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well, I am back at the beer factory now and trying to scoop up what remains my mind being blown by your lovely town.  What a week.  There were good times had all over the place, but I would like to outline my Friday for you: woke up very early (6:30 in the am (until this summer I was unaware there was a 6:30 in the morning, I thought 6:30 just happened once, much later in a day)).  Then went to Fiesta Gardens to set up the big show.  That went very well, we had good help and and a great plan and things went smoothly, as if we were skating on a freshly Zambonied pond.  After set up was done I went back to the hotel and showered (much needed, due in part to the humidity in Texas).  I cleaned myself up real nice, brushed the chompers and made my (accompianied by the rest of the TDF crew) way over to the Sustainable Waves work space (they are the staging company we have been using on the TDF for quite some time now) and we ate delicious tacos and drank Lone Star and chatted about all the good times.  When our fill was had and when foil ball bowling came to an end we pushed forward to the Compound (this is where the folks from Nomad Sound (the sound company for the TDF) call home), just in time to catch Paper Bird, those guys sure can play.  We had more good times there with music and beers and nice people.  Then the crew split up, some stayed at the Compound and some of us went next door to the Scoot Inn.  There we enjoyed an immense patio and more live music, it was alright (and by alright I mean super awesome).  We danced and joked and somehow got in for free.  There was a cat at the bar named Mr. Cat, he was a little bitey and sharp, but what are you going to do but keep on trying to pet him, then get bitten on the thumb and laugh and howl because you knew it was coming.  Then the night was drawing to a close and we all walked back to the hotel to get some rest for the big show on Saturday.  Friday night was super and I wish all my Friday night’s to come are just as super.

  Then the big show, wow.

Mucca Pazza is pretty great huh?

That call and response thingy they did was real cool, playing over the top of the crowd made for some fun, and everybody was into it.
Highlight of the day though had to be the parade. If you missed out on it don’t ever miss out on it again, great music pulled by the carnies, tons of hooting and hollering, then that sweet back and forth high five section, what a great way to start out a day.

Thanks for everyone who came, team TDF had one a laugh per minute (and in some cases a much higher ratio).
see you next year Austin

-Juicebox

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9:00am
BIKE CRUISE-ADE
REGISTRATION BEGINS

10:00am
BIKE PARADE DEPARTS

11:00am
RIDERS RETURN FROM BIKE PARADE, HUNKER DOWN, TAP THE KEGS AND LET THE FESTIVUS BEGIN

11:00am-11:15am (Bicycle Revival Stage)
WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, HOUSE RULES, and INTRODUCTIONS

1:15pm-11:45pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
Scot Nery –  Pancake Juggler

11:45pm-12:15pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
ACT #1 “SLOW DOWN or THROW DOWN”: Annual Slow Ride Competition

12:15pm-1:15pm (Longhorn Music Stage)
1st BAND:   PAPERBIRD

1:15pm-1:45pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
ACT #2:  “Carpocalypse Now”:  Funeral Procession & Puppet Show
Culminating in  Ecstatic Commuter Bike Raffle

1:45pm-2:45pm (Longhorn Music Stage)

Squirm Burpee Circus
(Nery & Burpee will host Juggling Camp at 3pm)

2:45pm-3:15pm  ACT 3: “Would you Trade Your Car for a Bike?” (Bicycle Revival Stage)
Car for Bike Trade

3:15pm-4:00pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
2nd BAND: Mucca Pazza

4:00pm “THANKS FOR COMING TO TOUR DE FAT!”

October 18, 2008
Location: Fiesta Garden

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Venue    Fiesta Garden
Sub Venue    West End

Ride Registration    9am-10am
Ride Times    10am-11am
Revival Times    11am-4pm

Sustainability Support:

Ecology Action of Texas    www.ecology-action.org

Benefitting:

Yellow Bike Project    www.austinyellowbike.org
Austin Cycling Association    www.austincycling.org
Austin Ridge Riders    www.austinridgeriders.com

Performances by:

Mucca Pazza    www.mucca-pazza.org
Paper Bird    http://www.myspace.com/paperthebird
Squirm Burpee Circus

Go read the 10 Commandments of Tour de Fat.

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