LVJBS December 2025

Meeting Agenda

Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:08 PM

Location:  Rocky’s Bar & Grill

Attendees: Jessica G., Jess P., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S., Greg S., Ellen S., Jaime H., Larry W (via phone), (& a visit from Deborah S. & Johnnie T.)

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“What a great year!  Thanks to my Officers for their help with 2025’s events. Glad to have represented the LVJBS again as President & looking forward to more successes in 2026!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Cory Wong was announced for an April 2026 event.  (Jessica to inquire closer-to for ad-partnership collaborating.)

*(Angela) Ad-Partnering with other venues—updates for Virgin Hotel & Mandalay Bay: no update

B.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The Q4 event will be on Saturday, Dec.6th with MOKSHA  (indoors) We were asked to not do the 50/50 ‘cash donation raffle’--Suggestion instead: ‘2026 Membership’ prize for $5 raffle tickets/ 5 for $20 raffle tickets & a table w/ license plates. (Outdoor Volunteer table sign-up out now.) We will provide foldable table. Inquire about heaters when we arrive.

C.  LVJBS HOLIDAZE PARTY is confirmed for Saturday, December 13th @ Garage Mahall w/ SHAMBALA (Leather purse & Rasta backpack, Shannon’s S. mountain bike (Greg will bring) –Holidaze Party Raffles. Jessica G. to make signs & two collection tubs.  Paige to bring raffle roll/pens/money box.  (Outdoor Volunteer table sign-up out now.)

D. Elections for 2026 LVJBS Officers:

Running unopposed:

PRESIDENT:  Jessica Grant

VICE PRESIDENT:  Jaime Heishman

TREASURER:  Paige Tolson

SECRETARY: Angela Carlson

Needed vote-election for:

MAYOR:  Haley Schuster OR Larry Watton - votes counted, Haley was re-elected. Larry is happy to assist!

Item 2: Vice President’s Report(Jessica P.):

1. It’s been a great holiday season and a great year! Looking forward to the year-end events!

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):

●        2026 DUES/Member updates

(2026 Membership special, if paid by March 1st, is $100/year (or $150/same address couple), or $80-$95/year for single membership if attended the 2025 meeting(s) OR $10/month.

(Officers $25/year)

●     Raffle items had:  Leather purse & Rasta backpack (Holidaze Party Raffle x2) & the wooden plaque: ‘One Show at a Time’

○     Deb S. donated gifts for future raffle

●     2026 Storage of the ‘Volunteer Tables Supplies/Tubs (banners, etc.) discussion needed.  We hope to have that decided on (or before) our January 6th meeting.

●     LVJBS SNAP assistance update: one household received a $300 gift card. We have been reimbursed for our donation.

●     LVJBS domain name update: Paige met with Dan. He set us up with our own ‘GoDaddy’ account. Paige submitted a 5-year payment to ‘GoDaddy’ for hosting our site’s domain (through 2030).

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

1.   Jessica G. sent the agenda.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

• ·         Grateful for the year & the Officers!

COLOR:   lavender

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg):

●     4Q mentions: Moksha is booked for the Miracle on Spring Mtn. event (Saturday, Dec. 6th) (License Plate sales & Raffle: membership )

●     Shambala is booked for the Holidaze event at Garage Mahall on Saturday, Dec. 13th.  Time: 4:20 PM Doors, 6 PM music

*BYOB beverages and a food item to share & a chair (*Will the LVJBS provide utensils/plates/napkins? Who can pick them up, if so? - Greg to contact Matt to see what is had prior to purchasing more.) Jaime mentioned Costco offers $100 gift card for non-profits if we need to purchase any supplies. (Jaime to look into this for us.)

*Raffle items (Leather & Rasta Bags, Shannon S.’s mountain bike, metal Dead décor.)   

●     Prescott JRAD - Elliott contacted Jessica about booking a gig Friday, January 23rd. She mentioned connecting him with the SandDollar and will start the email chain with them. Maybe it could be our 1st Quarter 2026 collaboration? (Update since the meeting: Band has confirmed with the SDLV and this will be our Q1 event.)

●     Sam of Dogs In A Pile contacted Greg about a Phish late-night after-show. Greg suggested Area 15 and connecting with Andrew. Andrew will connect with DIAP to learn their availability. Andrew said he would provide us with contact information for Virgin (possible 24Oxford shows, outdoor lawn events, etc.)

●     SHAKY FEELIN’ (Feb./March 2026)  (SDLV or a Garage MaHall event?) 

●     THE GARCIA PROJECT (has west coast tour availability, March 5, 6, 7, 10)  Greg to follow up. (Update since the meeting:  The band will not be able to fill those dates here, but we are on their radar for future events!)

●     The Motet, Circles Around the Sun, Dopapod (considerations for a 2026 show since those shows went well last time through Las Vegas!)

OPEN FLOOR (all):

*(Jessica G.) Thankful for GoPotties for their donation of the Holidaze Party toilet (we will pay the delivery fee ($75) since the ADA potty needs a separate delivery) in exchange for adding them to our ‘LVJBS friends-of/Sponsorship’ page on the upcoming website & a Google/Yelp Review.) Will be dropped off on Friday and picked up on Monday.

*Website update: Samantha Schwartz has been working our new website-to-be.  Update: Angela to follow up with Sam.

We need to keep Wild Apricot, while we work on the new site, until February so there is less disruption to the membership renewal process.

*Adopt-A-Highway (next event:  Sunday, January 11th @ 11 AM)  More info TBA.

*Dan Vesly (RexFoundation) sent a benefit event ‘Eyes of the World’ (February in L.A.) with Cubensis, Shaky Feelin’. & The Great Divide for us to share.  A Facebook post went out in November & we had asked Liani to help get the info onto WildApricot & it wasn’t done.

*Phish has announced 3-weekends at the Sphere in April:  Thursdays-Saturdays, (April 16-18, April 23-25, & April 30-May2)

*Greg - backup sound engineer & LVJBS supporter, Dan Robustelli, has passed away after a hard medical battle.  RIP, Dan!

