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AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.[2024 Uncle Sam Jam Announcement]
I AM REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THE JEFFERSON CONVENTION OF VISITORS BUREAU, JOIN WITH COUNCILWOMAN FROM DISTRICT FOUR IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND MANY OF OUR JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENTS TO ONCE AGAIN STAGE UNCLE SAM JAM IN LAIER PARK.SO TOURISM IS A $2 BILLION INDUSTRY IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND IT EMPLOYS MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE.
AND EVENTS LIKE UNCLE SAM JAM CONTRIBUTE TO OUR HOSPITALITY ATTRACTIONS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS YEAR, UNCLE SAM JAM WILL FEATURE SOME OF OUR NATION'S BEST MUSIC AND A MEMORABLE FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR.
SO HERE TO ANNOUNCE OUR LINEUP AND PLANS FOR UNCLE SAM JAM.
I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE DISTRICT FOUR'S, NEW COUNCILWOMAN ARITA BOHANNON.
UM, AS AN ARMY BROUGHT, I ALWAYS LOVE ANY KIND OF EVENT THAT GIVES ANY KIND OF NOD TO OUR MILITARY.
SO I AM SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF UNCLE SAM JAM AND THAT UNCLE SAM JAM IS IN MY DISTRICT, IS JUST SUCH A BLESSING FOR ME.
SO THANK YOU VIOLET, SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING ME.
IT IS THE FIRST ES, UH, FESTIVAL OF THE SUMMER.
IT IS THE KICKOFF TO OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S SO HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE FAMILIES SPRAWLED ON THE LAWN JUST LISTENING TO GOOD MUSIC, ENJOYING FOOD, CHASING THEIR KIDS AROUND, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US THIS YEAR.
UM, THE DOORS WILL OPEN AT 3:00 PM IT IS A FREE EVENT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
AND, UH, THE FIRST BAND WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT 4:00 PM THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW, IS WHO'S COMING TO SING.
SO LET'S GET TO IT THIS YEAR, THE FIRST BAND AT 4:00 PM WILL BE AN UP AND COMING BAND CALLED MAD CITY.
MAD CITY IS A CASE OF THE EAST BANK MEETING THE WEST BANK.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, TODD KDA ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, BRIAN RENE ON KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS.
AND THEN WE HAVE GUIDE TO PLANT SHEA ON DRUMS AND VOCALS AND KEITH ESPER ON, UH, BASS AND VOCALS.
AND THEY'RE BOTH EAST BANK KIDS FROM GENTILES.
UH, THE BAND DRAWS DEEPLY FROM THE MUSIC OF NEW ORLEANS, UH, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY IMPRESSED BY THEIR COVERS THAT HAVE SORT OF AN R AND B AND NEW ORLEANS TYPE OF FUNK ADDED TO THEM.
UM, THEY ARE NOT STRANGERS TO THE MUSIC SCENE.
THEY'VE BEEN IN FESTIVALS AND BANDS, UM, ACROSS SOUTH LOUISIANA.
UH, BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE AND UNCLE SAM JAM, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM JOINING US THIS YEAR.
OUR FIRST NATIONAL ACT IS A THROWBACK TO THE VERY, VERY BEST OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
THE FRONTMAN OF COUNTRY FEATURES, THE DYNAMIC VOICES OF NINETIES COUNTRY LEGENDS.
RICHIE MCDONALD, FORMERLY OF LONE STAR, LARRY STEWART OF RESTLESS HEART AND TIM RUSHLOW, FORMERLY OF LITTLE TEXAS.
FROM THEIR RA REVIEW OF, UH, PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR GLOBALLY TELEVISED PERFORMANCE ON THE STEPS, STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC THE FRONTMEN HAVE STOMPED THEIR WAY INTO THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
STUART RUSH AND MCDONALD HAVE SOLD 30 MILLION RECORDS BETWEEN THEM.
THEY'VE HAD OVER 30 MAJOR NUMBER ONE HITS BETWEEN THEM.
THEY HAVE A CHEMISTRY AND A BROTHERHOOD THAT IS MAGIC TO WATCH ON THE STAGE, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM JOIN US THIS YEAR.
CONCERT GOERS ARE GOING TO HEAR POWERHOUSE HITS.
POWERHOUSE HITS LIKE REST RESTLESS HEARTS CLASSICS.
THE BLUEST EYES IN TEXAS, THAT ROCK WON'T ROLL.
AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE WRONG OR RIGHT? THEY'LL HEAR LONE STAR SMASH HITS LIKE A MAZE SMILE, I'M ALREADY THERE.
AND LITTLE TEXAS HITS, INCLUDING GOD BLESS TEXAS.
AMY'S BACK IN AUSTIN AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THESE SONGS AND MANY OTHERS, UM, ARE INCLUDED IN A SHOWCASE THAT REPRESENTS AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE AN ENERGY PACK SHOW.
