Happy Birthday Sir Mark!!!! Don't feel like I am really at AROTR until I see you drumming! I too was there the night you were inducted into the Hall Of Fame, one of my fondest AROTR memories.

Happy birthday Mark! Looking forward to seeing you again. We'll all have to sing Birthday to you at one of the sing-a-longs!

hey beatles friends, i upgraded my hotel reservations to a executive suite because of my two friends coming and we need a fridge. my one friend is diabetic and insulin dependent so they were able to upgrade me to a suite! i think that's awesome. i didn't know that they had any suites left but i'm glad they did. so see you all in may with two newbies!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR MARK! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE! SEE YOU IN LOUISVILLE!

Happy birthday Sir Mark!

Sir Mark...I'm glad it's your BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Happy Birthday, Sir Mark! I hope you have a Beatleful birthday. I know you are looking forward to AROTR! - Best wishes!

Hello Hello Sir Mark!...A big Canadian Happy Birthday wish for you. Looking forward to seeing you and the whole AROTR gang soon. One month and counting! Also a big hello to Tom & Kelly "Little Black Egg"! ...Andy Forgie/ All You Need Is Love

Sir Mark,

It was great meeting you last year at AROTR. Happy Birthday from all of the guys in the UnionJack British Invasion Band! We hope you have a wonderful Birthday. See you soon in Louisville!

Dave, Gary, Les, Jim, Mike and Gene

Happy Birthday Sir Mark!!! Have a great day!

Hello! I'm the drummer for Abbey Road, Beatles tribute in Northeast Ohio. Great site. Have to get down there next year! Thanks.

Markie, a few of your friends left you a birthday greeting over at Facebook; pretty soon, you'll be ready to hang out there , too

Happy Birthday from me, Brooke, Jason, and our entire family-We are so glad you will be in Louisville again next month. I know you will have a great time-Gary

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Nonnie Lewis Wanting to wish Sir Mark a WONDERFUL 15th birthday! I can not believe you are that OLD!! Have a wonderful one and I hope to see you someday again-All My Lovin' Little Mark! Non :-

Paula Diane Neal happy 15 th birthday Sir Mark and looking forward to seeing you and the group on the riverfront in Louisville Ky with my nieces who are so young and learning about the Beatles and Thank you for giving them the lessons that will teach them about the Beatles music.

Happy Birthday, Sir Mark! Have a great day!! See you soon!

Happy Birthday to Sir Mark from Vicki and Marian in the UK. We always know that we are going to have a good time in Louisville when we arrive and see Sir Mark, the Rochester girls and of course dancing Laurie amongst others.

The skies above the UK are open again after a long and strange silence. Hope everyone has a great AROTR See you soon.

By the way we had the pleasure of seeing Peter Conrad perform at the Cavern Club in Liverpool last weekend - he was great.

Will Wonderwall be in Louisville this year?

Dear Sir Mark, Happy Birthday, Dear. I hear you are having a Birthday. So, Happy Birthday. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ They Say It's Your Birthday! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ We're Gonna Have a Good Time (At Abbey Road on the River). ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ I'm Glad It's Your Birthday. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Happy Birthday to You. ♪♫•*¨*•. *¨*•♫♪ Yes, We're Going to a Party Party. ♪♫•*¨* •.¸¸♥ I'm Glad It's Your Birthday. ! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Happy Birthday to You. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ They Say It's Your Birthday! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ We're Gonna Have a Good Time. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ We're Gonna Have a Good Time. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Looking forward to seeing you and your mom soon, Olivia Anne

Happy Birthday sweetie!

Happy Birthday Sir Mark! Hope it is the best!

To Sir Mark
Happy #15 Birthday, I was there the night you inducted into
the Abbey Road on the River Hall of Fame..!!
Very exciting night..!! Have a great Birthday
and we will see you in May..!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR MARK!

"da na na na na na, They say it's your Birthday!!!"

