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Subject: Who suggested a boulder?
Author: Mary	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05/22/09 11:09pm Read here to find the answer: http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x12067547/Council-to-vote-on-memorial-honoring-Dan-Fogelberg Good idea! [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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Author: Lori [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 9:43am Really good idea. I wonder which song they will put on the boulder? Also, can they not find a better picture? Geez.......

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Author: Mary [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 10:10am Which picture would you like to see on it?

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Author: mountainbird [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 12:20pm "Beard or no beard;" kidding, just kidding. However, I WILL say that I would have given my left anything to have had the opportunity to lend Dan my guitar and watch him put it through its paces. And then I would have had it scraped for DNA. (Kidding, just kidding.)

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Author: Mary [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 1:49pm And what would you have done with that DNA? Cloned him? Hmmm....

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Author: mountainbird [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 2:18pm DNA, the gift that keeps on giving.

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Author: Lin [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/27/09 5:24pm Hi Lori! I agree-LOL!!while I love ANY picture of Dan--there surely are far better pics to post than THAT one!! I sure hope they vote in favor of this tribute--Dan deserves this!! What a wonderful tribute to have one of his songs inscribed on a boulder!! Which song do you think they should put it?? I vote for "Illinois"...

[> Subject: Re: Who suggested a boulder?
Author: Lori [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 7:08pm There are so many good pictures, I find it hard to belive that thats the only one they have. Him screaming in the mic. Come on......a good beard pic never hurt.

[> Subject: Re: Who suggested a boulder?
Author: Mary [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/23/09 8:37pm

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Mary
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Date Posted: 05/23/09 8:44pm

Sorry about the previous post. I just spoke what's on my mind! The answer to the question "Who suggested a boulder?" is none other than our Diney Boo. And it's a great idea. I'd like to see either:

1) http://www.thelivinglegacy.net/Library/ContrastBrn.jpg or
2) http://danfogelberg.com/danattwilight.html --just the face

#1 might not work in sculpture; it might end up looking like the face on Mars. But #2 would look good if they could get his face looking toward the river.

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Author: Bianca [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05/24/09 12:41pm I wonder which song they will select to be put on the bolder ? The River ? I love that song. It would be my guess Leader of The Band will win out though. They should ask the fans, but they will probably go by the popularity of the song and I do suppose Leader of The Band was most popular. Any suggestions ?? B

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Mary
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Date Posted: 05/25/09 11:54am

You're probably right, and "Leader of the Band" would honor both him and his father; but I also like the lines "Illinois, I'm your boy," and "There's a place in the world for a gambler," if they're just going to use one line. I think "River of Souls" would be great, also, especially the lines,

"To every man the mystery
Sings a different song
He fills his page of history
Dreams his dreams and is gone"

The theme of rivers ran so deeply through so many of his songs, didn't it?

I would love to see a similar memorial in Deer Isle with the lyrics to "The Reach" written there. And another in Pagosa Springs, maybe with some lines from "The Wild Places."

[> Subject: Re: Riverfront Memorial

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Kelly
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Date Posted: 05/28/09 5:20pm

Much respect to those folks for the time and effort spent to make this happen. It's a wonderful way to remember Dan and create a lasting tribute. I read that the proposal was unanimously approved....way to go Peoria! Now we just need info on contributing. I would think if they're able to get the word out through Dan's email list, it shouldn't take too long to raise the funds.