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1. Audrey
   Member

   We really had a good time on the Premier Four Seasons/ JB Bus Tour on Sunday February 25, 2008 (http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=2449) and I hope to have many more in the future. These Tours will not be identical.

   We might have Tours with different themes: Jersey Boys/ Broadway theme; Gaudio/Valli theme, Tommy DeVito sights, Joe Long/ Nick Massi/ Tom Austin, (etc) themes; Special Guests Tours; Musical Moments Tour, Belleville/Newark/Jersey Journeys. We'll have mini and full day Tours as well as private Tours. The possibilities are endless.

   Please watch for dates that may work for you or email me that you'd like to be kept posted. The sooner I know about your potential interest, the better! jerseyboysadvocate@yahoo.com.

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. Audrey
   Member

   Right now, I'm gathering names of people for the first and last Sundays in May. Please be in touch ASAP if you think you're interested. Thanks.

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. Audrey
   Member

   I'll need to finalize plans soon and make sure everyone, who may be interested, is on my email list. Anyone else? I hope to be including the home where Bob Gaudio was living during HS, when he wrote the music for Short Shorts.

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. Beverley
   Member

   Audrey,
   I am interested in the first Sunday in May. Where are you leaving from?

   Posted 5 years ago #

5. Audrey
   Member

   Beverley, I have combined the two May tours- now May 25th! The exact configuration of stops is being determined since more places have been added. We'll basically be leaving from the Newark area (but you can ride up with me, since we're coming from the same direction). I'll have more details soon. This tour will be even more extensive and include more places related to Bob Gaudio's former home of Bergenfield.

   Posted 5 years ago #

6. Lulu
   Member

   Audrey, what time will the tour start and where will it begin? The Newark train stop?

   Posted 5 years ago #

7. Audrey
   Member

   Lulu!! How do I miss these posts? Too much time with my head buried in the tour maps, I think. (Don't kid with me Lulu...is there a chance you can join us??? We will be going to Bergenfield to see more sights related to Bob Gaudio, which I know you would have liked in the first tour.)

   Since this is... for and from the people, I want to reserve a little wiggle room to accommodate the nuances of the specific people. That having been said, I think there will be a train stop (Newark) starting point AND a second point nearby with free parking. I'm in the midst of deciding the exact duration of the tour (there is SO much to see), but a good estimate is about 10:30-4 with lunch maybe at the famous Dickee Dees Hot Dog place. Lots of Frankie Valli stuff on the wall there. If everyone who has told me they might come...does, we're just about full! It's not a big van. I need to know if there is anyone else who hopes to come...with your final & definite decision to follow very, very quickly! My email is given above.

   Posted 5 years ago #

8. Lulu
   Member

   Audrey, I really did try to work this out becuase I know this is going to be even better than the first tour...and that one was great! (Reduced flights Memorial Day weekend prevent me from flying out Sunday morning...I have a wedding to attend Saturday night.) But how cool is that ...checking out Bergenfield and eating at Dickie Dee's Hotdog Place? I want pictures...reports...and the date for the Fall tour!

   Posted 5 years ago #

9. Audrey
   Member

   I spent all day yesterday driving more and more areas of Four Seasons Country- as it was around the 60's. With Walt Gollender next to me, Tom Austin on the cell phone and lots of notes (thanks to members of the Gaudio family & Jim Petrecca), maps, addresses stashed in the glove compartment, I found Gaudio's parent's home when he was a teenager, I walked the halls of his HS ( http://gilgweb.com/CBSSMwmv.html ) and saw the first home Bob bought in the next town over. We went to the street where Joe Long, while with the Seasons, had a home before moving to CA.

   We checked out the place where the Four Lovers played and the furniture store where they got 'The Romans' name. We left no stone unturned in our search for `locational' history.

   The Next Four Seasons Tour is just over 3 weeks away. The first one in February http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=2449 was a wonderful success thanks to the support of everyone here (and more than 50 hours of massive planning too, of course- team project). We have a dozen people signed up- with limited space left because the vehicle has to be small enough to maneuver around the neighbors. By the way, no NYC stops this time. I can make some slight accomodations for meeting places and timing if I have my full enrollment list of people VERY soon. (Jury Duty coming next week- doesn't the County understand my deadlines :)

   Join us for the `Memorial Day Memory Tour'!!