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

DATE:            EVENT:                                                          VENUE:

Dec. 3              The Funk Jam                                                SandDollar LV

Dec. 3              John Payne's British Blues Invasion              24 Oxford @ Virgin

Dec. 5              Kansas                                                            The Pearl

Dec. 5              Zac Brown Band                                             Sphere

Dec. 5              Dave Ritz                                                        West Henderson Hospital

Dec. 6              Down South Jukers                                        John Mulls (@ Noon)

Dec. 6              Zac Brown Band                                             Sphere

Dec. 6              Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs                  Jubilee Theater (Horseshoe)

Dec. 6              *LVJBS 4Q event w/ MOKSHA                    SandDollar LV

Dec. 6              Band on Fire                                                   Neighborhood Bar

Dec. 7              The Smokestacks                                           SandDollar LV

Dec. 10            SwampCoolers                                               SandDollar LV

Dec. 11            Delilah's Dead                                                 SandDollar LV

Dec. 12            Down South Jukers                                        Gold Mine Tavern

Dec. 12            Dirtwire w/ The Floozies                                 The Portal @ Area 15

Dec. 12            Zac Brown Band                                             Sphere

Dec. 13            Zac Brown Band                                             Sphere

Dec. 13            Delilah's Dead                                                 Copa Room (Tuscany)

Dec. 13            *LVJBS Holidaze Party w/ SHAMBALA      Garage MaHall

Dec. 16            Chris Tofield Band                                          SandDollar LV

Dec. 19            Mega-Scopes                                                 SandDollar LV (Igloo)

Dec. 19            Rain-Beatles Christmas Tribute                     Lee's Family Forum

Dec. 20            The Moanin' Blacksnakes                              Pioneer Saloon (@ Noon)

Dec. 20            Down South Jukers                                        Neighborhood Bar

Dec. 20            Catfish John                                                    SandDollar LV

Dec. 22            SoulJuice Band                                               SandDollar LV

Dec. 23            Jimmy Carpenter                                            SandDollar LV

Dec. 26            Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple tribute)         SandDollar LV

Dec. 27            Classic Chaos                                                 Copa Room (Tuscany)

Dec. 28            Red Eye Gin                                                   SandDollar LV

Dec. 28            Down South Jukers                                        John Mull's (@ Noon)

Dec. 31            The Moanin' Blacksnakes                              SandDollar LV

Dec. 31            Fan Halen                                                       Copa Room (Tuscany)

Dec. 31            Kings of Leon                                                  Venetian Theater

Dec. 31            JellyRoll                                                          The Chelsea

Meeting adjourned:     8:26 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday,January 6th (Officers/Committee Heads only)

Location: Rocky’s @ 7 PM

LVJBS November 2025

Meeting (Virtual) Minutes

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:08 PM

Location:  Virtual

Attendees: Jessica G., Jess P., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S., Greg S., Samantha S.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“Happy November!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Nothing new.

*(Angela) Ad-Partnering with other venues—no response from Mandalay bay, Angela to follow up via phone. Left phone message for Beej Ryan, Virgin Hotel’s Entertainment Director. No response, yet. Angela to follow up.

B.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The Q4 event will be on Saturday, Dec. 6th with MOKSHA. Event will be indoors. We will have 50/50 ‘donation raffle’ and table with license plates. Volunteer list to go out soon.

C.  LVJBS HOLIDAZE PARTY is confirmed for Saturday, December 13th @ Garage Mahall. More info with Production Report.

D. Thanks to JFree and those who came out to our Sunday, October 19th Memorial Tree event. To ensure we don’t ‘leave anyone out’ of the nice Memory Shrine for future years, the 2026 Mayor will keep a folder with photos that can easily be added to (as needed) and brought to the annual events. 

E.  2026 Officer Election Nominations were had, and the Nominees accepted or denied their nomination(s) prior to tonight’s meeting.  Those who ‘accepted’ their nomination(s) will be added to a GoogleForm ‘election’ Voting page where ‘paid 2025 Members’ can place their votes ‘electronically’ OR choose to place their votes in-person at the December meeting.  (Jessica G. to create the GoogleForm by 11/14, sending it to the ‘paid 2025 Members’ and creating the paper-ballot/bring pencils for the 12/2 meeting.)

Accepted Nominations for 2026 LVJBS Officers:

PRESIDENT:  Jessica Grant

VICE PRESIDENT:  Jaime Heishman

TREASURER:  (none)

SECRETARY: Angela Carlson

MAYOR:  Haley Schuster, Larry Watton

Item 2: Vice President’s Report(Jessica P.):

1. No updates.

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):

●        2025 DUES/Member updates

Dues are still $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday’ of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc.   (Next year’s Membership special, if paid by March 1st, is $100/year (or $150/same address couple), or $80-$95/year for single membership if attended the 2025 meeting(s). (Officers $25/year)

●     Raffle items had:  Leather purse, Rasta backpack, Wooden Plaque: ‘One Show at a Time’  (We will most likely use the ‘leather purse’ and the ‘backpack’ as our Holidaze party ‘raffle’ since they would make great Holiday gifts for someone to enjoy!)

●     Annual TECOPA Sponsorship DONATION – has been paid, $1000

●     LVJBS SNAP assistance update: goal is to help 10 households for 3 months. We have already received a $300 gift card for a recipient and was given a $200 donation from a community member who was happy to see our community’s support and wanted to offer additional funding help.

●     Rise Event – we generated $960 in donations for the donated passes.

●     Q3 Smith’s Donation – 10 households helped us to raise $23.67.

●     If any current (or past Officers) have any ‘LVJBS Business Cards’ (without their name on it), please return them to Paige for future recycling to the 2026 Officer.

●     The invoice for the PEF Scholarships was sent our way.  ($2000 plus the $60 processing fee will be due mid-January.)

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

1.   Jessica G. sent the agenda.
2. Angela adding events to shared Google Spreadsheet.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:   burgundy

*Nothing to report

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg):

●     4Q mentions: Moksha is booked for Q4 event at SandDollar LV. Event will be inside.  

●     Greg spoke with Dan Stein of Shambala. They are booked for the Holidaze event at Garage Mahall on Saturday, Dec. 13th. Band is traveling from Phoenix, Arizona.

○     Time: Doors 4:20 PM, Showtime 6:00 PM

○     Cost: $500 for band, $250 lodging. Cash payment preferred.

○     BYOB beverages and a Food item to share

○     Flyer will be created by Shambala & shared our way (Jessica G. to post more ‘save the date’ posts until the flyer gets our way.)

○     Paige to rent ADA-friendly Porta-Potty

○     Jessica G. to post more ‘save the date’ posts until the flyer goes out.

Past inquiries:

●     RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)

●     The Soul Juice Band wants to have an LVJBS gig soon.  They mentioned wanting to play Garage Mahall.  (Contact person:  David Tatlock)

Tentative:

• ·         Shaky Feeling Feb/March of 2026. They are completed booked until then.

OPEN FLOOR (all):

*One suggestion that came our way with a Mayor Nominee who declined (David de Groot) was to have an ‘LVJBS Ambassador’ who helps with Membership recruitment.  The Mayor position has a similar role.   

*Website update: The Officers had a GoogleMeet to discuss ideas that Samantha Schwartz had regarding our new website-to-be.  Update: Samantha presented a draft website using Wordpress. She participated in the meeting, asking questions to best understand our needs. She will continue to offer her support in building our site and help teach officers how to perform essential tasks.

