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So…how many college fan bases would meet the week before football season to celebrate their marching band? That statement says a lot about both LSU fans and The Golden Band From Tigerland.

 

Band Together Atlanta is a cooperative effort of LSU Atlanta and Tiger Athletic Foundation’s Georgia Chapter and is part of the effort by the Tiger Nation to raise needed funds to complete the LSU Tiger Band Hall construction project. 

 

If you came last year, you know how much fun this event was. It will feature video and music presentations as well as special guest speakers including sport writer Ray Glier, author of “What It Means To Be A Tiger.” A raffle and live auction will be held to benefit the Tiger Band Hall fund. The Cumberland location of Copeland’s provides a comfortable and convenient place for us to party in a promising new season of LSU Football. 

 

 

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This week our beloved mascot Mike VI became four years old. Our own Mike A. Tiger received a badly typed email from him that he wanted to share with all of you. After some proofreading edits, here is his message with a special birthday request:

“Hello Tiger Fans!

Mike here. Actually I was named Roscoe at birth and that’s the name that will perk up my ears. But if getting a new name gets me this incredibly sweet crib, expert care and all of this human adulation, I’ll take that trade! Any tiger would kill to take my place. Well, most of them kill anyway to eat, but you know what I mean.

 

I don’t email much because of my clumsy paws on this tiny notebook that I snatched from one of my trainers and hid behind a bush when she wasn’t looking. I kinda feel bad but it was an LSU computer and I figure I deserve it, especially since it’s the only way for me to keep in touch with my family.

 

That’s why I am writing actually. It’s my birthday and I hear people saying they want to give me something special. Folks, I now have everything a tiger could dream of having – except maybe a ladyfriend tiger, but I digress- but if you really want to do something for me, please consider helping out Great Cats of Indiana, where I was born and where my family still lives. Rob, Laura and an incredible group of workers and volunteers are the most caring and giving people in the world. They have transformed their farm in Idaville, Indiana into a sanctuary for rescued big cats and other assorted orphans. It’s not fancy but they keep it as clean as possible and provide the best tender loving care. My dad, mom, sibs, uncle and aunt are among the 11 tigers that live there, and they also house a panther, a few lions, bobcats as well as some wolves, horses and a loud mouthed mule. As for pigs and chickens, well, let me just say the Circle of Life is absolutely delicious. Hakuna Matada!

 

 

 

 

 

Great Cats is too small to attract any big foundation grants and must survive on donations of food from area farmers and businesses, guided tour admissions, and monitary donations from people like you. Rob and Laura mean the world to me for the care and love they have given me and my family.

 

If you want to make Roscoe, er, Mike chuff with happiness, please consider sending any kind of donation to Great Cats of Indiana. Here’s a link to their Web site with the whole story of how I became Mike the Tiger.  Read it and then click on the Donate button. Make sure to tell them you are an LSU fan and it’s in honor of my birthday. I hope LSU fans never forget what Great Cats has done for Tiger fans and in the spirit of tigers everywhere. And, if you ever get near Indiana, you must make the pilgrimage to visit. LSU visitors get the royal treatment.

 

Thanks, and Geaux Me!

 

Roscoe a/k/a Mike VI”

 

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Catered Cakes, owned by New Orleans native and LSU fan Kevin Ashford, provides rich and delicious desserts with a personal touch.  “We use only the freshest, highest quality ingredients in preparing our products,” Kevin says. “Our products are made to order with tender loving care.”

 

Some of the company’s signature desserts include the award-winning New Orleans Style Bread Pudding with a Bourbon-Rum Sauce, Tropical Carrot Cake, Chocolate Mousse Torte and the Island Breeze Cheesecake which was featured in the June 2003 and 2003 Year End issues of Southern Living magazine.  Kevin showed up at our crawfish boil with some of his bread pudding and people started raving about it. 

 

We are grateful to Catered Cakes for providing an LSU theme cake to serve at our “Sweet Send Off” event August 9th for LSU-bound students and their families from our area. He can do one for you too!

Call Catered Cakes for the "Ultimate Dessert Experience." You can reach Kevin directly at 678-522-5336 or email him at cateredcakes@yahoo.com. Web address is www.cateredcakes.com.

 

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THANKS for the positive response we have already received to our expanded football view in location plan that will provide more metro area Tiger fans with closer opportunities to cheer and party together.

 

DOWNTOWN – Front Page News, Little Five Points

 

 

NW ATL/COBB - Copeland’s Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar, Cumberland at Cobb Parkway

 

 

 

GWINNETT – Sidelines Grille, Old Peachtree at Satellite Blvd.

 

 

NORTH FULTON – Buffalo Wild Wings, Mansell Rd. Alpharetta

 

 

SW ATL – Newnan Tigers Football View Ins (John Hoth, Chairman)

The Newnan Tigers gather for tailgate cookouts at homes settings on LSU game days. Everyone brings a covered dish and their own adult beverages. To find out schedule and locations for their gatherings, email John at hothjf@gmail.com.

 

Show LSU games on big screen TVs with game audio

Offer food and/or drink specials (varies by location)

Feature a prize giveaway every week-all LSU fans get a ticket

Donate a portion of all food and beverage sales to LSU Atlanta

TIGER PRIZE PATROL – Featuring an array of great prizes will rotate to one location per week all season long. Everyone who comes gets one free ticket for the drawing at halftime with opportunity to increase their chances and help LSU Atlanta raise funds.

 

Please help us by planning to attend most if not all games in your area and telling all of your LSU fan friends about it too!

 

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…Billy Duhe of Duluth, who has won a $25 gift certificate to Boudreaux’s Cajun Market and Café’.   In August our Members Only Drawing will take place at the Band Together Football Kickoff event mentioned above, so plan on attending if you are a dues paying member.

 

We appreciate all LSU fans in Atlanta, but especially those who become dues paying members. Find out how to join here.

 

 

CHAMPION Sponsors: Copeland’s Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar,Buffalo Wild Wings Alpharetta and Duffy Realty of Atlanta.  

 

TOUCHDOWN level sponsors: Community Coffee, Catering Cajun of Georgia, Boudreaux's Cajun Market and Cafe, Front Page News (Little Five Points), Henry’s Louisiana Grill/Henry’s Uptown, New Orleans Fine Catering/The Peoples Restaurant, TigerMania.net online fan gear store, Tastings: A Wine Experience (Decatur) and Sign-A-Rama Buckhead.

 

 VIEW ALL SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS HERE. 

 

Please patronize and tell our sponsors you appreciate them!  

Until next time ... GEAUX TIGAHS!

 

LSU Atlanta

Information/ Contact: Go to http://www.lsuatlanta.com/contact.