International Cat Stevens Meet-Up Day

[Chris]

I can't make the Santa Cruz, ca meetup K2, sorry. but if you want to come to the Canton, Ohio meet-up you can visit the Football Hall of Fame. Now wouldn't that be a combination.. Cat Stevens and football!

[K2]

Too bad...it'd be great to meet you!(and thank you)
Perhaps some other time.

[Katmandu]

The one time that I met a mass group of Cat fans was
in Orlando when Yusuf visited the University of
Central Florida in February of 2001. I had a memorable
time. I once dropped in on Vivian in south Florida
before she moved to the colder climate of Gainesville.
The weather is beautiful this time of year in Tampa.
We have Busch Gardens. Disney and Universal are
only two hours away. Let's not forget those beautiful
beaches.

[Vivian]

Great idea, Prad! I just need to arrange A Saturday off from work!

Peace,Vivian

[Girlhowdy233]

Well, the last scheduled meet-up was sadly cancelled because less than five folks actually voted on just WHERE we all should meet up( ::)PAH-what a terrible excuse to go and CANCEL it)!

THIS time around we have now gathered about
60 folks who have signed up for the April 10th meet-up! I am pretty sure that THIS meet-up is gonna
happen-if it does, then I will record it and share it with all of you here! ;D

Hugs,
Shirley

[Vivian]

Now, wouldn't it be wonderful if a special guest of honor just happened to show up at one of our meetings! Now, how cool would that be!

Peace,Vivian

[sue]

Shirley, how many people in you area are going?

[K2]

Shirley,...I'm not seeing any interest in a Santa Cruz gathering either....unless I'm missing something.

Perhaps we should try to consolidate another location closer to other groups.
San Francisco might be cool. maybe visit some of the Harol & Maude sites.(just a crazy idea)

Is there ANYONE else in northern/central California interested in a gathering out there?

[Girlhowdy233]

Sue said:

Shirley, how many people in your area are going?

Hi Sue!

Right now, we have approx. SIXTY FANS who have
signed up to meet in Visalia(about an hour's drive
from Fresno, here in the Central Valley)! ;D

That is about TEN MORE folks than what we had
sign up for the last meet-up(the one that was cancelled
cause less than five folks voted on the location
for the meet-up). It seems that the Central Valley
is "picking up steam" for this upcoming meet-up:
looks like our "Peace Train" is growing LONGER
with each passing month!

Can't stop smiling, ;D
Shirley

[Girlhowdy233]

K2 said:

Shirley,...I'm not seeing any interest in a Santa Cruz gathering either....unless I'm missing something.

Perhaps we should try to consolidate another location closer to other groups.
San Francisco might be cool. maybe visit some of the Harol & Maude sites.(just a crazy idea)

Is there ANYONE else in northern/central California interested in a gathering out there?

Hi K2!

Personally, I would LOVE to have a meet-up
in either San Francisco or Santa Cruz!
I haven't been in that area since the early
'80's..wow does time go flying by FAST!
I simply ADORE your idea of doing a tour
of the various Harold And Maude film sites there,too!

Whoever is organizing it HERE has decided on
VISALIA as the perfect city for a meet-up for the
Central Valley, and I quite agree!

K2, is it possible for you to travel to VISALIA on April
10? I am seriously thinking of notifying the
Visalia Delta-Times to be there to talk with fans
who attend!

Shirley

[Girlhowdy233]

Christine said:

I can't make the Santa Cruz, ca meetup K2, sorry. but if you want to come to the Canton, Ohio meet-up you can visit the Football Hall of Fame. Now wouldn't that be a combination.. Cat Stevens and football!

Tee Hee!

Makes me think of those '74 David Bailey photo shoot
pix!

Hugs,
Shirley

[Vivian]

Girlhowdy233 said:

Tee Hee!

Makes me think of those '74 David Bailey photo shoot
pix!

Hugs,
Shirley

Now, those are some GORGEOUS pics!

[HardheadedSofthrtd]

Girlhowdy233 said:

Right now, we have approx. SIXTY FANS who have
signed up to meet in Visalia(about an hour's drive
from Fresno, here in the Central Valley)! ;D

Hi Shirley-

Not to be a wet blanket, but doesn't that number refer to how many folks have signed up worldwide? From the meet-up site's main page (under 'Who'): "Cat Stevens Fans Worldwide. So far, 64 have signed up." I just wouldn't want you, or anyone else, to be disappointed.