   Audrey jerseyboysadvocate@yahoo.com

   Posted 5 years ago #

10. Audrey
    Member

    I thought this YouTube of Frankie and Tommy at Frankie's Man of the Year dinner was short, but sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPZnS3WWp1A&feature=related. We pass the place that this event was held on the Bus Tour. (This Tour is just a 'fan project', so if anyone would like to help with it, let me know.)

    Here is the preview of the May 25th Tour posted on the Blog last week:http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=2645

    Posted 5 years ago #

11. Audrey
    Member

    Phlash Phelps did a little interview with me about the Four Seasons Neighborhood Bus Tour that will be run on tomorrow's show- probably between 9 and noon on the 60's show on Channel 6, xmradio.com (on direct TV, I believe it is on Channel 803). Everyone gets a free three day trial, aol subscribers get a TWO WEEK trial.

    (Thanks to Danielle Gaudio Lalehzar for letting me know that Phlash had mentioned the bus tour on his show and alerted me to his interest in speaking with me!)

    Posted 5 years ago #

12. Lulu
    Member

    Y'all have fun tomorrow! Can't wait to hear all about it and see some pictures:)

    Posted 5 years ago #

13. Audrey
    Member

    Thanks, Lulu. The weather is going to be great, the company and the content as well! Danielle Gaudio Lalehzar has sent a message for everyone and a little 'party favor'.

    Although we are seeing several new sights, I don't think I'll do an article/ coverage since there was Blog coverage after the first tour (but then again...maybe I will :) I am thinking about July 27 for the summer tour, in case anyone wants to let me know of their interest. Next time, I'll send registration forms out and determine 2-3 weeks beforehand if that date works for a 'critical mass' of people.

    Posted 5 years ago #

14. jpoe141aolcom
    Member

    FOUR SEASONS STREETNAMING

    CEREMONY JUNE,25,2008 UNION N.J

    AT COSTCO PARKING LOT

    WEST CHESTNUT STREET UNION N.J.

    CEREMONY STARTS 1:30 PM

    THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME GROUP THE FOUR SEASONS WILL BE HONORED BY THE TOWN OF UNION N.J. WITH A STREET NAMED FOUR SEASONS LANE WHERE THE ONCE FOUR SEASONS BOWLING ALLEYS ONCE STOOD. WEST CHESTNUT STREET IN UNION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE FOUR SEASONS ON THIS DAY AND FOREVER. THE GROUP IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER WITH THE HIT TONY WINNING MUSICAL “JERSEY BOYS”. IT WILL BE AN HONOR TO HAVE THE GROUP WHO GOT ITS NAME FROM THIS UNION N.J. SITE TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS STREET DEDICATED TO THEM. THEIR NAME AS THEIR MUSIC WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER.

    Posted 5 years ago #

15. Audrey
    Member

    I'm gearing up for the next Bus Tour, scheduled for Sunday, July 27. This will be the third of our 4 seasons- with successful winter and spring tours behind us. If you are interested in seeing all the sights we pack into the 4.5 hours, email me no later than June 30! For logistical reasons, the price goes up $10 if you register after that.(Bus reservations, etc. all have to be managed and can present problems with last minute changes.)

    Here is video coverage of the second tour Memorial Day weekend:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr2fKa2d2xE

    Posted 4 years ago #

16. TexasGal
    Member

    Ouy! I just finished watching the You Tube and that was after watching the Hullabaloo video. I am now looking for my white go go boots! The tour looked like so much fun and all of you were so cute with your Jersey accents. I know you are thinking "what accents?" Thanks for sharing this with us out in the boonies. No tours, no sites, no stars. We do have the music though.

    Posted 4 years ago #

17. phillygalg
    Member

    I spent a lot of time in that area as a friend of mine lived nearby. Well all I can say is "who knew". I should have paid more attention.