Happy Birthday Sir Mark of Abbey Road!

Happy 15th Birthday on Sunday to AROTR Hall of Famer Sir Mark!!

Brian Ray's, "Reluctant Rock God" who plays with Paul, eletter has the thought. Being one with thousands of like-minded happy people is astounding. It's the FABulous music, but it's the people who come to hear that music and gather to have our own reunion. If you could choose your family for a reunion, this is what you would have. Over 20,000 of your best friends, some you've not yet met, including blessed people who share their gift of music with us all and each other. The energy and joy is palpable and resets your psyche like little else can. Here's what Brian said about their Up & Coming Tour>>: "An astounding phenomena to be a part of...There is a circle of energy between the audience and the singer, the singer and the band -all of us together- with the crowd giving it all back to us, 'round and 'round it goes.. An astounding phenomena to be a part of, for sure. If only we could bottle that energy, maybe we could stop "drill, baby, drilling"! Apparently some in the crowd were getting annoyed at a long haired dude singing along with us at the top of his lungs to every song and another headbanging guy in the box next to him, air drumming like a Muppet.. Just as the annoyed people were about to say something to the upstarts, they realized it was Steven Tyler singing along and Dave Grohl on "air drums" and goin NUTS, Hahahaha! As the old saying goes, "No one is Beatle proof"." Don't we know that! Cannot wait to rejoin the Abbey Road on the River Universe. 32 days Beatle People. Thanks so, Gary. Olivia Anne oamfuchs@aye.net

Looking for what to do when you are not dancing thru 300 plus concerts.. check out our new activities page.

AROTR Activities

Hey Gary, Are you guys going to have guest judges again for big star contest? Thanks

editor: we are, and we will start recruiting soon

Oh Man....I'm so jealous.....I haven't received my one and only "ULTIMATE TICKET TO RIDE" YET!!!!! I WANT MY TICKET!!!!!!!!! I will surely let you know when I receive MY TICKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... and rest assured...I have informed the Postmaster to call me when MY TICKET arrives!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

Editor, yes the other two tickets were ordered for the same address. I paid for them through the same paypal account. Those two were just ordered a few weeks ago.

under what name

Got our tickets and we're nearly all set! We convinced my 19 year old sis to take the free 21 and under ticket (we didn't have to twist her arm too hard) and come with us, it will be her first time and we know she'll love it. Plus that means an extra pair of hands to help us take care of our 20 month old son! yay!!

GOT MY TIX TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! GETTING HELP WITH COSTUME CONTEST. IT'S GONNA BE CUTE. SEE YOU ALL THERE! PEACE AND LOVE KIM

I'm almost ready. We received our tickets today. Still waiting for two more I ordered for our friends. Then we will really be ready.

were the ordered for the same address...cause that doesnt add up

Received tickets today, now it starting to feel close.

The only thing which could make my fragrant lilacs any prettier would be that they hold my Five Day All You Can Hope For Best Ticket to Ride Passport to a Magical Mystery Tour of Happiness at Abbey Road on the River at Louisville on the River Memorial Day Weekend. Ah, there they are!
Go see the photo here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/photo.php?pid=5245638&id=546292291
Love you All Across the Universe; Can't Wait to See You, All, Olivia Anne
oamfuchs@aye.net

Ron...sorry to hear about the bad luck streak. Life definitely is a roller coaster. Band On The Run was always a highlight of AROTR for me. Hope to see you there next year!!! Good luck!!!

GOT TICKETS? Yes!!! "We're getting better all the time... better, better, better!"

Got my 5 Day Best tickets in the mail today...thanks...now the countdown begins for real!!!

Gordie...
I'll be more than happy to see you. I'll be the old dude in the red Hendrix shirt on Sunday and the blue Hendrix shirt on Monday (or vice-versa). It depends on how Cindy dresses me. I was fortunate to see "The Man", live, twice in my life! See you there!

