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Running of the Bulls - San Fermin en Nueva Orleans - Interactive ZOOM Party on 7/11!
John Dunlop
Virtual Fiesta! Where? Comfort of your own home or venue of choice! When? Saturday July 11, 9:30am NOLA time, 7:30am L.A. time! On Saturday July 11th, 2020 all are invited to join the team as they present a way to revel with the friends they normally see each year, but cannot due to the virus.
We're working to bring as much "normal" entertainment as we can. The Reverend Psych Ward will be your host from Amish Country and Los Pastores will be in New Orleans (finally able to join the party rather than running around like mad). We'll bounce around to some of our favorite fans' parties, have some live entertainment pop in, and of course we'll have our RollerBulls!!!
Here's the plan. Find a host, or be the host. Register for your ZOOM access code to join the interactive party. Invite your friends, or enemies, let's use this however it best suits us. Blend up your sangria, get dressed in your finest San Fermin attire and get together the morning of July 11th. You can start as early as you like, we wont judge! We'll open the virtual doors at 9:30am central time. Why so late? Well we wanted our West Coast friends to be able to get up at a decent hour, it is only fair. Don't get used to it locals, we go back to crack o dawn in 2021.
The access code is $20, good for the host plus 1...that's $10/head. We ask that your guests chip in too and are asking the same. They can send via PayPal to merchandise@nolabulls.com...this is on the honor system! We'd love to be able to donate a little to our friends this year and hope that you will join and support us!
A virtual Running of the Bulls? ¿Por Qué No?
VIVA SAN FERMIN!
UP FROM THE STREETS New Orleans: The City of Music
John Dunlop
For New Orleanians, music is a way of life and the foundation of their cultural resilience. Eagle Rock Entertainment and Michael Murphy Productions, Inc. present Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music, a feature length documentary that showcases the culture of New Orleans through the lens of music. Hosted by Oscar nominee and six-time Grammy Winner Terence Blanchard, the film tells stories of music as a vehicle to help battle racial injustices, unite people in good times and bad, and how music continues to be a vital form of expression today.
Once you purchase an “e-ticket” for $12, you will be sent a link & password to view the film at home. Your purchase supports one of 50 local movie theaters nationwide (available here), as well as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund, a statewide relief initiative that supports New Orleans and Louisiana musicians who have lost income due to the pandemic. The ticket order is good for 7 days, and viewers will have 72 hours to watch the film once they’ve started watching it.
Enjoy this engaging, award-winning documentary about the most unique U.S. city, New Orleans!
UP FROM THE STREETS New Orleans: The City of Music - Virtual Release May 15th
John Dunlop
For New Orleanians, music is a way of life and the foundation of their cultural resilience. Eagle Rock Entertainment and Michael Murphy Productions, Inc. present Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music, a feature length documentary that showcases the culture of New Orleans thru the lens of music. Hosted by Oscar nominee and six-time Grammy Winner Terence Blanchard, the film tells stories of music as a vehicle to help battle racial injustices, unite people in good times and bad, and how music continues to be a vital form of expression today.
Beginning May 15, you will be able to buy a ticket to a virtual cinema release of Up From The Streets ®: New Orleans: The City of Music, the celebrated New Orleans documentary. Viewers will buy a $12 ticket from a local cinema and watch the film at home, allowing them to support one of 50 local movie theaters nationwide (available here), as well as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund, a statewide relief initiative that supports New Orleans and Louisiana musicians who have lost income due to the pandemic.The ticket order is good for 7 days, and viewers will have 72 hours to watch the film once they’ve started watching it.
Enjoy this engaging, award-winning documentary about the most unique U.S. city, New Orleans!
Happy 302nd Birthday, New Orleans!
John Dunlop
New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in the spring of 1718 by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. While the actual founding date is uncertain, May 7 has become the traditional date to mark the anniversary. As I’m sure Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville said on May 7, 1718, “laissez le bons temps rouler!”