Maybe I'm wrong as I haven't signed up myself and so therefore cannot access the pages with additional details (I figure if Colleen & I want to meet up we can probably organize that on our own...lol).

-Joanne

[K2]

Shirley,
Visalia is possible for me....I'm about 2 1/2 hours from there on the Pacheco Pass.
I can't garrentee I can make it at this time though.
Please keep me posted on details.

[Chris]

Shirley, sadly Joanne is correct. The 64 members reflect how many people have signed up world wide. The number beside any given city, is the number of members are from that particular city. So far the highest number is set at 2.

Actually the meetup is more for people who do not use message boards and chat rooms to get to know other cat fans. This is a way to let them know if there are any other cat fans close to them, if not in their city, then in at least their state or country. People on message boards have the convenience of trying to set up their own get togethers with people they have come to know.

Plus it can be used as an atlas of sorts, to see where Cat fans are located. We aren't doing to badly (member wise) considering we have only had the cat meetup site going for 2 months now. Eventually people will connect through it. To give you an idea of how the Cat meet up is progressing along.... Simon & Garfunkle has 12, James Taylor has 34, where as Cat we have 64, not as many as Bob Dylan though, they have 740+ members.

[boneheadedwoman]

Just keep in mind, lots of people are fans (to varying degrees) of the artists you listed. However since few of us are still in our teens, we may not have the time or the desire to spend the day talking about whoever.

For those going....HAVE FUN!

[Girlhowdy233]

HardheadedSofthrtd said:

Hi Shirley-

Not to be a wet blanket, but doesn't that number refer to how many folks have signed up worldwide? From the meet-up site's main page (under 'Who'): "Cat Stevens Fans Worldwide. So far, 64 have signed up." I just wouldn't want you, or anyone else, to be disappointed.


-Joanne

OOPS!
You are right!

Looks like I need to take matters into my own hands..
maybe go so far as to place an ad in the Visalia
newspaper, letting Cat fans know about all this!

K2, I'd be DELIGHTED to meet you if you could make
this trip! I'm sure that we'd have FUN sharing
memories, stories, ideas of our man! ;D

Let me know when would be a good time for you
to come on down, I am off every weekend and
holidays too!

Hugs,
Shirley

[Lucy13]

Jancat said:

(Christine... Lucy... Sue V... maybe we could stage our own little local meet-up?! Sounds like a heck of an idea to me! )

Boy, I'm coming to this thread a little late - - but yeah, that ssounds like a GREAT idea. Let's

DO IT!!

I'm game.

[Lucy13]

(I need it...

REALY BAD).

[Lucy13]

(A CatFan get-together...)

[Chris]

It looks as though Phoenix, Arizona may be the home of the very first Cat Meet-up. If you are from Phoenix and plan on attending the meet up, have a terrific time. Let us know how it goes.

[Vivian]

Unfortunately, next weekend, Hairy and I will be out of town, visiting my family, so I won't be able to go to a meet up! But maybe next month!!


Peace,Vivian

[K2]

Bummer.
Can't possibly make it.
Work is HUGE these days.
(opening a new brewpub in July)

We have a huge banquet hall......perhaps in the future......

[Qizlo]

I got an e-mail saying that the Cat Stevens meet-up for Phoenix has been officially cancelled. Apparently not enough people voted for a venue. I guess it takes a lot of people to participate to get this to work.

[Jancat]

I got one, too, Qizlo, for Cleveland. Of course, I think I'm the only person signed up for the venue!

[Janmcward]

I'm in Clearwater...just joined this and just saw the video last nite. Will surely watch it again tonite. It was 5 days after I saw him in 1976. How cool is that? This sounds so neat to meet people that have actually heard of Cat!!!

[Jancat]

Welcome to the site, Janmcward!

Your name is SO close to my real name that I did a double-take when I saw it!! Lol!

[trouble]

how come i didn't get any mail huh chris
~trouble~

[Chris]

trouble said:

how come i didn't get any mail huh chris
~trouble~

Hi Jamie,
There is no need to worry Jamie, you didn't miss out on anything.:-) So far there hasn't been any cat stevens meetups First thing you need to do is to register at the 'international meet-up website to have a meet up. catstevens.meetup.com/ Once there are 4 or 5 people who have registered from your town and have voted as to where to meet, you can have a get together. As of yet there has been no meet ups that I know of.... But there are a few cities such as London, Phoenix and Copenhagen which are getting close to being able to have meet ups.

[trouble]

damn girl
miss you !

Wanna hook up in chat?
trouble
~jamie~