FINALLY! Video from Weird Al!

Back last month, the NEG trooped with Weird Al, and we’ve been waiting for a while to get the video up. But now, it’s up!

I’m one of the first troopers on stage, away from the camera, but you can sort of see me at the end of the line.

Pictures from Weird A!

Finally, we’ve gotten our pictures from the Weird Al concert:

Hanging out prior to the show:

Practicing our dance moves:

Dion and TK having fun:

Me:

Group shot:

On Stage!

On Stage:

Final group shot:

Full event report here. No sign of the video yet, but hopefully, that’ll be coming.

501st Caught on Camera

The latest pictures from flickr featuring the 501st:

Garrison Carida at a Relay for Life:

A Dewback created by members of the Japanese Outpost:

TK at Disney:

Czech Outpost, event: festival fantazie

(I LOVE this picture, the way it’s structure)

Unknown garrison, Forgotten Realms:

Great Lakes Garrison Trooper:

Garrison Carida, unknown parade:

More from Star Wars Weekends:

Chinese trooper?

Tie Pilot:

Garrison Excelsior w/ Weird Al:

UK Troopers having fun:


Troopers from Wizard World:

More next week!

Weird Al & The NEG

Last night (July 15), the New England Garrison was invited to troop in Gilford NH for Weird Al’s stop along his national tour. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, and I was so excited to be part of the group. I tried to get in on things last time around, but missed the cutoff. This time, I made sure I was on the list. The group included myself, Dave (a fellow VT guy who drove with me), TK, Chris, Derek, Elly, Greg, Jennifer, Adam Joyce, Dion, Carlos, Adam Scott, with Jamie as our wrangler, and Cy, one of our TKs, helping out with an R2-D2 someone had.

Dave and I arrived at the place early, around five, before anyone else. While hanging out and talking, I realized that I forgot my jumpsuit and underarmor, so we had to make a quick run to a local Walmart to find something to wear – I found a pair of sweatpants and a sort of underarmor top that worked fine – not the best, but it worked. We got back and found that we were still the only ones there. People trickled in over the next hour, and there was lots of greetings and chitchat while we waited for the rest of our group. Oddly, one guy didn’t show up. I’m not sure what’s going on with that. Around 7 or so, we got together, put our gear in the changing area and practiced what we were supposed to do during the performance, then were given tickets and we walked around the concert venue a bit. We got dinner (which was really good), then started getting our gear on. We didn’t get to see the first half of the performance, but I did hear Bob, Weasel Stomping Day, and a couple others while we waited for our time.

That came up quickly, and soon, we were in line and marching up to the stage, where he played I’ll Sue Ya. Buckets on, and we marched on stage.

The crowd went wild when we went on stage. There was a lot of cheering and screaming, and one of our photographers said that every cell phone in the place went up. It was a very surreal moment. Lights came up and Al started singing, and what we practiced started to kick in, and we were bobbing our heads and moving around for the first part of the song, then started dancing shortly there after. Then it was over. Man, it was such a fun experience.

After we got off stage, they played Yoda and Smells Like Teen Spirit, when we got out of our armor and went up to watch the rest of the show. He played Amish Paradise, Fat, White & Nerdy, before ending with We All Have Cellphones and Albuquerque. We went back stage, hung out for a little while and then got to meet him, and get some things signed. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get a group picture with him. He signed my bucket, and I need to remember to get some clear tape over it so it doesn’t wash away.

Overall, one of the best troops that I’ve done thus far. Very memorable, if exhausting – I didn’t get home until around 2 am!

501st Caught on Film

Here’s the latest videos featuring the 501st. Now that Weird Al is on tour, people are going to see a lot of us.

Weird Al Yankovic – The Saga Begins w/501st Legion (7/8/08)

SoCal Garrison : The Saga Begins (Weird Al 06/30/08)

FF Cosplay 08 – Dancing stormtroopers 1

Tega Cay Parade

Fun After the Tega Cay Parade

Outpost-42 At Auckland Armageddon 2007

501st Qtown ’08

Star Wars @ Singapore Toy&Comic Convention 2008 Pics

501st Carolina Garrison, Hemby Children’s Hospital Visit

Puerto Rico Star Wars Fan Club at TV Show Club Sunshine

Roger Carel et la 501st

Puerto Rico Star Wars Fan Club, 501st & Rebel Legion Outpost

Darth Vader and his Stormtrooper

iPhone 3G

L’empire à la Japan expo 2008

Stormtrooper em Sampa

Cheerleaders

Hey, these guys are pretty good:

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Weird Al 2008 Tour

A bit of exciting news just came across to the Legion – Weird Al Yankovic is heading back out on tour this summer across the US! Last year, the Legion came out to help with the concerts in Armor. For his help, Mr. Yankovic became an honorary member of the Legion. I need to stress that there’s nothing official about the legion coming out to help out for a second time, although I suspect that it’s highly likely. Here’s the tour schedule:

June 27 PRE-SALE TICKETS! Henderson, NV Henderson Pavilion
June 28 PRE-SALE TICKETS! Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor (10pm curfew; 1hr 50min show)
June 30 San Diego, CA San Diego County Fair
July 9 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
July 10 Westbury, NY Westbury Music Fair
July 11 Baltimore, MD Pier 6
July 12 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
July 14 Verona, NY Turning Stone casino
July 15 PRE-SALE TICKETS! Gilford, NH Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion
July 17 Chesaning, MI Showboat Music Festival
July 18 Rochester Hills, MI Meadowbrook Music Fest
July 20 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
July 21 Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati National City Pavilion
July 24 Rama, Ontario Casinorama (19 & over age limit)
July 25 Rama, Ontario Casinorama (19 & over age limit)
Aug 1 Calgary, AB Jack Singer Hall
Aug 2 Enoch, AB River Cree Casino (19 & over age limit)
Aug 3 Regina, SASK Molson Grandstand
Aug 15 San Mateo, CA San Mateo Fair (2 hr show)
Aug 16 Monterey, CA Golden State Theatre
Aug 18 Sacramento, CA California State Fair (2 hr show)
Aug 21 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
Aug 22 Coquitlam, BC Boulevard Casino (19 & over age limit)
Aug 23 Coquitlam, BC Boulevard Casino (19 & over age limit)
Aug 25 Salem, OR Oregon State Fair
Aug 26 Monroe, WA Evergreen State Fair
Aug 28 Lancaster, CA Antelope Valley Fair (2 hr show)

I’m sure that we’ll be seeing more about this later this spring and early summer. I can’t wait.