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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND WELCOME, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL LINEUP.
UH, WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS OF THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR, AND, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE TASK IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT LONG.
UH, WE CAME BACK LAST YEAR AFTER COVID CAME BACK BIGGER AND STRONGER WITH A GREAT EVENT WITH OVER 50,000 PEOPLE LINING IN THE STREETS OF GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL HERE IN THE CITY OF GRETNA AND A GREAT PARISH OF JEFFERSON.
UH, AND WE SHINED LIKE A, LIKE A BRIGHT STAR.
UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK, UH, UPDATE.
THE GRETNA FEST STARTED VERY HUMBLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 29 YEARS AGO WITH, WITH THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A DAY.
LISTEN TO THIS, A DAY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NONPROFITS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, OUR BUSINESSES, TO, TO HAVE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN A POSITIVE WAY, AND TO CREATE A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EVENT.
FIRST YEAR, WE HAD ROUGHLY 500 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP AT THE GRETTA HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
UH, 29 YEARS LATER, THE EVENT IS A THREE DAY EVENT WITH OVER THREE MAJOR STAGES, AND THIS YEAR, OVER 60 MUSICIANS PLAYING THEIR MUSIC.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE YEAR, ONCE AGAIN HERE FOR THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE PUBLIC OF THE CITY OF GRETNA AND JEFFERSON PARISH AS A WHOLE.
THIS IS TRULY A REGIONALLY EVENT THAT, UH, GAINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE EXCITED WITH THE MUSIC THAT IS, UH, SHOWING UP TODAY IN THIS LINEUP, AND TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO UNVEIL THAT LINEUP, UH, WOMAN THAT REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.
OUR GREAT MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GRETNA, MAYOR BELINDA, CONSTANT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND ALL OF US HERE OWE A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE, UM, TO THE FOUNDER OF THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT.
SO WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO RICKY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO STEWARD THIS OVER ALL THESE YEARS.
SO JUST BEAR WITH ME A MINUTE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE TO THANK.
THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF EVENT THAT, UH, ONE PERSON CAN DO ALONE.
AND, UM, I, I'M JUST EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH EVERY DAY.
UM, OUR CHIEF ARTHUR LAWSON, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, COUNCILMAN MIKE, KIN, COUNCILMAN RUDY SMITH, COUNCILMAN AT LARGE, WAYNE RA, AND COUNCILMAN JACKIE BERT LOT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCILMAN MARK MILLER WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, BUT IS A HUGE SUPPORTER AS WELL.
WELL, UM, I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE AT THE PARISH LEVEL, THE PEOPLE THAT HELP, UH, MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF GRETNA.
AND OTHER THAN COUNCILMAN RICKY TEMPLATE, I HAVE TO GIVE COMPLETE CREDIT TO COUNCILMAN MARION EDWARDS, OUR COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT ONE, UM, WHO IS A HUGE SUPPORTER FOR THIS EVENT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.
UH, THANK YOU ALSO TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE WITH, WITH US TODAY.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN DOMINIC AND PIDO AND COUNCILMAN AT LARGE, UH, SCOTT WALKER.
WE HAVE TO FOR SURE, GIVE CREDIT TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS.
IT'S THE GTA, UM, UH, OFFICERS, AND THEY'RE WITH US TODAY.
I WANNA INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT, TERRY TUCKER AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE BEHIND ME.
RENEE FERRERA, JIM BLAIK, LAURA FERRERA, KYLE GREGORY, AND OUR SPONSOR, CHAIR COURTNEY PATTENGILL, WHO'S BEEN INCREDIBLE HELPING US, UH, GENERATE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS OPPORTUNITY.
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR MUSIC PRODUCER, KERRY BROWN, WHO'S DONE THIS FOR US MANY, MANY YEARS AND NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US WITH THE INCREDIBLE, UM, MUSIC PEOPLE THAT COMES HERE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, REALLY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
UH, THINKING ABOUT OUR ENGLISH, UH, PEOPLE LIKE PETER NOON, UM, WHO COME HERE TO GRETNA FEST, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THANK YOU CARRIE BROWN AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, AND I KNOW HIS TEAM MEMBERS ARE WITH US.
UM, I, I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE UNVEIL THE POSTER, 'CAUSE IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW TODAY.
YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS, GO TO THE WEBSITE, GRET FEST.COM.
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YOU'LL GET YOUR WRISTBANDS.'CAUSE OF COURSE, WE'RE BACK WITH THE DIGITAL WRISTBANDS CASHLESS CONCEPT.
IT PROVED TO BE AMAZINGLY, UM, HELPFUL TO PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH CASH IN THEIR POCKETS ON THE GROUNDS.
AND IT'S NOW A, A STAPLE ACROSS MANY FESTIVALS, UM, AND, AND JUST A WAY OF FESTIVAL FESTING THESE DAYS WITH CASHLESS ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SO GO ONLINE QUICKLY AND GET YOUR, UM, TICKETS.
UH, ALSO, WE WANNA SAY THAT OUR WEBSITE LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW REVAMP OF OUR WEBSITE WHEN ALL OF THIS GOES LIVE.
IT IS NOW, BUT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU'LL SEE AN INCREDIBLE WEBSITE THAT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHED.
SO AFTER TODAY, KEEP LOOKING BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS COMING, LOTS OF INFORMATION COMING OUT AFTER TODAY.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY IN TOUCH, UH, WITH GRETNA FEST.COM.
IT'S THE APP YOU WANNA DOWNLOAD ON YOUR PHONE, AND YOU WANNA STAY TUNED WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY AND GRETNA FESTIVAL.
BE FRONT AND CENTER ON GRETTON ALIVE.
AND THEN LAST, BEFORE WE UNVEIL, I WANNA TALK, I WANNA ANNOUNCE OUR, UM, OUR POSTER ARTIST FOR 2023, WHO'S IN THE HOUSE WITH US, GRETTA'S OWN KEITH ECCLES.
WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT KEITH, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS BUSINESS PARTNER, LAUREN, WHO IS WITH US TODAY.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT INCREDIBLE, UM, ARTIST MIND THAT KEITH HAS.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO CITY OF GRETNA PROUD.
AND THEN LAST, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THIS, AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GRETNA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CITY SERVICES, WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THEM, INCLUDING THE MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
I WANNA SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
AS WE EMBARK ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GREAT WEATHER.
AND SO WE WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE A FAMILY EVENT LIKE NO OTHER IN THIS METROPOLITAN AREA.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMAN TEMPLATE AND TERRY TUCKER TO UNVEIL OUR MUSIC FOR 2023.
WE'LL START WITH OUR FRIDAY LINEUP, CAMERAMAN.
TROMBONE SHORTY IN ORLEANS AVENUE, LUCAS NELSON, AND POTTER TRAMPLED BY TURTLES.
HERMANS HERMITS STARRING PETER NOOM.
SO GIVE IT UP FOR OUR FRIDAY LINEUP.
LEONARD SKINNER, LEE RICE, JJ GRAY, AND MAROW LAS LOBOS AND ZZ WARD, A BIG FAVORITE OF SOMEBODY I KNOW.
IN THE GANG, THE TEMPTATIONS, ASHLEY MCBRIDE, BLUES TRAVELER.
AND THEN OUR MUSIC BOARD FOR 2023.
AND I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES, IS, UM, THIS IS THE ENTIRE LINEUP WITH SOME ADDED LOCALS, KAREN WALDROP, LOS BEN, UH, BAYOU RAMBLERS, ROCK AND DUPES, ZYDECO TWISTERS, THE ROCKETS.
I CAN, THERE'S AT LEAST 30 OF THEM LEFT.
LITTLE FREDDIE KING WATER SEED ROCK SHOW, RACHEL FLEETWOOD IN PERFECT LOVE YOUNG AUDIENCES, OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BANDS, LOUISIANA KIDS, UM, MIKE DYLAN AND PUNKER PUNKO
THAT'S A NEW ONE, BUT THEY'RE GREAT OR THEY WOULDN'T BE ON THIS LINEUP.
SO PLEASE GIVE US ALL THE PRESS WE NEED TO PUSH OUT THIS INCREDIBLE LINEUP AND GO TO WEBSITE GRETNA FEST.COM.
THIS WILL BE ON THERE AND CONTINUE TO WATCH US, UH, ON FACEBOOK AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GRETNA FEST 2023.