boston Post road to get there? Going west to Cucamonga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I think it's near RIVERSIDE! "RIVERSIDE?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Great to hear this! I just made my hotel reservations last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Great to hear this! I just made my hotel reservations last week. I'm glad I know who to look for this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I'm glad I know who to look for this time. You both suck since you get to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 You both suck since you get to go. So, you're going next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 So, you're going next year. Yes. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Yes. Hopefully. Hope my aunt Ethel, heard your stepdad wants to finance the whole expedition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hope my aunt Ethel, heard your stepdad wants to finance the whole expedition. I'll steal one of his guns, sell it, and take both me and my friend for the next 5 years. The asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'll steal one of his guns, sell it, and take both me and my friend for the next 5 years. The asshole. In the words of Lucy Ricardo . . . HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 In the words of Lucy Ricardo . . . HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME? Hell yeah, some of those guns are worth tens of thousands. I'll take you all to Jamestown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hell yeah, some of those guns are worth tens of thousands. I'll take you all to Jamestown! Seriously, i hope to beat my agoraphobia and make it there at least once before i kick the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'm glad I know who to look for this time. Yes! Now I don't have to be a creep who thinks I spot you from afar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasadenaTrenton Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yep, I knew this would get me yelled at! LOL Listen, if I travel all that way to Jamestown, spend over 1000 bucks on plane ticket/hotelfare for a mere 3-4 days, find out Lucie and/or Desi Jr. are going to be there, and I have to sit and listen to tributes to their dad with nary a mention of their mother WHO THE FRICKIN' FESTIVAL IS FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE, I'm going to be a bit peeved. Don't get me wrong, Desi was a great man and should be appreciated and lauded in his own right for all that he accomplished with I Love Lucy, etc., but Lucy made many TV shows and movies without him just fine. And I was being facetious about the Santiago thing. Leave something in Los Angeles for both Desi and Lucy celebrating the TV show, but don't expect me to attend "Latin Nights" in Jamestown. He wasn't even born there! Have you seen her show? There are many... many... mentions of Mama. Mentions is an understatement. And many home movie filmclips, new ones at that! Lucie ain't stoopid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Have you seen her show? There are many... many... mentions of Mama. Mentions is an understatement. And many home movie filmclips, new ones at that! Lucie ain't stoopid. That's good to hear. That's the way it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just ordered my tickets! :HALKING: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just ordered my tickets! :HALKING: Do you have to buy actual tickets to attend Lucy Fest or just the events? How does this work because I need to know for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Do you have to buy actual tickets to attend Lucy Fest or just the events? How does this work because I need to know for next year. Just tickets for the actual events you want to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just tickets for the actual events you want to attend. Oh okay. I thought maybe you had to buy just one big ticket or they put their foot in yo azz and tell ya to git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Oh okay. I thought maybe you had to buy just one big ticket or they put their foot in yo azz and tell ya to git. Back in the good ole' days you COULD buy a one-ticket-fits-all pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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