Exclusive Meet & Greet II: Bill Schonely & Mike Rice edition! Sunday Oct 18th, 4pm

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Is there a body count for this yet? I would love to attend both the meet and greet and the game. My wife may, may not attend, but we will buy a ticket if she does. :)
 
El Pres - 1 (Maybe 2 more and a place to store luggage.)
BBert - 1
Strenuus - 1
Jfizz - 1 (1 more)
Dviss - 1 (maybe 1 more)
Eastoff - 1
Orion Baily - 1
Bones Jones - 1, depending if children are allowed.
HomerLovesKoolAid - 1 (plus 1 more)
BlazingGiants & UncleCliffy'sDaddy (going but already got tickets from Wheels)
42N8Bounce - 1

I'm counting 15 tickets. I have 30 but I held back 5 for RipCityTwo staff. With the exception of Strenuus no other staff wants to go. This is an embarrassingly low turnout. If more of you don't sign up I guess I will give some tickets to Pinwheel Empire and Blazers Edge.
 
I really... REALLY want to go to this. The only thing holding me back is another extraction, which I -have- to do on Friday mornings (literally no other time works for me and my schedule and the dentists' schedule)... if it falls on the Friday before this, I'll have to play it by ear. This extraction is super important since it's been infected and will cure a lot of my ailments I've dealt with.

But, I haven't called to schedule yet (They told me to wait a week after this one, then call them) so there's a chance there wont be an appt for me for quite a while (or I have to do massive shifting of schedule)

If it works, I will be there. I wanna meet the Schonz again!
 
This is a lot of work to put together by the Blazers. Low turnout will most likely result in something like this never happening again. El Prez is flying up here from LA to come. What's your excuse not to go? A chance to meet to Blazer broadcasting legends, see this year's team for free and meet people you've been arguing with for years.
 
Seriously, its Bill Schonley and Mike Rice. Both of those guys are getting up in years and were the voice of the Blazers for me growing up and I guarantee if you miss it, you'll regret it as a Blazers fan. I met Schonz at a Blazer game in LA a few years ago, very brief but it was one of the best Blazers memories I've personally ever had. It was great and regretted not getting a pic with him.

Plus free game tickets?

I committed right away because I thought the tickets would be snatched up with the quickness but to not even get halfway there is pretty embarrassing. I mean how many of those people who lined up for Fan Fest would kill to be able to meet these guys up close.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2015/9/15/9328145/portland-trail-blazers-bill-schonely-broadcast

If you're a Portland Trail Blazers fan, I can't imagine a sweeter way to spend 12 minutes of your life than listening to the audio call above. The recitation of the Blazers winning their first and only NBA Championship on June 6th, 1977 against the Philadelphia 76'ers in Portland's Memorial Coliseum stirs primal emotions nearly 40 years after the fact.

Behind the microphone for that call was the Trail Blazers' first radio play-by-play announcer, Bill Schonely. Recent generations of Blazers fans probably know Schonely as franchise goodwill ambassador and occasional commercial pitch man. To those who grew up listening to his radio work, he will always be the person who taught an entire city to love the Portland Trail Blazers and NBA Basketball.

When Bill Schonely wore the sideline headset, televised games were rare. The most important NBA playoff games got national airtime. Locally-televised games were infrequent, limited to big matchups that would sell out an arena by default...matchups on which money could be made by airing commercials around the action. Putting too much of your product on free TV was seen as a quick way to kill your rake at the gate. In that environment, the only access millions of Pacific Northwest residents had to their favorite team came via the radio airwaves...and Bill Schonely.

3 seconds listening to The Schonz will demonstrate his melodic voice. The cadence of his delivery was impeccable and precise, yet inherently artistic. He could drill you down into a single moment on the court, making you feel the pain and worry of a player twisting his ankle, for instance. In the next breath he could lift you up to view the sweeping panorama of a court bearing large men in constant motion working in concert to achieve lofty goals.

No matter the opponent, no matter the situation, Bill Schonely had the gift of making the moment seem important. A third quarter play in November against Kansas City often felt as grave and exciting as a playoff game against the Lakers. Because of Schonely's descriptions, what happened to the Blazers mattered in the hearts and minds of listeners.
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I gave you my reasoning. I'll be there if I can medically tolerate it. Hell, there's a chance I may not even have the surgery on the Friday before this.

Please understand that there are circumstances that prevent people from coming or things that come up that need to be attended to that affect our lives... I tried to give as much warning as I could out of respect of the process and hard work that came from this to put it together.

I dunno, I feel kind of guilted, to be honest. I doubt that was the intention, and I realize i'm internalizing and personalizing it, but that's how I feel.
 
Strenuus said:
I gave you my reasoning. I'll be there if I can medically tolerate it. Hell, there's a chance I may not even have the surgery on the Friday before this.

Please understand that there are circumstances that prevent people from coming or things that come up that need to be attended to that affect our lives... I tried to give as much warning as I could out of respect of the process and hard work that came from this to put it together.

I dunno, I feel kind of guilted, to be honest. I doubt that was the intention, and I realize i'm internalizing and personalizing it, but that's how I feel.
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JUST POUR SOME PBR ON IT BRO, YOU'LL BE FINE.
 
Strenuus said:
I gave you my reasoning. I'll be there if I can medically tolerate it. Hell, there's a chance I may not even have the surgery on the Friday before this.

Please understand that there are circumstances that prevent people from coming or things that come up that need to be attended to that affect our lives... I tried to give as much warning as I could out of respect of the process and hard work that came from this to put it together.

I dunno, I feel kind of guilted, to be honest. I doubt that was the intention, and I realize i'm internalizing and personalizing it, but that's how I feel.
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You're fine. I wasn't meaning you or trying to guilt you into coming, lol.
 
We could always go to Casa Diablo at 3 and find more "message board posters" willing to come
 
I think that will be more me holding a small sage bundle kind of in the distance from the moda center and uploading it to instagram. I don't want to be another Stand with Ahmed situation happening.
 
Sly......If there is another ticket for 10/18......please put my name down. Thanks.

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Any update on buying more tickets sly? If someone else is bringing a guest I'd gladly go I'm halfsies with them to buy two tix. That way, my wife and I, as well as the person ans their guest would be assured of sitting next to each other
 
I'm trying to work this one out, if my son will drive, I'll be coming off a graveyard 12 hour shift Sat night so I need him to go with. He said he'd think it over.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Any update on buying more tickets sly? If someone else is bringing a guest I'd gladly go I'm halfsies with them to buy two tix. That way, my wife and I, as well as the person ans their guest would be assured of sitting next to each other
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I have more tickets than people even remotely interested in going. There is no need to buy a ticket for your wife.

SlyPokerDog said:
El Pres - 1 (Maybe 2 more and a place to store luggage.)
BBert - 1
Strenuus - 1
Jfizz - 1 (1 more)
Dviss - 1 (maybe 1 more)
Eastoff - 1
Orion Baily - 1
Bones Jones - 1, depending if children are allowed.
HomerLovesKoolAid - 1 (plus 1 more)
BlazingGiants & UncleCliffy'sDaddy (going but already got tickets from Wheels)
42N8Bounce - 1

I'm counting 15 tickets. I have 30 but I held back 5 for RipCityTwo staff. With the exception of Strenuus no other staff wants to go. This is an embarrassingly low turnout. If more of you don't sign up I guess I will give some tickets to Pinwheel Empire and Blazers Edge.
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riverman said:
I considered that but I need to get home that night..
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There are some really fun and entertaining folks who hang around the train station at night. I'm sure they would love to party with you until the train came.
 
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