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GOOD MORNING AND UH, JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THIS PRESS CONFERENCE[2024 Gretna Fest Announcement]
AND A MUSIC RELEASE FOR THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL.I'M RICKY TEMPLATE, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL FROM 30 YEARS AGO, AND PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY TO HELP RELEASE THE MUSIC LINEUP FOR THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL FOR THE 2024 GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL LINEUP.
UH, NOT JUST ARE WE RELEASING THE MUSIC TODAY AND THE LINEUP, BUT ALSO RELEASING THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING OVER 30 YEARS OF THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL PEOPLE.
AND LET'S PLEASE APPLAUSE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
THAT'S 30 YEARS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER.
AND YOU'LL SEE UP HERE IN A MINUTE HOW MANY PEOPLE IT TAKES TO PRODUCE AN EVENT THIS LONG AND BELIEVE IN SOMETHING THAT LONG.
YOU KNOW, THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL PURPOSE 30 YEARS AGO WAS STILL THE SAME PURPOSE TODAY, BUT IT STARTED OFF WITH ONE DAY OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHOW THEIR PRIDE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO GIVE NONPROFIT GROUPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
NONPROFIT GROUPS DO WHAT GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO AND BUSINESSES WON'T DO, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD THOSE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL'S PURPOSE HAS NOT CHANGED.
IT IS STILL THAT TODAY, AFTER 30 YEARS, AND VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE CONTINUED AND MADE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE EXCITED HERE TO BE CELEBRATING THE LINEUP, WHICH LOOK OVER 30 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE MUSIC HERE IN GRETNA AND JEFFERSON PARISH, THAT AROUND THE WORLD, PEOPLE TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE AND INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR, UH, BELINDA CONSTANT, THANK YOU RICKY, AND THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
'CAUSE THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY IN OUR CITY.
AND AS RICKY SAID WITH THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS IS GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE SHOW.
I NEED TO CALL THE PEOPLE UP WITH ME THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH EVERY DAY.
CHIEF ARTHUR LAWSON, COUNCILMAN WAYNE ROW, COUNCILMAN RUDY SMITH.
COUNCILMAN MIKE KEN COUNCILMAN MARK MILLER AND COUNCILMAN JACKIE OTT.
THIS IS A CITY OF GRETNA GRETNA FEST.
AND WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND ME, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT WE NEED TO THANK TOO, BECAUSE WITHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, COUNCILMAN HINES BERG IS WITH US THIS MORNING.
IF YOU CAN COME UP, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, UM, AND ALSO STATE OF BATON ROUGE, OUR STATE REP, VINCENT COX, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
UM, A GREAT FRIEND OF THE CITY WHO SERVED THIS CITY WELL FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM WITH US SUPPORTING GRETNA FEST AGAIN IN 2024.
LET'S GIVE THESE PEOPLE AROUND WITH US.
AND THEN THE WORKING MACHINE BEHIND GRE, OF COURSE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP IS WITH US.
IF THEY COULD JOIN US HERE, I WANT TO CALL UP THE PRESIDENT, TERRY TUCKER, VICE PRESIDENT RENEE FERRERA.
COURTNEY KATTEN GILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
LAURA FERRERA TREASURER, KAYLA RA SECRETARY CHASE DICKEY AND KATIE LEFORT ARE MEMBERS AT LARGE.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND APPLAUSE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, CARRIE BROWN PRODUCTIONS.
CARRIE, IF YOU COULD COME STAND WITH US.
CARRIE HAS BEEN PRODUCING THIS FESTIVAL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARRIE, BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
AND ALSO, I WANNA SAY, I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT GIVE SO MUCH TO THIS FESTIVAL, BUT I KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO THIS, UM, UNVEILING.
UM, I SEE BRETT LAWSON, PLEASE COME JOIN US BECAUSE BRETT IS THE MACHINE BEHIND THIS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BRETT, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UM, HE IS DEFINITELY AN ASSET.
WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT HIM, WITHOUT, UM, HIS VOLUNTEERISM AND HIS BELIEF IN THIS FESTIVAL AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE CITY OF BRENA.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO UNVEIL OUR LINEUP.
WE'LL START WITH FRIDAY, THEN GO THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE ENTIRE LINEUP BEHIND US AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER WE DO THAT.
BUT IF I COULD HAVE, UM, US, I THINK WE START HERE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT MARIANNE FROM THE CITY THAT'S GONNA HELP US
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UNVEIL FRIDAY NIGHTS, THE REVIVALISTS MORRIS DAY AND THE TIME GALACTIC NEIL FRANCIS ROCK AND DUPY.THIS IS OUR FRIDAY NIGHT LINEUP.
