Well, another year is in the books for the fan club, and I'd say we had a
pretty d****d good year...let's take a look:
$27,000+ to the National Veterans Foundation!!! To put that in perspective
for everyone, essentially, we donated enough funds to keep the doors and
phone lines open for about 2 � months.
SARATOGA '99 - I do believe that went over fairly well...anyone care to
comment?
Toy Drive - We surpassed last year's total and made a merry Christmas for
many, many children who very well may not have received a present this year.
Fan Club Jackets (round 3) - Another order of the great looking Fan Club
jackets was processed this year. We must look like an army by now.
The Atlantic City Meet & Greet.
And we also received the BOX SET this year...now there's reason to celebrate
anyway.
There are so many people to thank, I'll never remember everybody (we had a
retirement party at the office today, I'll be lucky to remember my own name,
but here goes nothin'):
Big "WE BE THE DOOBIE BROTHERS FAN CLUB" thank yous to:
Peter Dubin, Miles Lumbard, and Chris Doyle for helping to organize the Fan
Club auctions and for helping mail all of the purchased items!
John Rollason for always graciously volunteering to set up web pages for our
Fan Club auctions and SARATOGA '99!
Marla Rivera and Marti Rabon (get well soon, sweetie) for once again
organizing the Fan Club Jackets drive!
Chris Passanisi for all of her tremendous efforts in another successful Toy
Drive!
Marti for keeping track of our birthdays and anniversaries!
To everyone who volunteered to gather signatures for the R&R HOF drive (hey,
we gave it our best shot)!
Debbie Beck, Chris Snyder, and Chris Passanisi for all there help with
SARATOGA '99!
Joe Peduto for organizing the SARATOGA '99 slide show (although there just
wasn't enough time that day)!
Lori Seaman, Pat Atilano, and Susie for taking care of all the little
details that made SARATOGA '99 run smoothly that day!
Torrey Leininger for all his efforts to make sure Atlantic City ran
smoothly!
Sherry Powell for her unselfish donation of an autographed guitar to the
last Fan Club auction!
And finally...
To THE DOOBIE BROTHERS for so many things:
The years of great, great music...
The Fan Club...
The list serve...
For always being so gracious and giving so much of their time to the Fans...
For taking several hours out of there day to attend SARATOGA '99...
The Box Set...
Ya know, I could go on all day here, but I'd better keep it short.
Yes, this has been a GREAT year, and absolutely EVERYONE deserves a big
THANK YOU!!! However...
WE AIN'T DONE YET!!! WE'VE GOT AN ENTIRELY NEW MILENIUM STARING US IN THE
FACE!!!
So, what do we have planned? Ain't tellin'...at least not yet. Hey, we've
got to keep some secrets or they won't be surprises, right? Maybe something
to wear? Maybe a time for all of us to get together? Maybe we smash the
toy drive record? Who knows...
BUT WE DEFINITELY GET A CD OF NEW MATERIAL NEXT YEAR!!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Everyone, please have a wonderful and safe New Year's. I want everybody to
be here on the 3rd...so much to do...so many smiles to make...
Listen to the Music and have a good one!
We love you guys!
Laurin