*Adopt-A-Highway – January 2026 date TBD

*Dan Vesly (RexFoundation) sent a benefit event ‘Eyes of the World’ (February in L.A.) with Cubensis, Shaky Feelin’. & The Great Divide for us to share.  A Facebook post went out today & asked Liani to help get the info onto WildApricot.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday,December 2nd (in person/ Officers’ Elections)

Location: Rocky’s Bar & Grill @ 7 PM

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

DATE:	EVENT:	VENUE:
Nov. 1	Alanis Morrisette	The Colosseum
Nov. 1	80s Station	Fremont Street
Nov. 2	Alanis Morrisette	The Colosseum
Nov. 5	Kenny G	The Pearl
Nov. 5	Float Like A Buffalo	SandDollar LV
Nov. 6	The Blue River Band w/ Scott Rhiner	SandDollar LV
Nov. 7	Christmas at My Place	The Space
Nov. 7	Brandy/Monica/Kelly Rowland	TMobile Arena
Nov. 7	The Blues Society Jam	SandDollar LV
Nov. 7	The Eagles	Sphere
Nov. 7	SEMA FEST: Queens of the Stone Age/Black Crowes, etc.	LV Convention Center
Nov. 7-9	Tecopa Takeover	Tecopa Hot Springs Resort
Nov. 8	So. Utah Blues Festival	Ivins, Utah
Nov. 8	Acid Mothers Temple	SwanDive LV
Nov. 8	The Moanin' Blacksnakes	SandDollar LV
Nov. 8	Los Tigres del Norte	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Nov. 9	The Hit Squad	SandDollar LV
Nov. 12	Heart	Fountainbleu
Nov. 12	Chris Tofield Band	SandDollar LV
Nov. 13	Delilah's Dead	SandDollar LV
Nov. 14	Dio Celebration (Tribute Band)	The Space
Nov. 14	Yellow Brick Road (Free event)	Red Rock Casino
Nov. 14	Heart	Fountainbleu
Nov. 15	Heart	Fountainbleu
Nov. 15	Alive (Pearl Jam tribute)	Copa Room, Tuscany
Nov. 15	The Moanin' Blacksnakes	SandDollar LV
Nov. 20	Molly Hatchet	The Westgate
Nov. 21-23	The Neon City Festival	Downtown Las Vegas
Nov. 22	Jefferson Starship	The Westgate
Nov. 22	Carlos Guerrero & Friends	SandDollar LV
Nov. 24	Down South Jukers	SandDollar LV
Nov. 25	The All You Can Eat Orchestra	SandDollar LV
Nov. 26	The Funk Jam	SandDollar LV
Nov. 28	Jimmy Carpenter	SandDollar LV
Nov. 28	Delilah's Dead	Bonfire Bar & Grill
Nov. 28	The Moanin' Blacksnakes	GoldMine Tavern
Nov. 29	Catfish John	SandDollar LV
Nov. 29	Bounce Cruz	GoldMine Tavern
Nov. 30	The Smokestacks	SandDollar LV

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

DATE:	EVENT:	VENUE:
Oct. 2	Down South Jukers	The Neighborhood Bar
Oct.3-5	RISE Festival	Jean Lake Bed
Oct. 3-5	Reggae Rise Up	Downtown LV Events Center
Oct. 3	3-Legged Dog (AIC tribute)	Gold Mine Tavern
Oct. 3	Air Supply	The Westgate
Oct. 3	Marilyn Manson	The Pearl
Oct. 3	Robin Trower	The Smith Center
Oct. 4	Down South Jukers	Gold Mine Tavern
Oct. 4	Paul McCartney	Allegiant Stadium
Oct. 4	Air Supply	The Westgate
Oct. 5	UB40 w/ The English Beat	The Encore Theater
Oct. 5	B-Side Band	Pioneer Saloon
Oct. 7, 8	Get the Led Out	Virgin Theater
Oct. 9	Swayze Crazy	SandDollar LV
Oct 9	Sextile + Automatic	Swan Dive
Oct 10	Goth-O-Ween	Swan Dive
Oct. 10	Chris Tofield Band	SandDollar LV
Oct. 11	The Dirty Birds	Pioneer Saloon
Oct. 12	Delilah's Dead (12 PM- 4 PM)	Pioneer Saloon
Oct. 12	Grateful Shred	Swan Dive LV
Oct. 15, 17, 18, 24, , 25	Alanis Morrisette	The Colosseum
Oct 16	Armored Saints	The Space
October 17	B-Side Band	Pioneer Saloon
October 17	Lorde	MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 17	The Sex Pistols	The Pearl
Oct. 17, 18, 22, 24, 25	Tesla	House of Blues
October 18	Julian Marley w/ The Wailers	Downtown LV Events Center
October 18	The Moanin' Blacksnakes	SandDollar LV
October 19	Girl Haggard	Pioneer Saloon
October 23	Insane Clown Posse	Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
October 23	Combat	The Space
October 24	B-Side Band	Pioneer Saloon
October 24	Candlelight guitar: Benise & Pavlo	The Space
October 24	The Aquabats	The Virgin Lawn
October 24	Yellow Brick Rd (Free show)	Red Rock Casino
October 25	B-Side Band	Pioneer Saloon
October 26	Darryl Hall w/ Glenn Tilbrook	The Venetian Theater
October 29	Jimmy Carpenter Band	SandDollar LV
October 31	ZZ Top	The Pearl
October 31	Jackson Browne	The Venetian Theatre
Oct. 31	Garbage w/ Starcrawler	The Chelsea Theater

LVJBS October 2025

Members’ Meeting (virtual) Minutes

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:00 PM

Location:  Virtual

Attendees: Jessica G., Jess P., Angela C., Haley S.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“October is here!  This month has us with 2026 Officer Nominations.  Then, acceptance of the Nominations (in November), & 2026 Officer Elections (in December)!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Nothing new.

*(Angela) Ad-Partnering with other venues—email was sent to Virgin Hotel & Mandalay Bay. Still no email response from either venue.

Angela left voice message with Executive Assistant at Mandalay Bay.

Made contact with Virgin Casino. They provided contact information for the Director of Entertainment, Beej Ryan. Angela to follow up.

B.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The Q3 event was a success with  ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT ORCHESTRA’, Saturday, Sept. 20^th. Our profit was $225.

C. Still sharing the word about the GRATEFUL SHRED gig (October 12^th).  Mike Henry (w/ the SwanDive LV) is giving the LVJBS 5 tickets. (8 PM, $25/adv., $30/door).

●     Liani offered to share the word on Wild Apricot and Juke House

C.  2026 Officer Elections - October 26th is the deadline to submit nominations via the GoogleForm, created by Jessica G.  (form to go out to email list by 10/13/25.

