Michael Bolton Charity Event

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on June 19, 2012 at 6:00am

Thanks Sylvia for the article...how funny...Bill Murray...remember Groundhog Day????? LOL He and Michael could have all sorts of fun on the course!!

Robin Md.....maybe you can carry one of those ice packs!! Like the ones for lunch boxes?? Stick it in your waist band!!! LOL Have a wonderful time Robin and can't wait for ALL the details...lol :)))) Stay cool!!!

Kathy and LAFD Bob 

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on June 19, 2012 at 6:10pm

Tee-off times for Wednesday's Pro-Am Competition at the Traveler's has been announced and Michael has a tee-off time of 12.40......at least he can have a bit of lie in after tonight's concert !! lol.

 

Sylvia.  Your wee Scottish friend.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on June 19, 2012 at 11:51pm

Sounds like Michael Time for sure!!! lol 

Oh my....time is ticking and Robin Md should be rocking out soon!!!! lol Have a BLAST Robin!!!!! Oh the excitement!!! YIPPEE!!!!

Kathy and LAFD Bob 

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Permalink Reply by Diane McKane on June 19, 2012 at 11:19pm

Keep cool, Robin!  It's going to be about 96 degrees and very humid here on the east coast.  Ugh.. and a 12:40 t-time right in the middle of the heat.

Hope all goes well!  Have fun!  Anxious to hear about the concert and golf.

Diane

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on June 20, 2012 at 4:54pm

Article I found whilst checking up on competition and this one is to do with the heat expected today and tomorrow ......hope like the golfers have stated below that the conditions favour Michael as much as they feel they will favour them .........little white ball going further....another hole-in-one to MB.......

 

"Golfers and fans alike will have to deal with record-high temperatures expected at both the Travelers Championship Celebrity Pro-am Wednesday and the first round Thursday at TPC River Highlands.

While everyone will have to take precautions, the golfers say they are excited to play in the heat.

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"I like it. It goes a lot further," three-time major champion Padraig Harrington said Tuesday. "You get about five percent more distance, more yards. Of course, the ball goes 10 percent further than what I'm used to [at home] in Ireland."

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Unlike Harrington, Billy Hurley III lives in the heat and humidity in Annapolis, Md., so he is used to playing in those conditions.

"I play really well when it's hot out," he said. "I don't know if we've played in temps this high so far this year, but the ball goes farther, it stays up in the air a little longer and the ground tends to be a little drier too, so you'll get more roll. …You just have to make sure you stay hydrated the night before and stay on top of it when you're out on the course."

John Quinlavin, Travelers Championship Director of Medical Services, went into more depth about the preparation players and fans will have to take in order to avoid heat-related illness.

Tournament officials have taken measures to make the environment safer for spectators. Among the changes, extra medical staff and equipment will be available and free water will be offered at the four medical tents scattered throughout the course.

"It's all dependent on whether people drink enough water," Quinlavin said. "And if they don't, they can easily succumb to headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, or just a general sense of feeling unwell. …The more serious condition is heat stroke, when the body temperature actually rises to an unsafe level, but we can take care of that here as well."

Quinlavin suggested drinking about a liter of water per hour out in the sun. "The key to it, is fixing it before it happens," he said.

Fox 61 meteorologist Rachel Frank said that temperatures will likely be above 95 degrees Wednesday and Thursday could reach triple digits if the conditions are right.

"Both days are going to be very hot," she said. "It will feel like 105 with the humidity. There should be some hazy sunshine as well, with a light breeze between five and 15 miles per hour."

Record-highs for both days are 96 degrees, and if it gets there, a 100-degree day would be just the third on record for the month of June."

 

Sylvia.  Your wee Scottish friend.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on June 20, 2012 at 9:45pm

Thanks Sylvia...who would have thought that such hot days make for better golf?? I guess if the golfer survives the heat...all is well!!!! LOL Wishing Michael a super day on the course!!!!

Kathy and LAFD Bob

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on June 20, 2012 at 9:57pm

Found this article and I am amazed the photos have all come out as well so I will leave as......it appeared in today's Hartford Courant and as it is about golf competition and concert thought put on here and Tour thread .....nice picture of Michael just down below .....LOL.

"Momentum continued during Travelers Championship week in Connecticut Tuesday night as golfers left the links and fans headed to Hartford for the second annual Michael Bolton & Friends Benefit Concert.

“I just love Michael Bolton,” said  Avon resident Janet McPhee about the Grammy-award winning New Haven native whose concert benefits his  Branford-based Michael Bolton Charities.  ”I really don’t care much about the golfing but my husband does, so I told him I would go to the tournament with him this week if he would come here with me tonight.”

The evening was a packed one as guests, som paying up to $500 to attend a meet-and-greet with the Connecticut singer following his show,  hobnobbed at the 15 restaurant dine-around that spilled out over two floors.  Some restaurants, like Dish in Hartford , got into the spirit of the evening by presenting their food on a table designed to look like a putting green. Other restaurants including Mill at 2T, Feng, Carbone’s, Salute, On20 and Agave were all scoring a “hole in one”  as far as diners were concerned with dishes ranging from fresh corn soup, sushi  and pulled pork to pot de creme and hand-dipped chocolates.

Among the guests were several tournament chairs, wearing their precious red blazers, and remembering tournaments gone by, and purses that were nowhere near the millions of today.

“I remember when Billy Casper won the tournament and his prize for that was $20,000,” said 1968 chair John Halotek, who came with his wife Louise, from Arizona to attend this year’s tournament. “We made a total of $100,000 that year for charity,” said Halotek, about the proceeds from the tournament now run by The Greater Hartford Community Foundation, Inc.

Bigger prize money and a bigger pot of money for the benefiting charities aren’t  the only components that have changed.

“There are so many ways for corporations to get involved now,” said Ted May, who chaired the tournament in 1983. “And the facility, it is amazing how much nicer it is now,” he  continued noting the addition of  more family entertainment and a component for junior golfers.

Many agreed that after a bit of a lull, a slowly recovering economy and a field of exceptional golfers in this year’s tournament seems to have breathed life back into the massive event.

“There are a lot more people here this year,” said Steve Abrams, of Max Downtown.  “There were definitely more tickets sold.”

Sylvia.   Your wee Scottish friend.

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Permalink Reply by Gail on June 20, 2012 at 11:23pm

I've left the golf course because it was record breaking heat but MB is going strong. Here are a couple pics I took today...golfing and business as usual!

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on June 20, 2012 at 11:43pm

Thanks for pictures Gail and your "caption" is hilarious and so spot on  !! :)    Glad to hear MB is okay but don't like to see that neck so bare....hope he had on plenty of sunscreen.....there is another reason why he should grow that hair at least collar length...good for the golf course on a sunny day !!! LOL

Hope you have enjoyed your day and don't blame you for trying to stay cool and not much scope for doing that on a golf course....thanks again Gail !! :)

 

Sylvia.   Your wee Scottishf friend.

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Permalink Reply by Robin on June 22, 2012 at 2:57am

Great pics Gail.  Yes it was both!!!!! Fun time despite the heat!!!

Robin in MD:)

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on June 22, 2012 at 6:28am

Great photos Gail...thanks :))) Glad to hear you all survived the extreme heat!!!

Kathy and LAFD Bob

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Permalink Reply by Eileen Parr on June 21, 2012 at 12:19am

Thanks for the great pictures Gail!! Have a wonderful time and stay cool!! I am there in spirit! My students graduated to HS at 7am and there was no way to go and be there!!!! Love Eileen xxx

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