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Phish performs "Carini" live at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, VT on Wednesday September 14th, 2011. This special performance was a benefit for flood relief efforts in Vermont in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
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Phish holds a concert Wednesday night, September 14, 2011, at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction to raise money for disaster relief for areas in Vermont hit hard by flooding. (GLENN RUSSELL and RYAN MERCER, Free Press)
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Phish bassist Mike Gordon had the rare opportunity of addressing 12,000 fans and introducing the Green State's Governor, Peter Shumlin, last night at the Champlain Valley Expo fairgrounds in Essex Junction, VT. Governor Shumlin takes over on the mic from Mike and welcomes Phish back after a seven-year lapse of performing to their home state. To do your part and donate to the recovery of the great state of Vermont, go to the Phish WaterWheel Foundation online at: http://phish.com/#/waterwheel or visit the Vermont Communtity Foundation website at: http://www.vermontcf.org
"The weather was fine, the crowd was pleasant. The traffic didn’t jam, the band did.http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110915/NEWS02/110915018/Police-say-Phish-crowd-pleasant-deal
The flood recovery benefit concert performed by Phish on Wednesday night at the Essex Junction Expo was a smooth-running affair, according to police.
“It ran extremely well,” said Brad LaRose, acting chief of the Essex Police Department. “I was very pleased and very appreciative for the cooperation of the crowd. They were very pleasant to deal with. I’ve been in the business for 33 years, and I can’t ever remember dealing with a crowd of that size that was so pleasant to deal with.”
The police made no arrests at Phish’s first Vermont concert in seven years, according to LaRose. Five people — of an estimated crowd of 13,000 — were taken into protective custody because of excessive alcohol or drug use, LaRose said. An additional three people were released to someone who could take care of them, he said.
“We wanted to keep everybody safe,” LaRose said.
The concert venue capacity is 12,000, and the show sold out. But public officials chose to let people without tickets into the expo’s parking area, where they could listen to the show from a hillside, LaRose said.
“From a public safety standpoint, it was manageable,” LaRose said. “They were well behaved.”
The police confiscated 16 tanks of nitrous oxide, according to the department.
LaRose thought the show ran so well, and the crowd was so respectful, because everyone was aware of the purpose of the event: raising money to help Vermonters recover and rebuild from last month’s severe flooding.
Even with a bit of a backed-up traffic at rush hour, “these folks had roads to drive on,” LaRose said."
Please Note: Tickets to the
Phish Benefit Concert
are sold out.
With a capacity crowd expected at the September 14 Flood Relief benefit concert by Phish, concertgoers should be aware of some guidelines for the evening:
Less than 24 hours until PHISH: A Benefit for Vermont Flood Relief
I have some predictions about how things are going to go but I don't like to jinx stuff. I will divulge, however, that PAGE will continue to RAGE. Wooo Phish!
[photo credit: JAG::PHOTO]
"Blog Post Phail"
by Lauren Ober
On September 12, I wrote a blog post titled "Here For Phish? How About You Lend a Phreaking Hand?" In retrospect, I realize that it was ill-timed and ill-conceived. A number of readers felt the post impugned the good work already being done by flood volunteers, took for granted Phish's contribution to the relief efforts, and was offensive to a legion of music fans.
This was not my intent. I simply meant to draw attention to a need facing our state in the wake of a natural disaster and, at the same time, poke a little fun at the caricature of the Phish fan that has formed over the years. And, yes, I realize there is more than one kind of Phish fan.
I, like my fellow Vermonters, appreciate the work that is being done around the state to help get people back on their feet after Tropical Storm Irene. Phish is being incredibly generous by donating their time and talent. The money that is raised from their benefit show on September 14 will go a long way toward helping the state heal. I didn't intend to minimize their contribution, or those of concertgoers from in and out of state.
Judging from the negative reactions to the blog post, I clearly didn't achieve what I set out to with the piece: to entertain and inform. As some have already pointed out, this piece was a "phail." I acknowledge that, and I'm sorry.
Editors' note: Opinions expressed on our staff blog do not necessarily reflect the views of editors or staff at Seven Days. Many of us are longtime Phish fans, and all of us appreciate what the band, and its fans, are doing for our state.
"Not sure what you can do? Phair enough. Here are some ideas:— You could phill your camper van with personal hygiene products, phirst aid items, cleaning and school supplies and food and take it to South Royalton. For a full list of this community's needs, click here.— How about taking down some walls and pulling up some flooring for the Kadrik family in Waterbury?— Perhaps you could help muck out the Hancock Town Hall basement.— Maybe you could help phix the phence at Turner Farm on Route 100 in the Mad River Valley.There are many more projects that you could help with. Your best bet to phind volunteer opportunities is VTResponse. If you are willing and able, they will gladly set you up with something to do. Not able to swing a hammer, carry a bucket or throw things in a dumpster? Consider writing a check the American Red Cross of Vermont and the New Hampshire Valley, the United Way of Chittenden County, the Vermont Foodbank or any number of towns accepting financial donations. Remember to earmark your contribution for flood relief."
