May 18, 2008

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Current mood:  awake

Category: Life

Dear Friends

Sometimes I feel like I don't have the words to explain how much you all mean to us or to sum up a tour.

Instead I've asked our band and crew to send photos they took this past month as well as a...tour wrap up paragraph to help explore the different sides of what we do! Their words are just at the bottom of this email.

Before we get to that I just want to give you some ideas of things to look at/ like/ love/ or do in case you want to!

1. Our lovely and talented Cousin Talia who was just on one of our FOREST FONE episodes (available here on our myspace page or at youtube) was elected as a finalist in the Design*Spongescholarship! There were 2000 applicants and they picked 10! Her full name is Talia Bromstad and we think you should check out this link http://designspongeonline.com/ and vote for her!!!! Good luck Talia we love you!

2. My friend Chad who plays in a great band we all love called New Found Glory told me about this site that he started called http://www.moviescenester.com/. I really like it and I think you will too if you love movies! Go check it out!

3. We're doing a bunch of dates with the True Colors tour. Please go check out this link. Sara and I are honored to be apart of the tour and we think you should buy tickets in whatever city you live in and be sure to support the dates (even the ones we're not on) !!!!!! You can get tickets, look at the tour dates and join the mailing list here http://www.truecolorstour.com/.

4. If you haven't...you should. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQGbqCpZpI

Now...in the words of the Tegan and Sara band and Crew....final thoughts from the OUT OF HIBERNATION SPRING US 08 T AND S TOUR!

Enjoy my friends. See you soon.

Big Love (Not in the "I have 3 wives way")

Tegan

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From Ted Gowans - Guitar/Keyboards/MalletKat

The out of hibernation aka hockey tour was a blast! I've made a top 5 memories list:

5. Hockey Game with fans on a giant wood floor.

We made it out alive and everyone still has most of their teeth and vital organs in tact. Thank you people of Davis california for a memorable game and a great show! I hope you don't feel to bad about the sharks getting destroyed 2nd round......

4. Playing the tonight show W/ Jay Leno

"Somebody call for a macho man?" This was not the statement I expected to hear from Jay Leno the first time I met him, But then again I didn't really ever expect to meet him or be on his show. This day was crazy and awesome in a way I can't describe. It was an honour and a lot of fun.....

3. New York

If Seeing Fuerzabruta and an amazing Dinner with my road family wasn't enough, a sold out show at Terminal 5 tipped this over. This was the best time I've had in New York City yet!

2. Arizona is Burning!

Seriously the show in Arizona was the best! Off the charts! Thank you for being louder than everyone else! was a little disappointed that I wasn't able to show off my black belt ninja skills when a large man jumped on stage and bear hugged Tegan and Sara, but I was happy to see that Doug still has that linebacker in him. (he was drafted by the arizona cardinals the next day.....no joke)

1. Coachella

It's not that Coachella was a better show than all the others, it's just that it was COACHELLA and so many amazing bands played! This was a great memorable day in the desert....

Runners up:

Las Vegas with Death Cab (narrow stairs is amazing to BTW!!!!!!)

Glass House (If only every all ages venue was this cool)

Cincinnati (thanks for the lap steel)

Reno (largest stage in the world.....)

All in all this was a great tour with great people and great fans, I miss it already....

Ted

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From Al Hannigan - Guitar Tech and Stage Management

Wikipedia describes touring as follows:

A concert tour is a series of concerts by a musician, musical group, or some number of either in different cities or locations. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars (or the equivalent) in ticket revenues. Different segments of long-lived concert tours are known as "legs". Concert tours are often administered on the local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenter

I think they pretty much nailed it.

Al

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From Lindsey Bathke - Merchandise Manager and Catering Countess

Digggg a digggg a dig diggg dig a diggg a

dig...yes..it keeps running through my head...the hit

from the late, great Sandstorm!

As I sit here at my kitchen table, my dirty ass

kitchen at that, in sweaty LA, I giggle at the though

of us jumping in the bus after the show at Coachella.

We were in fact, if for one night only, THE party bus!

I feel like we all have a bit part in reinventing the

greatest dance move ever... the simple bob/jump

vertically up and down!

Along with that comes the thought of Sara, Tegan, and

I sitting in the back lounge late one evening watching

Sara's "This American Life" dvd. I may have forgotten

through my daily bitterness, but realized that night,

that no matter where I am or what I have been through,

an old man, a cute old man at that, can make a tear

run from my eye quickly as he simply mutters "I miss

her something terrible" about his deceased wife.

I know what I love most about this "Touring Family" is

that I feel like it is that...a family. I truly feel

comfortable and that is a wonderful feeling! The night

we spent in NYC together was just so...

magical...yep...that is how it felt to me. I loved it!

xo,

Lindsey

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From Doug McKendrick - Production Manager and Monitors

There are several things that stick out in my mind about this past tour. The first..... The fans, never before have I seen such an enthusiastic passionate response to a band. The air of excitement both inside, and outside the venue everyday was remarkable. I am very happy to be involved with a project that so many people love. It makes my job that much better to see people enjoy the show so much... and it makes me feel that all the time that I spend away from home is worth it. If I can be involved (even behind the scenes) with making a few thousand people a day happier.

The second was the people I worked with both on the stage and behind the scenes. I thought we had a great team on this tour, and I looked forward to going to work everyday!

Cheers Doug

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From Shaun Huberts - Bass

May 13

5:40am. Wake up in confusion, then realization. Newark airport at sunrise.

Breakfast with Al and Chris, or as we like to refer to us, the 'triple H'

club. Huberts, Hibbins, Hannigan...could be a law firm actually?! Plane the

plane. What? You can deplane a plane, but not plane a plane? Ignore grammar,

still going with it. Sleep three of the five or so hours. Land in Seattle.

Sushi for lunch...the better option between sushi or burger king, unless you

consider coffee an option. Plane the second plane. Sleep before takeoff,

awake at touchdown, the epitome of a good flight. Home sweet home. Tour

officially over.

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From Johnny Andrews - Drums

it was a fantastic tour.... I love working with all of you..... we kick bums!

johnny 5

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