Beatle music in the elevator What a clever idea

Ron we will miss you this year, Hope to see you rockin' again hear next year (With A Little Luck!) and best of luck to you and the band!

Ben and Ramona, so glad you are now able to make it to both events. We can relate to the little setbacks in life. Three years ago we had to make open heart surgery a priority over AROTR. IMAGINE!

Whoo Hoo, got my ticket to ride today!!

Glad to see that Ben and Ramona will be with us in Louisville, it wouldn't be a family reunion without my fav fab cousins.

Ellen, I haven't stopped dancing since you last saw me, about 7 years ago!! It keeps me young!!

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone whom has asked or sent emails to us. As I explained to Gary Jacob, this last year and the economy has taken a giant personal toll on me, which has effected our group.

We are still together, and have been performing under a different monnicker called "Off The Record" performing classic rock, 80's and current top 40 dance. We lost our female keyboardist last year shortly after we headlined at BB Kings in New York. At that point, we were feeling Hi Hi HI as a group. The 2009 economy decimated our schedule, and I personally became unemployed for almost 1 year. In that time, I basically lost all my finances and savings, had my car re-posessed as well as had to sell the bands main road truck which we all travelled in.

Since then, I have been back in college full time attaining my masters in Finance, and have been studying for the CPA exam, which I'm almost finished with.

We do have a new female vocalist now, and she is fantastic, so we will be reviving the show for late 2010 and 2011. We are out performing gigs here and there, but local to Chicago for now.

Unfortunately, due to these circumstances this year's Abbey Road was turning in to a budgetary and logistical mess for us. We hope that Gary will have us back in 2011 as we love performing for you all.

Sincerely,
Ron Starr & BOTR members

Deb,
advice for the newbie. Bring a little patience for the elevators in the hotel and for the check-in/check out. If you have that you'll find that 99.9% of the people you meet are in great spirits and you'll have a great time. Explore the hotel and park and check out 4th Street Live, a short walk from the hotel.

Thanks Kathy for the warm welcome and good advise
about packing the Lawn Chairs!!

Any other words of advise for an AROTR newbie??

Can't wait to hear the bands I have never seen/heard before and very much looking forward
to seeing vets I have heard like Hal Bruce and
The Repeatles and Itchycoo Park again!!

Its been a long long winter here in Ct. and
cannot wait for May 27 to get here.

Though things have turned all around we are booked and trying to pack, someone remind Ben not to have an emergency appendix operation in the middle of pack, we are coming and will rock and roll with our without a knee brace

Just went through the new schedule software and it's great!! First run through is 68 concerts from about 1 on Thurs through 5 on Monday. My 7th? (whatever all minus one is, I missed only the first in Cleveland). Can't wait, I look forward to this all year! Peace and Love. RD from TX

Hey all just heard about a fantastic John Lennon Tribute show happening this weekend in Seattle. "Imagine a Cure II - Concert to Benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure". Performers include Roger Daltrey(!), Alan White, Mark Hudson, Vince Neil, Natasha Bedingfield, and.......AROTR's very own Jay Goeppner of the Instant Karma Band! Way to go Jay! Can't make it to Seattle but I will catch all your shows in Louisville next month!

There he is!!!! Thanks Mike, see you there.

AROTR,
I want you... I want you so b-a-a-a-d, babe... I want you-ooo-ooo-ooo! You're driv'n me m-a-a-a-d, m-a-a-ad, you're driv'n me mad!
Love,
Mike and Cindy

Gordie... Look at your schedule again for Sunday. I know how you feel. Axis is Jimi!

I'm thinking about trying to get the Galt House to play my "Percy Faith and his Orchestra" "Beatles Album" music in the hotel elevators. Percy Faith basically invented the (mostly despised) elevator music genre and he put out a Beatles album about 30 years ago.

It's not the best cover of the Beatles, but I think it would be funny.

