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last updated 07.02.08

KC Haywood 1978-2008

by KSP

{07.02.08}

It pains me to have curtain post this. Our good friend and Stage 7 performer, KC Haywood, had a bad accident on June 14th leaving him with two shattered ankles and a skull fracture. He was in a medically induced coma for about two weeks until he had complications on June 26th. He was taken off life support on June 28th at 5:34am. His loving girlfriend, Sarah, and his parents, Gail and Greg Tucker and a few other close friends were at his side.

There will be a memorial service this Friday here in Chicago. At this time there are no definite plans for a service in Wichita, but I am sure there will be.

I cannot describe the feeling of losing another Stage 7 performer, musician, friend and confidant. There will definitely be a tribute to KC on Stage 7 this year. More details on that to come as they unfold.

Picture 1 | Picture 2 We shall all be reunited

Pecan Grove community artifacts

by Goodie

{06.26.08}

The Mighty Goodie, along with his field notes in the forums under the titles Jeff and Vida (early all-ages patio show) June 22 and GKSA WyCo 6/20-6/22 Field Reports Addendum, has collected some original documents, scanned here for your academic study, with actual handwriting samples. Now for the first time, you can view these items: object 1 and object 2

-curtain

A new 20-oh-8 rant is here

by KSP - leader extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Stage7

{01.18.08}

Ciao-dee Computer Campers,

Long time since last I rant. What hath transpired in that time? A new year, a new GKSA member (go Ruby Roc-bah!) and a warming in the belly that signifies the coming of a milestone. 10 Years! T-E-N. Count them 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007…..and soon, 2008! Ten years of Stage 7 in the pecan grove. Who woulda thunk it? A fledgling that has grown into a mainstay. How lucky we all are to have partaken in such a delicacy!

Back to that in a moment. February marks another milestone. The one year anniversary of the passing of Stage 7 great, Kirk Rundstrom. That is why we have dedicated February as the month of Kirk. If you go to www.myspace.com/stage7inthepecangrove right now you will find 3 songs from last September’s Kirk Rundstrom Tribute on stage 7. Over the next month we will be uploading songs from the forthcoming 2-CD set ‘a Kirk Rundstrom tribute’ onto our myspace site. The 2-CD set will most likely be available first at String Break this May. I’m sure once it is ready, it will be available at Sisters of Sound in Manhappiness as well. We also will be selling it thru paypal. More details on that as it comes closer to a palpable reality. All proceeds from the tribute CD set go to the Kirk Rundstrom Cancer Fund and ultimately, Lisa, Ellie & Molly Rundstrom.

All right GKSA members. The time is nigh for the 10th anniversary Stage 7 tattoo. It can be done a couple different ways. We can all agree on a design and all (that want to) get the same tattoo before Winfield ’08 or we can get separate tattoos of our own design. But, for sake of health and sanitary issues, the tattoos should be “on” by September. Unless you feel it necessary to have a tattoo done AT Winfield, but be forewarned that all I will do is point and laugh at you when you have to endure the pain and oooozing while also trying to stumble thru the streets of the pecan….uh…non-sober. Good Luck with that one. I have a pretty good idea for a ta ttoo that shouldn’t be too intricate (i.e. painful), but will also serve the purpose of symbolizing our 10 year battle to take over the world. I will post the tattoo design I have in mind on this website (with Curtain’s help) or the forum so we can all discuss.

I have almost finished the Kirk Tribute CD work (mentioned above) and as soon as that is done, work begins on the GKSA annual, “Live on Stage 7” discs highlighting 2007 and the wonderment that it was.

That’s about it for now in the winter hell that is known only as “Nowhere close to Winfield!” Stay warm, my fellow campers.

We shall all be reunited.

-ksp

Around a Month....

by Senor KonzaswamPete (president and ceo of Stage 7 enterprises - member GKSA)

{08.10.07}

Howdy-ho computer campers, we are on the press-a-piss of a new year - Stage 7 2007!!!! Is there any way to top last year? I can't answer that right now....ask me in October. Last year was a blast featuring one last historical performance by Kirk Rundstrom. Since, we have lost one of Stage 7's favorite performers and we want to let him and his family know how much he meant to us and the rest of the Pecan Grove...so we are going to put on a Kirk Rundstrom Tribute on Saturday afternoon of the festival proper. Below is a posting from the Stage 7 myspace site.

The Greater Konzaswamp Association in cahoots with Double D productions are proud to present an event in the making. In the early afternoon on Saturday of the Walnut Valley Festival 2007, Stage 7 will be the site of a tribute and memorial to one of Pecan Grove's most original picker, Kirk "Monster Truck" Rundstrom.

Many fellow Pecan Grove regulars will be performing Kirk songs and Stage 7 is planning a one time only treat. Electrification used on the stage. I know it's a little mind blowing, but it is the only way to have Kirk sing a few of his own songs as well. There will be a vote on the top three favorites of Kirk's recorded performances on Stage 7 past. Those three songs will be played via boombox at the end of the tribute.

Also in the making at Stage 7 (tentatively) this coming September - the recreation of the Kirk Memorial from Wakarusa. More Details on that to come.

Beyond the tribute, we hope to continue the fun of the past 8 years that the stage has been open for business. We hope to continue the Old-Time jam on Wednesday night and perhaps another ALL BASS JAM. We will have performers signing up Thursday thru Saturday of the festival to perform, as always, and we will have some limited edition CDs of Split Lip Rayfield live on Stage 7 2006. All proceeds from those CDs go to Kirks Family.

The GKSA is busting at the seams to get back onto the green green grass of the Pecan (Grove that is) and start erecting (a stage that is).

If you plan to attend Winfield this year, SEE YOU SOOON!!!

-- KonzaswamPete
Proprietor, Stage 7 Enterprises
-member, GreaterKonzaSwampAssoc.
"fulfilling your acoustic poohstick needs since 1999"
www.stage7winfield.com, bitch

Goodwin Fundraising Efforts

by curtain (geek of Stage 7 enterprises - member GKSA)

{07.10.07}

Here is a copy of the letter and check Goodwin sent to Lisa Rundstrom from the WyCo GKSA location. Check it out




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