Item 2: Vice President’s Report(Jessica P.):

1. Jessica G. sent Jess P. & Angela C. the promised Spreadsheet to add the LVJBS/non-LVJBS monthly events to.  Hoping this would alleviate any double duty and help Angela to copy/paste into the meeting’s minutes each month. 

1. New potential venue Gray Witch in Henderson. Same owners of Fat Cat and Red Dwarf. 

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige - absent):

●        2025 DUES/Member updates

Dues are now $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday’ of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc.

●     Raffle items had:  Leather purse, Rasta backpack, Wooden Plaque: ‘One Show at a Time’

●     Rise Festival: $920 raised with the comp-ticket donations.

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela: absent):

1.   Jessica G. sent the agenda.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:  Orange

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg - absent):

●     4Q mentions: Moksha is booked.  Jessica spoke with Jeremy about the Igloo/Miracle on Spring Mtn. event.  (Unknown if it will be indoors or outdoors.  More info TBD.)

●     Greg sent message to Garage Mahall to see if Dec. 13th could work      for our Holidaze Party & then, will look into hiring the entertainment. (2nd option:  Bonfire Bar & Grill) update since meeting: Matt and Diana replied yes, but need to confirm with Richard. Still waiting for response.   

●     Shambala contacted Haley expressing interest in a Dec. 13th gig. (Dan Stein contact person.)

Past inquiries:

●     RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)

●     The Soul Juice Band wants to have an LVJBS gig soon.  They mentioned wanting to play Garage Mahall.  (Contact person:  David Tatlock)  (*Group thinks this might make for a great LVJBS Holidaze Party!) Jessica discussed price with Tiffany. They requested $1500. Our previous budget was $1000. (Reminded him of potential tax deduction. Jessica/Greg to follow up.)

OPEN FLOOR (all):

*Website update:  We have had assistance from Zack H. (Jessica’s Colleague). He donated his time to our non-profit/write it off.  We offered to buy him dinner when we get the tutorial on its use. Hoping the Zeffy QR code can be transferred onto Google Website for ease. (Jessica shared an overview of the site.  Mr. Zack is able to assist Monday, 10/13, after 5pm, on a GoogleMeet to answer specific questions. Angela, Jessica G, Haley, & Paige are available.)  Liani & Greg invited, as well.  

●     Collecting payments on new website - considering Square-Up, Stripe. Jessica to follow up with Paige.

*Thanks to those who helped at the last Adopt-A-Highway meet up: Sunday, Sept. 21st (Jessica G., Paige T., & Janet S.)

*LVJBS Memorial Tree (Sunset Park Drum-Circle Gathering).  The mentioned ‘Save-the-Date’ of Sunday, October 19^th was shared with JFree. We need to make the plan (time? 4:20 PM?)    *Jessica made a save-the-date post on Facebook. Jessica to connect with JFree.

Meeting adjourned: 8:11 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday,November 4th  

Location:  (Virtual for Officers/Committee Heads)

LVJBS Sept.2025 Meeting Minutes

Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:00 PM 

Location: Rocky’s Bar & Grill

Attendees: Jessica G., Paige T., Haley S., Jess P., Greg S., Adam P., Jeffrey T.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“September already!  We are finishing up with our 3rd Quarter and getting ready for 2025’s finish line: Upcoming months will have us with 2026 Officer Nominations (October), Acceptance of the Nominations (November), & 2026 Officer Elections (December)!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: The next ticket Lottery went out last week.  Lotto ends on Sept. 6, winners notified Sept. 8th. 

TRIBAL SEEDS & THE MOVEMENT (Sept. 11^th) 

*(Angela) Ad-Partnering with other venues—email was sent to Virgin Hotel & Mandalay Bay.  (update: Angela said she sent emails to both and haven’t heard back.  She plans to make phone calls next, in hopes that is more effective.)

*(Jessica) Made contact with Mandalay Bay’s Bob Marley--HOPE ROAD show.  They replied regarding a group rate, asking about ‘which date’.  Told them we would get back to them after the meeting with a couple of date options.  (They might be donating 5-10 tickets–awaiting response.)

B.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The confirmed Q3 event is ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT ORCHESTRA’, Saturday, Sept. 20^th. Jessica texted Tim RedGrooves regarding any ARTWORK/FLYER & He sent an AYCE logo.  Liani created a flyer to help us begin advertising.  (Raffle:  Leather Purse–Merch Table volunteer list being passed around at the meeting.)

C.  (Paige/Jess)  The ‘Swing FORE Safe Homes’ golf tournament at Henderson’s Reflection Bay Golf Course (Sept. 8^th), LVJBS advertisement ($300) & the ‘swag item’ (LVJBS magnet w/ QR code was submitted ($100) from KingPrinting.) 

D. Still sharing the word about the GRATEFUL SHRED gig (October 12^th).  Mike Henry (w/ the SwanDive LV) is giving the LVJBS 5 tickets. (8 PM, $25/adv., $30/door).

Item 2: Vice President’s Report (Jessica P.):

1. Jessica G. sent Jess P. & Angela C. the promised Spreadsheet to add the LVJBS/non-LVJBS monthly events to.  Hoping this would alleviate any double duty and help Angela to copy/paste into the meeting’s minutes each month.  (it copies/pastes as a ‘chart’ which isn’t easy (due to data-space) onto the WildApricot.  (Maybe the new website will alleviate this.  More info TBD).

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):

• 2025 DUES/Member updates

Dues are now $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday’ of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc. 

• PEF Scholarship update: All 4 recipients accepted their 2025 Scholarship! We received the 2026 Procedures/Timeline info.  Our ‘Letter of Intent’ for 2026 has been submitted and nothing else needed from us until Feb. ‘26.

• Raffle items had:  Leather purse, Rasta backpack, Wooden Plaques:  Cats Under the Stars & ‘One Show at a Time’, Grateful Dead Pint Glasses

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela: absent):

1.   Jessica G. to edit the sent agenda/ post the minutes this month.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:   NAVY BLUE

Item 6:  PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg):

• 4Q mentions:  Moksha (orMega-Scopes) Jessica spoke with Brian Triola about a possible Igloo/Miracle on Spring Mtn. event.  Brian will talk to Moksha.  (Another inquiry was sent his way–no response) *Greg to reach out to John H. for another attempt.

• Greg to contact Garage Mahall to see if Dec. 6th or 13th could work for our Holidaze Party & then, will look into hiring the entertainment. (2nd option:  Bonfire Bar & Grill)              

• The owner of ‘Downtown Tecopa’, near the Tecopa Post Office, (Jon Zellhoefer) contacted us to see if he can be of assistance as a future site-location, support, or sponsorship since he heard that the annual ‘Tecopa Takeover’ wasn’t happening.  He has inside/outside venues.  