Keep up the good work...Everything looks great...it's exciting to read all of the posted comments...makes ya kinda drift off to another time and space Very much looking forward to seeing everyone again...another great time just ahead...

I would love to see AXIS at a time other than Monday afternoon.

We are at about 6 weeks away from AROTR and definitely very excited. If you are in the Columbus, OH area we have Beatlemania Now playing Saturday night at the Ohio Theatre. It will be a nice fix to tide me over to May 27!

I bought a VIP package for Ringo at Horseshoe Casino=anyone else going?

Can not Wait!

My 17 year old and her friends fight over my AROTR t-shirts. Will have to buy extras this year. BTW Gary...know it's a lot of work & frustration, but love the new last minute schedule changes. Counting down the days!

ed: thanks for noticing..I like the changes too

This will be the first year we'll be able to make the rooftop concert. Where is the best viewing place?

ed: the best would be from a hover craft...but if you cannot find one..its at 4th and Jefferson..it's a 2 1/2 story roof, so the sdewalk below is perfect.

Went to a local concert of "The Flying Saucers." They did a few Beatles' tunes - not so good covers - but my thoughts are even bad Beatles' covers are better than NO Beatles' covers! CANNOT WAIT FOR SOME AWESOME BEATLES' TRIBUTE BANDS IN LOUISVILLE!

It's great to see the guest book is being used again. We all are excilted to see the days going by and AROTR is getting closer. A lot of us already have our packing planned and every thing ready to go. I see many recognizable names of people I've met over the years. As more and more people find there way to AROTR I sometimes miss seeing my old friends in person. With the onset of a new year there always new frineds to be made. It's great to hear the new groups and seeing some of our old favorites bands is a big plus. Over the years the weather has always been nice and hot with last year being a bit cooler than usual. I prefer the hot sun in order to get my early bird tan. Has any weather forcast been made yet? Karen

How about a contest for the best lyrics if Paul McCartney had gone with his original title for Yesterday, which was "Scrambled Eggs"?
Scrambled eggs
Oh,how I like them cooked this way
Easy-over's just not the same
Oh,I long for scrambled eggs
How she burnt them so,I don't know
She couldn't say
She set the temperature wrong
Now I long
For Scrambled Eggs!

Put out an invite to all of my facebook friends. May actually have a few newbies attend.

Brian Fish- look forward to meeting you, shame we can't bring some proper fish and chips with us, your fries are well off the pace.You should all check out the fish and chips in Liverpool, start saving now because well, that's where those scamps started plying their trade over 50 years ago

Getting in to some Hollies tonight. Missed Terry Syvester last time he was at AROTR. Won't miss him this year. Also looking forward to Axis. Saw the Experience Hendrix show in Atlanta a few weeks ago and I am ready for some AXIS...wow...Hollies are doing "If I Needed Someone"

I cannot wait!!!! Teaching Middle school is killing me.... I need some Peace and LOve... a Beatle fix quick... still high from seeing Macca in Miami but that can only last sooo long.... come on May!!!!!!

In case of heat and/or rain, I'm locking down a seat in the Archibald Venue - Love the AC in that room. Otherwise, you'll catch me by the pool with a Corona and lime....woo hoo, can't wait.

I am counting the days until AROTR! I am SO EXCITED! Cannot wait to meet everyone and bask in the love and music of The Beatles! Olivia, can't wait to meet you! Exercising more to build up my stamina because I am ready to dance and sing until...........!!!!!!!!!

Are we there yet?
Mentally yes, physically closer and closer
Bass guitar in tow we are coming!!!!!!!!!!
Hello to our new family members Room for all and welcomes for many more

The kicko-off song from Hal Bruce last year was "Nowhere Man"...the previous year it was "Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth" Hal is always a treat. Really looking forward to the medley this year with Hal & Hard Dazed Night.

Hal knows Nowhere Man is my theme song; likes to help me get my head screwed straight as we open