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Reunion
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in the Hamptons, which is the traffic triangle where Hampton Road and County Road 39 in Southampton meet up. All the permits have been got. All the arrangements have been made to shut down Route 27 for the five days. Traffic will be diverted by officers from the Hamptons Police Force either down Flying Point Road, up to David White’s Lane, or further east to the turnoff at Big Fresh Pond Road or even further east where Old Mill Road turns off from Montauk Highway and goes past the Water Mill Museum to Little Fresh Pond Road. Hampton Town Recreation Supervisor Joe Black together with Highway Superintendent Edward Smarts say that it has all been worked out. The configuration of the festival will be as follows. The general public—an estimated 123,000 will attend (which is the maximum)— will stand or sit on hay bales on the triangular half acre center island at that corner, with overflow onto the turning lanes and main road itself. The three bandstands will be placed on the outside corners of that intersection, with “green rooms” and rehearsal spaces and TV equipment in great trailers just behind all the stores at the intersection. And beyond that, a snow fence will surround the whole area so crashers cannot get in but will be forced to enter only at the “pay” table, where they will be given wristbands and personalized hay bales with their name on them to sit upon. Every hay bale will be hollowed out and have, inside of it, a goody bag, blue for the men, pink for the girls, with a thank you note for coming. A lot of local people objected to having this
reunion concert, particularly at the location proposed and the Labor Day Weekend traffic and all. As a sop for these poor sports, though, promoter Starr has agreed to invite all the marching bands and bagpipe groups that played in the Fourth of July parade on Main Street in Southampton on July 1. There were nine bands in all. In addition, Starr is inviting all the performers who played every weekend in the summer at the Perlman Music Camp’s main tent on Shelter Island. There are 37 performers there studying every summer. All 37 have been invited and all 37 have accepted. Here’s who’s performing at the Hamptons Reunion Weekend Music Festival at the Hampton Road Triangle Intersection on Labor Day Weekend, September 2-5. I’m told that before the bands begin playing three at a time from the three stages, they will play, on the first day, all together all at the same time, with whatever music they choose. It will be a “Happening.” After that will come the three at a time and they will continue with that for the next four days, 24 hours a day. The bands will include the Saffron United Pipe Band of Babylon, SUDDYN, Mates of State, Graffiti 6, the Jolly Boys, Reptar, Tiger Love, We Are Scientists, Ellie Goulding, Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes, the Southampton High School Marching Band, Matt & Kim, Cold War Kids, Chromeo, Tame Impala, M. Ward, Ra Ra Riot, Fitz & the Tantrums, Tom Tom Club, Dawes, The Limousines, Nicos Gun, The Riverhead Blue Waves Marching Band, Young Empires, Hahn-Bin, The Naked And Famous, Francis And The Lights, Foghat,
The Pierson Pep Band, Elvin Bishop, John Sebastian, Commander Cody Corky Laing & The Memory Thieves, Ashleen Jones, Alfredo Merat, Bastards of Boom, Heaven & Earth, In Fiction, Days of Wild, the Dylan Emmett Band, Lombardi, The Folkadelics, Swamp Cabbage, the Isra Alien Band, Jewlee, the Lone Rider, Love in Stockholm, Mellish, Skumby, Mama Lee Rose and Friends, Method2Madness, Meghan Trainor, Perfect Stampede, Split Tongue Crow, the Green Children, the Magic Touch, Urban Sun, Vanessa Leonardo, Walking Upright, Who are Those Guys?, Zarni, the Motowrays, Third Estate, Paradigm, Will Hagen, Stephen Waarts, John Eddie, Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes & The Ryans Brothers of The Bogmen, Gene Casey & The Lonesharks, Bonacker Boom, Nancy Atlas, TAOST, The Hampton Bays High School Marching Band, Jon DiVello Band, Suzie on the Rocks, Edna’s Kin, Miles To Dayton, Sunrise Skyline, Claes Kleppers, Lance Lopez, Brady Rymer & The Little Band That Could! and 34 other not-yet-come-of-age musicians from the Perlman Music Camp. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at the traffic triangle beginning at 2 a.m. Be there or be square. And if you have a spare bedroom or two or three in your house and perhaps an available basement you are not using that weekend, call Mr. Starr at 631-555-3827.
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