*Jessica will reply his way, letting him know that we will keep him considered for a future weekend & contact our Tecopa Partners to see what, if any, plan is taking place.

Past inquiries:

• RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider) 

• The Soul Juice Band wants to have an LVJBS gig soon.  They mentioned wanting to play Garage Mahall.  (Contact person:  David Tatlock)  (*Group thinks this might make for a great LVJBS Holidaze Party!)

OPEN FLOOR (all):

*LVJBS will support Catfish John at their COPA ROOM (Tuscany), Saturday, Sept. 6th event, music 8 PM-12 AM.  We will have a Merch (license plates)/info table (Volunteer sign-up shared around the meeting). Raffle: Grateful Dead Pint Glasses

*Website update:  We will have assistance from Zack H. (Jessica’s Colleague).  He will make September his goal to get the task done.  He is willing (unless He finds it to be a crazy ordeal) to donate his time to our non-profit/write it off.  We offered to buy him dinner when we get the tutorial on its use. Hoping the Zeffy QR code can be transferred onto Google Website for ease. (more info TBD)

*David de Groot added his name to his created LVJBS logo ‘jpegs’ for us to utilize, for ease of recognition.  We have asked for the LVJBS website to show on there, if possible.  

*Adopt-A-Highway: Sunday, Sept. 21st @ 10 AM

*LVJBS Memorial Tree (Sunset Park Drum-Circle Gathering).  The mentioned ‘Save-the-Date’ of Sunday, October 19^th was shared with JFree.  (More info to be confirmed at the Oct. 7th meeting.) *Jessica to make a save-the-date post on Facebook.

*The last donation of instruments (keyboard/stand, amps, microphone) are still at Derek J.’s home.  We are hoping to get them over to Keller Middle School soon. (More info on the presentation date TBD:  Group suggesting Sept. 24th or 26th (9:45-10:15 OR 1:15-1:45) as the delivery/presentation.)  *Jessica to email the Mariachi Director for confirmation of date/time.

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

Sept. 4-7 Big Blues Bender The Westgate
Sept. 5  The Eagles Sphere
Sept. 5 Darius Rucker The Pearl
Sept. 5 Rob Thomas Fountainbleau
Sept. 6 The Eagles Sphere
Sept. 6 David Lee Roth Fountainbleau
Sept. 6 Jon Batiste The Wynn
Sept. 6 Cracker/Candlebo Downtown Fremont St.
Sept. 6 Catfish John Tuscany Copa Room
Sept. 6  Mega-Scopes w/ Sponges Swan Dive LV
Sept. 7 Love Mischief SandDollar LV
Sept. 10-13 Bender Jamboree The Westgate
Sept. 11 Tribal Seeds w/ The Movement Brooklyn Bowl LV
Sept. 17 Ringo Starr's AllStarr Band Venetian Theater
Sept. 19 Howard Jones w/ Haircut 100 House of Blues
Sept. 20 HomeCookin' Goodman Plaza
Sept. 20 Ringo Starr's AllStarr Band Venetian Theater
Sept. 20 All You Can Eat Orchestra SandDollar LV
Sept. 20 Down South Jukers Tuscany Copa Room
Sept. 24 Ringo Starr's AllStarr Band Venetian Theater
Sept. 26 Ringo Starr's AllStarr Band Venetian Theater
Sept. 26 Marshall Tucker Band Westgate
Sept. 26 John Legend The Chelsea
Sept. 26 Ian Crawford Band SandDollar LV
Sept. 27 Catfish John SandDollar LV
Sept. 27 Iron & Wine Bel-Aire Backyard
Sept. 27 Nahko & Medicine for the People Fremont Country Club
Sept. 27 Fishbone w/ The Slackers The Westgate
Sept. 27 Ringo Starr's AllStarr Band Venetian Theater
Sept. 27 The Strokes The Chelsea
Sept. 28 The Blues Festival Pioneer Saloon
Sept. 28 The Who MGM Grand Arena

Meeting adjourned: 7:55 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday, October 7th @ 7 PM  

Location:  (Virtual for Officers/Committee Heads)

LVJBS AUGUST 2025

Meeting (Virtual) Agenda

Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:08 PM

Location: Virtual, via GoogleMeet

Attendees: Jessica G., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S., Greg S.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“Hello August! This year is flying by & it’s been nice hearing positive words from various Members and Supporters about this year’s Officers and what has been accomplished!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: The next ticket Lottery:

TRIBAL SEEDS & THE MOVEMENT(Sept. 11^th)

*(Angela) Update with the mentioned Ad-Partnering with other venues—email was sent to Virgin Hotel. No response yet. Angela to send follow-up email to Virgin and connect with Mandalay Bay this week.

Mandalay Bay possibilities: The Australian Pink Floyd (Aug. 20), America (Sept. 26), OR group pricing deal/ticket donations for the Mandalay Bay’s Bob Marley--HOPE ROAD show

B.  Shakedown Vegas:  We still have the box of unsold License Plates from Robert.  (*Scott T., from Catfish John, asked if we would be interested in having a table at the COPA ROOM, for their 9/6 event. There are many other local music events & the Blues Bender that night, which may conflict with attendance or table volunteers. Yes, at least 2 officers are available (Paige/Angela).

C.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The confirmed Q3 event is ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT ORCHESTRA’, Saturday, Sept. 20^th. No ARTWORK yet. (Raffle/Merch Table volunteer list will go out at August’s end.)

D.  (Paige/Jess)  We are participating in the mentioned upcoming ‘Swing FORE Safe Homes’ golf tournament at Henderson’s Reflection Bay Golf Course (Sept. 8^th), which for a decided amount of money ($300) can help promote the LVJBS with a:

Tee Box Sponsorship (Only 14 spots are left for the $300 price level, which helps the community’s Rebuilding Together Non-Profit & gives us ways to reach new members/get our name out for future sponsors/donations.)

Instead of traditional Tee Box signage, they utilize the golf cart's advanced GPS System to promote sponsors' logos. Benefits of this new system include better logo placement and environmentally friendly logo promotion.

• Company logo placement through the golf cart's GPS System: logos appear a minimum of 2X during the round.
• Company marketing item to be included in gift bags (sponsor provides 150 items)

The previously mentioned LVJBS Postcard with our QR code on the back is NOT able to be the ‘marketing item/swag item’.  New items to consider – magnet, poker chip, lip balm, sunscreens, cozies, pens, pic-necklaces with our logo (Needed by Sept. 1^st) Plan is to determine cost of magnets (through King Printing) and pens (hoping to keep @ $120 or less).

