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Ever wonder who’s the one that lets you know about all of our great restaurant events and specials? Who arranges our incredible Ticket Tuesday promotions? Well, that’s Nicole. Oh and by the way, she’s one of the nicest people you’d ever meet. Here’s her story:

 This week, meet Nicole P. our Rams Head Restaurant Marketing Director

What state were you born in? Florida

What is your job title at the Rams Head?  How long have you worked for Rams Head?Restaurant Marketing Director . Almost 5 years

Best concert you have been to at a Rams Head Venue? It’s a toss-up between Dead Weather or Manchester Orchestra at Rams Head Live

At a movie theater which arm rest is yours? I take both. That’s how I roll

What is your favorite concert so far? Wow, this is hard. But, I would have to say it’s a toss up between, The Goo Goo Dolls in (99), Dead Weather at RHL, Deftones (2003), These arms are snakes (2008) or Bleed the Dream

What was your first concert? Live / Counting Crows @Merriweather when I was 11

What is your favorite midnight snack? I love Ice Cream!

What are a few favorite things you love to do? I love hanging with my daughter, going to concerts, photography, special efx for movies, hanging with my fam/friends, baking and getting tattooed

 What is your favorite movie? Almost famous, sixteen candles, or love stinks

What’s your favorite adult beverage to drink?  framboise -belgian beer….yummy!

Did you ever own a Barenaked Ladies Cd? Haha , yes I did! But, that was a long time ago. Don’t judge.

Have you ever been told you look like a famous person?  I have. I used to get Molly Ringwald all the time.  Now a few of  my friends call me Molly

What’s your favorite meal of the day? Breakfast!!!

If you could be a particular singer or musician, who would you be? Alison Mosshart. She rocks!

What is the craziest thing you have ever done?  Picked up a stranger, drove 4 ½ hrs to NYC for the Lost City Angels show, and missed it. Is that crazy?

Do you have tattoos? If yes, how many and where are they?  Yes, I have tattoos, and too many, I lost count

Do you play any instruments? Drums, but I never said I was good.

What band do YOU think is most influential? Led Zeppelin

Your favorite songs of all times? I have a few: ‘Tiny Dancer’ by Elton John, ‘Sometime around midnight’ by The Airborne Toxic Event, ‘Radio’ by Alkaline Trio or ‘Lover, you should’ve come over’ by Jeff Buckley, “Temptation of Adam” by Josh Ritter

What cd is in your cd-player right now?  The Foo Fighters album ” Wasting Light”.

What song gets you pumped for the weekend? Junior Senior- ” Move Your Feet “

Hello Festival Patrons!

Sunday Funday is on the horizon and we want to make sure you have all the info you need to maximize your good times.

I’ve made the list. Now you check it twice.

1. Bring your yoga mat and get there at doors if you plan to join in the mass open-air session on the lawn.

2. Sunscreen will be a must for when you are out in the lawn hula hooping to your hearts content.

3. If you’ve got lawn seats be sure to bring your blankets and low-back chairs.

4. Study up on your music trivia! We’ll be handing out autographed festival posters for trivia and hula hooping winners.

5. Umbrellas just in case!

All the gear is rolling in! Bring the little ones and they can curl up on the lawn with a lemonade, some crayons and color in their very own Sunday Funday original poster! And we’ve got Frisbees! We’ve got T-Shirts! Snag an adult T for $15, kids are $10.

And for those very lucky others, do you notice anything different about this poster below? We will have 10 of these autographed at the show by Amos Lee, Josh Ritter, Eric Hutchinson, Mason Jennings, Bobby Long and Justin Jones. The gang’s all here! Meet us at the Rams Head Live tent for trivia to win one. If you’ve got mad skills we might even let you hula hoop to win. Trust these showdowns get silly.

In eager anticipation of this monster bill for Sunday Funday on May 15th, we are offering up the chance to win tickets to catch all the action of Sunday Funday in the palm of your hand. Answer the two questions below for a chance to win. All eligible answers must be written in the comments section below.  We will select a winner and they will be able to check out all the boys of Sunday Funday for free! Hang out with WRNR! Enjoy the cornhole tournament on the lawn. Bring the kids for hula hooping, facepainting and Dippin Dots! Join in the open air yoga session. Dance the day away at the side stage featuring Kentavius Jones, Taylor Carson and Sweet Leda. Oh and it will be for FREE!!! Good Luck!

