JULY 2008

Welcome to the 7th heaven newsletter for July 2008


7th heaven Newsletter July 2008

Welcome to the 7th heaven Newsletter for July 2008
After years of doing our mailing list in the basic email form, it was time to move to a new format. Out list has grown way to much for us to manage it the old way, so we are trying a new format. We have been having a GREAT summer so far.. we played some great festivals in June (St. Charles, Jeff Fest, Ohio Bike Week, Naper Days, Brewfest, Navy Pier, Strawberry Fest, Church Fest, Chicago Summerfest, Taste of Joliet, Bloomingdale Fest, Pride Fest, Downers Grove Fest). We have also has a great week at Wheeling Fest, Lisle Fest, Taste of Glenview, Bolingbrook Fest, Hoffman Fest and Naperville's Ribfest. On Friday July 4 we set a new record crowd fo 50,000+ people that we performed for. This is the largest crowd we have ever played to. We were told that the crowd reached 60,000 and the festival had to shut the gate down and stop allowing people in. We opened for REO Speedwagon and the festival had fireworks. It helped that we had perfect weather. We were lucky enough to get a 3 camera shot with audio off the mixing board from the entire show. We are considering what we want to do with that video so stay tuned.

More All-Age Festivals
All-Age Festivals are the BEST way to see 7th heaven live! If you haven't been out to a summer fest yet, make sure you make plans to come out. This month the journey continues with West Chicago Railroad Days, Norridge Island in the City, Rock Around the Block, Schaumburg Flyers, Glendale Hts (w/Fireworks), Navy Pier, Summer on Southport, German Fest, Carol Stream Concert in the Park, Streamwood Fest, Sugar Grove Fest, Taste of Lincoln and Ottowa Riverfest.

in August we'll be at The Boondocks, Augustfest, Retro on Roscoe, Arlington Park, Taylor St. Itailian Fest, North Side Summerfest, South Elgin Fest, Grayslake Fest, Castaways, Navy Pier, Naperville's Last Fling

Make sure you come out to these festivals!!!

NEW "Medley CD/DVD" is released
We have released a new Medley CD/DVD combo pack. It has both the Pop Medley and Rock Medley on them. It has the Pop Medley Video that has been on our website since January as well as a unreleased Rock Medley video that we'll put on our website soon. If you have been to a 7th heaven show in the past 2 years you might be on the video. It's a great way to remember the good times at our shows and it captures a lot of personality of the band members.

Merchandise
We have TONS of new merchandise available at the merch table at all shows. We have new shirt designs, girl shorts, water bottles, baby dolls, long sleeves, modern shirts, bumper stickers, flyers/newsletters, and of course our cd's and dvd's. We have been sold out of our CD's for the past few weeks, I'm happy to let you all know we have more CD's coming. We are restocked with "Silver" and the "Medley CD" is now re-stocked as the "Medley CD/DVD". If you have placed a order off our website within the past 3 weeks, you will receive the new combo pack with the DVD at no extra cost. Our "Live at Durty Nellies" DVD and original "Medley CD" are now offically sold-out.. we will not re-print these. "Sampler Vol. 1" and the "Christmas CD" are also almost sold out, so get those while you can as we will not be re-printing those again.
Look for a new remastered "Faces Time Replaces" with a DVD combo pack coming by the end of the year. Also a new original CD called "USA-UK" and a "Unplugged CD" as well.

NEW CD Coming - USA-UK
We are in the final stages with our new original CD 'USA-UK". I am about 90% done mixing the CD and I hope to get it off to press very soon. We started playing one of the songs last week at Hoffman Fest and will continue playing that song as well as others off the CD over the next month. I'm torn with spending more time mixing and then having more songs or releasing what we have done as of now and get the product out there. I'm hoping to tell you the CD is done by the August Newsletter. Stay Tuned.

7th heaven Cruise 2008
Yes, we are getting closer to sailing away in the Caribbean again. Join us on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas, which is the world's biggest and largest cruise ship in the world. The cruise is from October 18, 2008 - October 25, 2008. The ship is just about sold-out, however if you are still interested in coming along with all of us, email me at RICH777@aol.com and let me know. For those of you who have signed up to go, just a reminder that final payment will be due by August 1. Also if you are flying into Miami, FL a night early, check out the hotel info we have for a cheaper rate for our group. The link is off our website's front page under the "Pre-Cruise" tab. Also keep a eye out for the pre-cruise party we will have in October. If you want to learn more about the 7th heaven cruise go here: http://www.7thheavenband.com/cruise/

Photo Album
Have you seen our MASSIVE photo album yet? Over 10,000 photos from 1985 to today. The entire history of the band's 23 years is documented with photos. If you have been out to a show in the past 23 years, you might be in a couple shots. Check it out. It is strongly recommended to use the Apple Safari Browser to view the photos. Some people with IE and Firefox have been having problems seeing the photo gallery. Also, have a fast internet connection.

7th heaven BBQ
You are welcome to join us on Sunday August 17 for our annual 7th heaven BBQ. Come out and get a chance to chat with us away from a show or play a couple games with the band/crew. Or just come have some great food and drink. This year the BBQ will be located in Schaumburg at Busse Woods off Higgins & Route 53.  Look for exact map on our website the week of the BBQ.