*KingPrinting is working on those postcards, so we will just use them as needed. (Ordered 500 so we have them.  Might be ‘donated our way’, yet unknown.)

E.  Gave G-Love our LVJBS card when I met him during his last show (w/ Dispatch) @ The Chelsea Theater.  He mentioned to ‘contact his people’ and He would donate something (signed) to sell or raffle.  (More info TBD)

F. Mike Henry (with the Swan Dive LV) contacted us to help with the advertisement of their recently booked GRATEFUL SHRED gig (October 12^th).  They will give the LVJBS 5 tickets. (8 PM, $25/adv., $30/door).

Item 2: Vice President’s Report (Jessica P.):  (absent)

• A.   Jessica G. sent Jess P. & Angela C. the promised Spreadsheet to add the LVJBS/non-LVJBS monthly events to.  Hoping this would alleviate any double duty and help Angela to copy/paste into the meeting’s minutes each month.

• Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):
• ·         Smith’s – 11 households are signed up ($40.83 earned, this past quarter)
• ·         Purchased lunch for JFree and family as a special thank you for all he did for Shakedown & purchased Birthday treats for Former Officer, Eric P.
• ·         Received email for anyone interested in volunteering at the Blues Bender (Contact an Officer for more details.)
• ·         WellsFargo emails re: declined unauthorized usage.  New card is being sent our way.
• ·         2025 DUES/Member updates
• Dues are now $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday’ of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc.
• ·         PEF Scholarship update: On July 31^st, two of our recipients had not yet confirmed their acceptance, as needed before the end of the day.  We will have the unused $1000 towards next year’s scholarship, if so.
• Aug. 5^th --UPDATE:  “All four recipients have submitted their acceptance forms & now have to be verified before final approval can be granted…”

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

• A.   Jessica G. sent agenda to help with minutes.
• B.    Entering monthly events into Spreadsheet
• C.    Sent email to Virgin Hotel requesting contact to pursue an ad-partnership. No response yet. Will contact Mandalay bay and follow up with Virgin Hotel tomorrow.
• Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:  Orange

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg):

• ·         4Q mentions: Moksha (or Mega-Scopes) Jessica spoke with Brian Triola about a possible Igloo/Miracle on Spring Mtn. event.  Brian will talk to Moksha. (Jessica sent another inquiry to Brian on Tuesday, 8/5.)
• ·         RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)
• ·         The Soul Juice Band wants to have an LVJBS gig soon.  They mentioned wanting to play Garage Mahall.  (Contact person:  David Tatlock)
• OPEN FLOOR (all):
• * Liani:  Zeffy/Website update? No. Jessica to share on Facebook our need for website support/update assistance.

*David de Groot is going to add his name to the sent LVJBS logo ‘jpegs’ for us to utilize, for ease of recognition.

*Adopt-A-Highway: Sunday, Sept. 21 @ 10 AM

*LVJBS Memorial Tree (Sunset Park Drum-Circle Gathering).  The mentioned ‘Save-the-Date’ of Sunday, October 19^th was shared with JFree.  (More info TBD)

*Evan McDonnell and his family-friends recently took over the old ‘King Tuts/ TimeOut’ bar on Charleston, west of Jones (behind the Farm Basket):  THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.  (The bathrooms were recently remodeled, and they are working on other upgrades.)  Upcoming events: Ian Crawford Band (Aug. 9^th-- 10 PM- 12 AM) & Down South Jukers (Aug. 18^th – 8 PM- 11 PM)

Meeting adjourned:  8:05 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday, September 2^nd @ 7 PM

Location: In Person – Rocky’s Bar & Grill

LVJBS JULY 2025

Meeting (Virtual) Minutes

Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:02 PM

Location: Virtual, via GoogleMeet

Attendees: Jessica G., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S., Greg S., (guest: Evan McD)

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“Happy July!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Current Lottery: July 20^th: START MAKING SENSE (Talking Heads Tribute)  Lotto ends:  July 13, Winners notified:  July 15, Guest List will be sent in:  July 17.

July 17: When emailing the Lottery-Guest list, Jessica to inquire about any late-summer/fall BBLV ad-partnership assistance for:

MODEST MOUSE (Aug. 27^th) & TRIBAL SEEDS & THE MOVEMENT (Sept. 11^th)

*Virgin Hotel/Mandalay Bay - prior contact, Andrew no longer with the company. Mandalay Bay - no contact currently. Angela to make contact via email.

The Australian Pink Floyd (Aug. 20), America (Sept. 26) OR  group pricing deal/ticket donations for the Mandalay Bay’s Bob Marley--HOPE ROAD show

B.  Shakedown Vegas:  We still have the box of unsold License Plates from Robert. Paige to follow up with Robert.

C.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:  The confirmed Q3 event is ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT ORCHESTRA’, Saturday, Sept. 20^th. (Raffle/Merch Table volunteer list will go out at August’s end.)

D.  Johnnie T. sent an email for an upcoming ‘Swing FORE Safe Homes’ golf tournament at Henderson’s Reflection Bay Golf Course (Sept. 8^th), which for a decided amount of money ($300) can help promote the LVJBS with a:

Tee Box Sponsorship - helps the community’s Rebuilding Together Non-Profit, while allowing us the opportunity to reach new members and get our name out for future sponsors/donations.

●     Instead of traditional Tee Box signage, they utilize the golf cart's advanced GPS System to promote sponsors' logos. Benefits of this new system include better logo placement and environmentally friendly logo promotion.

●     Company logo appears a minimum of 2x during the round and marketing item to be included in gift bags (sponsor provides 150 items)

●     Paige to make contact and sign us up. We will use LVJBS post cards with QR codes for gift bags. (Jessica working with King Printing again for a donation of 500 cards with the QR code, printed on back side.)

Item 2: Vice President’s Report(Jessica P.):  (absent)

A.   Jessica G. sent Jess P. & Angela C. the promised Spreadsheet to add the LVJBS/non-LVJBS monthly events to.  Hoping this would alleviate any double duty and help Angela to copy/paste into the meeting’s minutes each month.

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):

●       2025 DUES/Member updates

Dues are now $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc.

●       PEF Scholarship update: As of May 2^nd, applicants have been notified of their status. They were asked to confirm their acceptance of the scholarship. No response as of now.

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

A.   Jessica G. sent agenda to help with minutes.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:  Ruby

Item 6: PRODUCTION REPORT (Greg): Joined at 7:45 PM

●      Greg made contact with the early June email from Ritchie Lipson (regarding his inquiry in the JBS of America chapters and his ‘Strangest of Places’ foundation/grant writing).

●     We had sentLOVE MISCHIEF SDLV’s way when the ‘Spunj’ event was canceled.  They have booked them for Sunday, Sept. 7^th. 