1. Name this famous actress with a famous daughter that graduated from the same Maryland high school that Eric Hutchinson attended.

2. Name this notable singer-songwriter that was in Amos Lee’s graduating high school class?

Amos Lee, Josh Ritter, Eric Hutchinson, Mason Jennings, Justin Jones and Bobby Long. Okay, now read that again. Yes, they’re all playing the  Sunday Funday show on May 15 at Pier Six. All of them. And finally, today, you can start to imagine what it’ll be like. I mean, honestly; it’s 65 and sunny out there. You mean to tell me you’re not spacing out thinking about cornhole and beer and windows rolled down right now? Okay so you weren’t a minute ago, but now you can’t help yourself, can you? So in the spirit of sunshine and happiness I thought I’d give you a little teaser of the unbelievable lineup of six headlining artists all making the all-day festival of singer/songwriters, sun and fun at Pier Six. Enjoy!

Welcome to Rockin’ the Docks 2011! Grab a seat and hold on tight as we take you through every imaginable desire of the musical pallet. We’ve got your pop, your rock, your rap, rip roarin’ guitars, ballads…you name it! While we are continuing to add shows as the season gears up, we’ve got a nice hand-picked selection of tunes from some of the artists who are locked and loaded for the Pier Six in 2011. We gonna need a “love it” button on facebook ASAP. Enjoy!

okay, I know it’s a little corny, but, it’s true… I’ve been booking shows for Rams Head On Stage, Live and Pier Six for the past 13+ years and have kept an old CD box titled  “Box of Happiness”, in which I keep, customer comment cards, band reviews of our venues, emails from road managers etc etc.     (  I’m not sayin that we never get the occasional curmudgeon or negative response from a patron, who,  perhaps didn’t get to hear their favorite song, or luck into a night where the artist was signing CD’s…) But, I decided a long time ago, that it’s the Good News that is worth hanging on to !   so, I squirrel away the positives … and there are stacks of em !

Kris' Box of Happiness

Music is indeed ‘a universal language’, it moves folks, it changes lives and it is something that stays with us lucky human beings in a visceral way…. we remember moments in our lives by the ‘background’ music that accompanies them ! We, at Rams Head have the pleasure of knowing that music lovers have laughed, cried, gotten engaged, delighted in turning their kids on to music, danced, let their hair down and enjoyed every aspect of Live musical experiences through the shows we produce !     From time to time, I plan to bring you some of this ‘bits of joy’ in our weekly blog…..

ps. I’m also happy to say that when I pulled out the ‘box of happiness’ this morning,  it was hiding my favorite Josh Ritter Cd !!  (thought I had lost it for good !)

This week’s patron quote:  Thank you for a GREAT Friday night!. The Steep Canyon Rangers were just the best!!! What a great group of young men and of course terrific musicians!!!! We really, really hope you will bring them back on a regular basis…once or twice every year. It was just a wonderful show and of course good food and drinks! Take care and thanks again. -The Lyon Family ( and 6 other friends)

Don’t stop, don’t stop the feet,Won’t stop, won’t stop the beat.Everybody, move you’re feet, to the Rams Head play list!

The Rams Head marketing office wanted to bring something a little different to the mix this Friday.Our office loves to jam out while working, but we each have a different style of music. We each came up with 2 songs that you would find on our ipod. And, you can tell each of us are pretty eclectic with the songs we picked. You might hear some rock n roll, electronic,  pop, classic or singer-songwritters on this mix. But, you won’t see the same artist twice. So, hopefully our play list will help you get your jam on! 

What a great way to start the weekend. Ritter’s smiles are contagious – seriously, does he ever stop? Here his art comes full circle, literally, as he encourages the balconies to hum the intro:

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By keeping tuned to Gomez’ MySpace page we were able to listen to their new album, A New Tide in full while they were streaming it for free for the both the day before and the day of the show. Another solid release, congratulations guys. But we had to pick one of our favorites for the blog video… to keep the positivity at a peak as we’re approaching a warm(er) spring weekend.

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