    Posted 4 years ago #

18. CharlyCA
    Member

    Audrey, GREAT coverage. What happened to my friend BIG JOE?? :)

    Posted 4 years ago #

19. Audrey
    Member

    Charly, Big Joe was at the 4 Seasons Street Dedication on Wednesday, as was the Michael D'Amato who edited that great youtube posted above. Township of Union cable TV was there, too.

    Posted 4 years ago #

20. NewJerseyLasagna
    Member

    Enjoyed watching the video...Audrey thanks for sharing another Season tour!

    Posted 4 years ago #

21. Howard
    Member

    Wow, that video is great Audrey. "If you build it, they will come". And they have come, my friend.

    I couldn't make the last tour as I was on the West Coast, but will make the next one along with my friend and huge Four Seasons fan Priscilla Florindi. In fact, that weekend, we have one of my work colleagues over from England and he may join us too. (Yeah, everyone over there has heard of "Jersey Boys".)

    Please consider this posting the official registration for Priscilla and me--we made the deadline by June 30! Whew!

    Posted 4 years ago #

22. Audrey
    Member

    Howard, thanks for your reservations. I'm glad you'll be on board! For this and future tours though, registration is official after 'the check is in the mail' unless you are a repeat customer. Just call me... Audrey Businesswoman.

    A couple more days to email me, folks, and get your registration in progress and save yourself the $10 fee for those not registering by July 1! (My hope is to sell out before July 1st, of course. Gee, I wonder if the bus company allows SRO :)

    Posted 4 years ago #

23. Audrey
    Member

    Just a reminder of some of the places we will see...
    The place where Tommy DeVito first called Frankie Valli up on stage
    Two homes where Tommy Devito lived as a child
    The home where Tommy raised his kids
    The place Frankie Valli was living when "Sherry" hit and where he lived as a child
    The place where Bob Gaudio wrote "Sherry" one afternoon.
    The place where the famous 'Jersey Contract' handshake took place
    The street where Tom Austin and Bob Gaudio saw the girls who inspired "Short Shorts"
    We'll see where the group, the Romans, played and where Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi owned a business.
    There is even more- as yet not mentioned.

    We'll go inside a local tavern and soak up the rich neighborhood ambiance of photo covered walls. This is the place where Jersey Boys cast members have gone to do their research.

    Email me soon...there is just under three weeks now till we get this "tour on the road".

    Posted 4 years ago #

24. bethjbfan
    Member

    AWESOME! I hope you all enjoy it! You can tell me about it when it's all over. :)

    Posted 4 years ago #

25. Audrey
    Member

    There's a little over a week before the final Four Seasons bus tour around the old neighborhood! Email me if you would like to join the group on this very interesting outing on Sunday, July 27 from 10:45 am to 3:30 pm.

    Posted 4 years ago #

26. jpoe141aolcom
    Member

    great day today, nick massis son was at my store "yesterdays treasures" for audreys bus tour,charles alexander and howard tucker also were there, nice seeing some familar faces today, of course walt gollender was there. cant wait till the fall............

    Posted 4 years ago #

27. Audrey
    Member

    I hope to do some Blog coverage of the third bus tour from a few days ago. In the meantime, I'm hoping that most of you have checked out the Youtube coverage of the Memorial Day weekend tour posted by Michael of Edison Cable TV. It is really well edited! (I love the appropriate song/ clip he used for the very end of the piece.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr2fKa2d2xE

    Posted 4 years ago #

28. Audrey
    Member

    For those of you who have gone on the Bus Tour AND anyone else who might be interested in the colorful and extremely knowledgeable early Frankie Valli/ Four Seasons historian, Walt Gollender, here is the first of three youtube pieces done exactly 15 years ago this month: http://tinyurl.com/5mluv9

    Posted 4 years ago #

29. Audrey
    Member

    The final and Fall tour this year will be on the Sunday of Veterans Day weekend, November 9. That will complete our Four SEASONS Tours.

    The Winter one was in February. Spring, in May. Summer, in July.
    Fall one will be in November. (Don't you love the way this all fits :)

    Anyone who might be interested, please email me: jerseyboysadvocate@yahoo.com

    Posted 4 years ago #

30. cathsann
    Member

    I'll be a month off on my visit to NY - just my luck! Maybe next year.

    Posted 4 years ago #

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