EVERYBODY, ONE OF THE REVIVALIST BACK.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE LOCAL FAVORITE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS 2024 IS PRINCE.
THIS IS A HUGE YEAR FOR PRINCE.
IT'S AN ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATED HIS MUSIC AND HIS BAND.
AND YOU WILL BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZED BY MORRIS DAY AND THE TIME.
AND THIS IS OUR FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT LINE UP.
OKAY, MOVING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT OVER ON THIS SIDE BY BECCA.
OKAY, OUR SATURDAY NIGHT LINEUP, DRUM ROLL, DIRKS BENTLEY.
WE'RE GOING COUNTRY ON THE MAIN STAGE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW COUNTRY, YOU MIGHT KNOW DIRKS BENTLEY DRUNK ON A PLANE.
WHAT WAS I THINKING? HE IS AN INCREDIBLE HEADLINER IN COUNTRY MUSIC.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIM BEING HERE.
CHASE RICE, TRAVIS DENNING, THE WILDER BLUE NATASHA BENFIELD, ANOTHER PRINCE.
UM, FAVORITE EDGY COWBOY MOUTH AND SONNY LANDRETH.
AND OF COURSE, LOTS OF LOCAL FAVORITES.
BUT THIS IS OUR HEADLINERS ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.
STEVE MILLER BAND, YOU KNOW, THE JOKER AND ROCKING ME FROM STEVE MILLER.
BLUE OYSTER TO CULT FOG HAT JUNIOR MARVIN.
AND THE LEGENDARY WHEELERS FUTURE BIRDS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO OLD.
FUTURE BIRDS, THE RECORD COMPANY AND 30 AND THE IGUANAS.
SO THIS IS OUR 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HEADLINER LINEUP.
PLEASE, UH, GIVE IT UP FOR THE MUSIC OF RECORD.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC POSTER, WHICH HAS PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO'S PLAYING NAMES YOU CAN UNVEIL.
IT'S A LOT OF OUR LOCAL FAVORITES, UM, PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS PLAY THE FESTIVAL, PLUS SOME OTHERS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, BUT YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED TO, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND YOU CAN COME LOOK UP HERE AND SEE SOME OF THE NAMES, NAMES LIKE LITTLE FREDDIE KING, UH, THE NEW ORLEANS MYSTICS, LADIES OF SOUL, FEW BLUES, UM, NASHVILLE SOUTH, UH, JUSTIN MCCOY AND DUSTIN THITO, RACHEL FLEETWOOD, THE CLINKS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE NAMES, COME OUT AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO AN INCREDIBLE MUSIC LINEUP.
GRETNA FEST, 2024 30TH ANNIVERSARY.
YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC, IT TRULY IS ABOUT LOTS OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
WE ARE ANNOUNCING THAT OUR POSTER FOR 2024 WILL, UM, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO ARTISTS.
IF RODNEY WANTS TO COME UP WITH US, PLEASE COME ON UP.
RODNEY KING IS AN INCREDIBLE LOCAL ARTIST.
LOTS OF ARTISTS SUBMITTED TO, UM, A COUNCIL OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT ARTWORK AND HE WAS CHOSEN BY THEM.
AND RODNEY KING IS WITH US UP HERE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH RODNEY FOR PARTICIPATING AS US.
YOU'LL SEE OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, CHARM BY ASHLEY BRO GARCIA.
ASHLEY'S CHARM WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE KICKOFF PARTY, WHICH IS LATER ON.
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO TALK, SAY THANK YOU TO RUSSELL LLOYD LOGISTICS.
HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE, THIS FESTIVAL TOO, AND GETTING THE GROUNDWORK DONE.
UM, COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT RUSSELL LLOYD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT FORGETTING ANYBODY.
AM I FORGETTING ANYBODY? CHIEF BRETT, ANYTHING? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY OUT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CELEBRATE, UH, THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE LINEUP FOR GRETNA FEST 2024.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON OCTOBER 5TH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH OR FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH.
UM, PLEASE COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH US HERE.
UM, WE CAN ON ANY DAY, UH, ANY DAY, ANY DAY.
UM, BUT IT IS THE FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PAY ATTENTION TO FACEBOOK.
UM, PAY ATTENTION TO GRETNA FEST.COM AND YOU'LL SEE LOTS
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OF OTHER THINGS THAT'LL BE COMING OUT, UM, EACH DAY AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO CELEBRATING THIS INCREDIBLE FESTIVAL.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.