UM, THESE ARE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BANDS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE POWERFUL AND ENGAGING, BUT MOST OF ALL, IT'S GOING TO BE AUTHENTIC.
OUR HEADLINER THIS YEAR, UM, HAS RACED TO THE TOP OF COUNTRY MUSIC CHARTS.
NICO MOON HAS BEEN, UH, A GROWING SUCCESS SINCE HIS BREAKOUT HIT AS A SOLO ACT IN 2019.
NICO HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH BANDAID.
HIS FIRST SINGLE GOOD TIME WENT NUMBER ONE ON COUNTRY RADIO, UH, MUSIC AND HIS OTHER HITS ARE CONTINUING TO CLIMB THE CHARTS.
EVEN TO THIS DAY, HE BRINGS THIS BIG FEEL GOOD VIBE TO TO COUNTRY MUSIC AND ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING BEYOND SINGING.
NICO MOON IS A VERY ACCLAIMED SONGWRITER.
HE'S WRITTEN EIGHT NUMBER ONE SONGS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS MORGAN WALLEN, DIRK BENTLEY, PIT BULL, ZACH BROWN, RASCAL FLATZ, AND, AND MANY MORE.
HE'S ALSO, UM, CO-PRODUCED ZACH BROWN'S ALBUMS AND WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE CSAC COUNTRY MUSIC SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR.
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE NICO MOON AS OUR HEADLINER FOR THE UNCLE SAM JAM 2024.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE EVENING AS USUAL WITH THE HUGE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED THIS YEAR TO GROW EVEN THAT DISPLAY.
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IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.IT'S GONNA BE, UH, PATRIOTIC OF COURSE.
BUT THIS YEAR THE SONG, THE PATRIOTIC SONGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SORT OF COMING ACROSS THAT MEADOW AS THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF, ARE GOING TO BE THE VOICES OF DANICA AND DEVLIN HART AND THEIR COUSIN TIA SWINDLE.
IT IS A TRIO KNOWN AS CHAPEL HEART.
THESE LADIES HAVE FOUND A WAY TO GIFT WRAP THEIR MISSISSIPPI ROOTS AND THEIR LOUISIANA SPUNK, AND THEY SHARE IT WITH LISTENERS AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'RE GONNA WITNESS THE EVOLUTION OF A BAND THAT HAS GONE FROM SINGING IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCH TO NOW SHARING A NATIONAL STAGE.
THEY BRING THE PULSE OF THE HEART HITTING ROCK AND ROLL, BUT THEY ALSO SORT OF TUG AT YOUR, YOUR HEARTSTRINGS.
UM, THEY ACCENTUATE THE THREE BEAUTIFUL VOICES, SOUTHERN CHARM, HOSPITALITY.
THEY REPRESENT EVERYTHING THAT THE SOUTH SHOULD BE.
IN 2021, CHAPEL HEART WAS INTER INDUCTED INTO CMTS NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
THEY WERE HONORED FOR BEING AT THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS HAVING INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR FOR THEIR SINGLE YOU CAN HAVE HIM.
JOLENE, MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR PARISH.
THEY WERE THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE CREW OF ARGUS.
THIS YEAR, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR MORE BEAUTIFUL METRIE PARADES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH FESTIVAL GOERS ARE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING AN EVENING FULL OF THEIR HITS, UM, INCLUDING THEIR BREAKOUT SONG, THEIR BREAKOUT SONG, JESUS AND ALCOHOL, AND A FAN FAVORITE.
I WILL FOLLOW THIS EVENT WILL CREATE AN EVENING OF GREAT MUSIC AND FOOD.
IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY'S GOING TO ENJOY, AND THERE'S REALLY JUST NO BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS THAN TO TO JOIN US FOR UNCLE SAM JAM.
WE'RE ALSO EAGER TO SHOW, TO SHOWCASE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE, AT THE PARK.
UH, TRIP RABLAY, OUR DIRECTOR, DOES AN AMAZING JOB AT LAIER PARK.
UM, WE HAVE INVESTED IN UPGRADES AT THE PARK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE.
WE'RE TRANS TRANSFORMING THE GREEN SPACE INTO A PLACE OF PRIDE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
A PLACE FOR YOU TO RELAX AND REFRESH, UH, TO PLAY YOUR FAVORITE SPORT.
RIDE THE CAROUSEL, PLAY IN THE SPLASH PAD.
LET YOUR DOG PLAY IN THE, IN THE DEDICATED AREA, OR PICNIC ALONG ONE OF OUR MANY WINDING LAGOONS.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PARK.
UNCLE SAM JAM IS A LONG RUNNING TRADITION FOR JEFFERSON PARISH AND, UH, AND A VERY GOOD REASON FOR US ALL TO GET TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, EXPERIENCE UNCLE SAM JAM, EXPERIENCE LAVENE PARK.
BRING YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS TO THE SPREE AND AND BEAUTIFUL EVENT.