●      Update on the mentioned 3Q (SEPTEMBER) SandDollar LV/ LVJBS presents event:  “All You Can Eat Orchestra” confirmed for Saturday, September 20^th.

●     4Q mentions: Moksha or Mega-Scopes (Should we look into holding a date/weekend yet? Igloo/Miracle on Spring Mtn. event?)

●     Dead Space Revival (psychedelic jam rock trio from LA/OC area) contacted us for a future event.

●     The Big Deal (Ryan MacNeill, Oakland, CA band) contacted us after speaking with us at ShakedownVegas. 

●     RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)

OPEN FLOOR (all):

* Liani:  Zeffy/Website update? Liani not present today. Liani to provide update next week.

*An email was received (sent to JT) from NEON CRM? Paige to unsubscribe us from their email list.

*David de Groot has sent some fun LVJBS logo ‘jpegs’ for us to utilize, simply asking for some ‘credit’ if/when used.

*Adopt-A-Highway (we had mentioned a tentative date of Sunday, 9/21, but the Q3 SDLV event of 9/20 would deter our volunteers.) We are keeping the 9/21 date with a later start time (10 AM).

*LVJBS Memorial Tree (Sunset Park Drum-Circle Gathering).  The mentioned ‘Save-the-Date’ of Sunday, October 19^th was shared with Jfree & he is on board to help us lead the event.  (More info TBD)

* Future venues we mentioned looking into – Piazza lounge at Tuscany, Jackpot Lounge, The Composers Room, The Usual Place, The Red Dwarf. (Also, a new one that is on Sunset Road, east of I-11, and Gibson Road (owned by The Red Dwarf company):  THE GREY WITCH

*Evan McDonnell and his family-friends recently took over the old ‘King Tuts/ TimeOut’ bar on Charleston, west of Jones (behind the Farm Basket):  THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.  He joined us on our Virtual meet to discuss the new venture and shared his vision on working with the LVJBS for future collaborations. 

 

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

July 1  Stanley Avenue  @SandDollar LV

July 2 The KingJamesBrown Show  @SandDollar LV

July 4 Down South Jukers  @SandDollar Plaza

July 4 Blues Society Jam  @ SandDollar LV

July 5 Delilah's Dead  @ Pioneer Saloon

July 5 Down South Jukers  @ Gold Mine Tavern

July 5 New Waves Live  @ SandDollar LV

July 6 Mojave Blue  @ Johnnie Macs

July 10 Swayze & Friends  @ SandDollar LV

July 11 The Chicago Joes Blues Band (6 PM)  @ SandDollar LV

July 11 Chris Tofield Band (10 PM) @ SandDollar LV

July 12  Ian Crawford @ SandDollar LV

July 13  Brit Floyd  @ Lee's Family Forum

July 16  Lady Gaga @ TMobile Arena

July 16  JulyDaFunk Jam  @ SandDollar LV

July 17  The Smokestacks  @ SandDollar LV

July 18  Lady Gaga @ TMobile Arena

July 18  Down South Jukers @ SandDollar LV

July 19  Queensryche/Slaughter @ Sunset Amphitheater

July 19  The Psychedelic Furs @ House of Blues

July 19  The SwampCooolers @ SandDollar LV

July 20  Start Making Sense (Talking Heads tribute) @ BBLV

July 20  Red Eye Gin @ SandDollar LV

July 22  Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple tribute) @ SandDollar LV

July 24  Taylor Wachman  @ Wine on Water Street

July 24  Carlos Guerrero & Friends @ SandDollar LV

July 25  Dispatch w/ John Butler & GLove @ Chelsea Theater

July 25  The Moanin' Blacksnakes   @ SandDollar LV

July 26  Ian Crawford @ SandDollar LV

July 27  Less Than Jake @ BBLV

July 27  Chris Tofield Band  @ SandDollar LV

July 28  Trevor & the Swingin' Johnsons   @ SandDollar LV

Meeting adjourned:  8:15 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday, August 5^th @ 7 PM

Location:  (Virtual for Officers/Committee Heads)

LVJBS JUNE 2025

Members’ Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:03 PM

Location: Rocky’s Bar & Grill

Attendees: Jessica G., Jess P., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S., Johnnie T., Deborah S.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“Welcome, Everyone, to another Vegas Summertime!  Glad to have our in-person 2^nd quarter Members’ meeting!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Upcoming Lottery (will go out to Members late June):

*July 20^th: START MAKING SENSE(Talking Heads Tribute)

Will soon make contact in regards to upcoming late-summer/fall ad-partnership assistance:  MODEST MOUSE (Aug. 27^th) & TRIBAL SEEDS & THE MOVEMENT (Sept. 11^th)

*Should we look into Ad-Partnering with other venues (i.e. Virgin Hotel) again?  The Australian Pink Floyd (Aug. 20), America (Sept. 26)  OR possibly a group pricing deal/ticket donations for the Mandalay Bay’s Bob Marley--HOPE ROAD show which starts at month’s end?  Group supports this.

Angela to connect with Greg regarding previous contact person @ Virgin Hotel future partnership possibilities.

Currently we do not have a contact person with Mandalay Bay.

B.  Shakedown Vegas:

A huge ‘Thank You’ to our Volunteers and Supporters of this year’s Tuscany Shakedown Vegas!  We are thankful to Robert Shatzer for this fun opportunity!  Paige will cover more details in the upcoming Treasurer’s Report.

B.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:

The SHAKY FEELIN’ show was moved to Garage Mahall, on Saturday, May 24^th due to a booking conflict at the SandDollar LV.  Thanks to those volunteers who helped with the LVJBS table & to the venue for being awesome hosts! The band had a great time. We had raffled off one of our donated Joel Shover Photography’s framed photos of Dead & Company.  The winner was Thomas Gharrity!      

Should we look into making the June 14^th Catfish John show, the LVJBS 2Q SDLV event? Yes – Jessica to contact Scott T. to discuss.

C.  We were gifted some random tutorial books, two bass amps, a keyboard, and stand to donate to a school last month, from the Friend of a local musician, Scott Keeton, who recently passed away.  They are stored at our Pal, Derek Jordan’s home until we find the school in need to deliver them to. 

Jessica will first contact her school to see if they are in need of the donations & look into other schools, if needed.

Item 2: Vice President’s Report (Jessica P.):

• A.   Will be out of town Tuesday, July 1^st during our next ‘virtual’ Officers’ meeting. We are not planning to schedule the meeting despite the proximity to the 4^th of July holiday.
• B.   Added to the ‘local upcoming events’ calendar.  Jess G. to share each month’s list to avoid Jess P. doing double duty.

Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):

• ·        Met with Robert S. – provided payment for Shakedown sales. Returned unsold merchandise. Discussed T-shirt sales and logistics for next year. Robert suggested we consider hiring help next year (maybe teens or those needing ‘volunteer’/community service hours for school, etc.). Our sales were less than last year (only about 1/3), likely due to location of our table – towards the back of Shakedown near the stage, that Shakedown was exclusively outdoors, and that there were more vendors this year. Last year Shakedown was primarily inside, our table located at the entrance with maximum visibility. Volunteers enjoyed our location this year.
• ·        2025 DUES/Member updates
• End of June is the last time to be able to pay the half-year, 6-month Membership for $60/per person or $100/same household couple.  (July-Dec.)  After that, Membership can be paid monthly & would need to be paid ($10/ea. Month) by the ‘first Tuesday’ of that particular month. This way, monthly ‘member-credit’ is earned for monthly lotteries, etc.
• We will make a $50/6 month deal for those that pay by June 15^th. Jessica to make a Facebook post to advertise the ‘special’.
• ·       PEF Scholarship update: As of May 2^nd, applicants have been notified of their status. They were asked to confirm their acceptance of the scholarship. More info TBA – Paige to follow up.

Item 4:  SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

• A.   Jessica G. sent agenda to help with minutes.

Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:  Canary Yellow

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg): (Greg not in attendance)

• ·       We had sent LOVE MISCHIEF SDLV’s way when the ‘Spunj’ event was canceled.  They have booked them for Sunday, Sept. 7^th. 
• ·       Update on the mentioned 3Q (August) SandDollar LV/ LVJBS presents event: “All You Can Eat Orchestra” band is available Friday, August 8^th or August 29^th.  Jessica sent email, on 6/2, to Nate at The SandDollar to see if one of those dates is open—They are booked in August—no open nights.  Jessica asked about 9/20 – Jessica awaiting SDLV reply for the Sept. date.  (Maybe a 6pm-9pm early show for a previously booked night?
• ·       4Q mentions: Mega-Scopes (Should we look into holding a date/weekend yet?)  Should we see if an ‘Igloo’ ‘Miracle on Spring Mtn. night can work?
• ·       Dead Space Revival (psychedelic jam rock trio from LA/OC area) contacted us for a future event.
• ·       The Big Deal (Ryan MacNeill, Oakland, CA band) contacted us after speaking with us at Shakedown Vegas. 
• ·       RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows.  They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)

• OPEN FLOOR (all):
• * Future venues to consider – Piazza lounge at Tuscany, Jackpot Lounge, The Composers Room, The Usual Place, The Red Dwarf.

• * Liani:  Zeffy/Website update? No, Liani not in attendance.

*Fall’ LVJBS Memorial Tree event & an Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up event for September.

Sunday, September 21 – save the date for Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up event.

Sunday, October 19 – tentative date for Memorial Tree Drum Circle Gathering.   Jessica to contact JFree to see about a ‘save the date’.

*Johnnie T. shared his gratitude and gave the 2025 Officers a ‘thank you’ for their hard work! 

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

*June 5—Ministry @ House of Blues

*June 6—The Funk Jam @ Virgin Hotel

*June 6—Down South Jukers @ The Hideaway

*June 6—Pepper @ Virgin Event Lawn

*June 6—The Blues Society Jam @ SDLV

*June 6—Lorraine Dietrich w/ No Surprises & Dead Money @ Red Dwarf

*June 7—Buju Banton @ Planet Hollywood

*June 7 – Ludacris @ M Resort

*June 7—Sheryl Crow @ The Chelsea

*June 7—Delilah’s Dead @ Bonfire

*June 7—Bone Thugs-n-Harmony @ Virgin Event Lawn

*June 7—Sonic Shakers @ Gold Mine Tavern

*June 8—Stephen Marley @ BBLV

*June 11—Prescott Blues Band @ SDLV

*June 12—Swayze & Friends @ SDLV

*June 13—The Pixies @ Encore Wynn

*June 13—MegaScopes @ Area 15

*June 14—Plank (6-9 PM) @ SDLV

*June 14—The Bricks (Pink Floyd Tribute) @ Bonfire LV

*June 14—Catfish John (10 PM) @ SDLV

*June 14—80sStation @ Red Rock Station

*June 16—Monk & the Po Boys @ SDLV

*June 18—The Funk Jam @ SDLV

*June 19—The Smokestacks @ SDLV

*June 20—Jimmy Carpenter @ SDLV

*June 20—Sonic Shakers @ Gold Mine Tavern

*June 20—The Moanin’ Blacksnakes @ Bonfire LV

*June 20 – LA Witch w/ Choke Cherry @ Swan Dive

*June 21—The Moanin’ Blacksnakes @ Gold Mine Tavern

*June 21 – The Un-concert @ The Space

*June 21—Trevor & The Swingin’ Johnsons @ SD Plaza

*June 21 – Guitarist Taylor Holder @ Red Rock Casino Lounge

*June 22—Mike Zito @ SD Plaza

*June 23—Gold Rush (Neil Young Tribute) @ SDLV

*June 24—Mojave Blue @ The Composer’s Room

*June 25—Kareeta @ SDLV

*June 26—Elvis Costello @ The Pearl

*June 28—The Moanin’ Blacksnakes @ SDLV

*June 29—Peter Frampton @ The Pearl

*June 30—Moonshine High @ SDLV

Meeting adjourned: 7:54 PM

Next Meeting:   Tuesday, July 1^st @ 7 PM

Location: (Virtual for Officers/Committee Heads)

LVJBS MAY 2025

Meeting (Virtual) Minutes

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Meeting Start:   7:02PM

Location: Virtual GoogleMeet

Attendees: Jessica G, Jessica P., Paige T., Angela C., Haley S.

Committee heads declined invitation.

Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):

“Welcome to May! May we get this last stretch of the Shakedown Vegas started!”

A.    Ad-Partnerships updates:

*BBLV: Ad-Partnerships updates: Immediate contact (within 48hrs.) must be made once a “Congrats, you have won a BBLV Lottery Comp-ticket,” email to an upcoming show.  (The BBLV is emailed the Guest List 2-3 days after the ‘winners’ email is sent & changes cannot be made.)  The BBLV relies on our attendance to help them with inside sales.  We do not want to jeopardize our partnership with them. 

Inquired about the upcoming: GOOSE (June 3^rd) & START MAKING SENSE (Talking Heads Tribute) (July 20^th) partnerships—no reply as of yet. Plans to follow up when makes contact tomorrow when sending PTF Guest Lists their way. We will also look into STEPHEN MARLEY (June 8^th), MODEST MOUSE (Aug. 27^th) and TRIBAL SEEDS & THE MOVEMENT (Sept. 11^th)

B.  Shakedown Vegas updates:

• ·         We are helping Robert’s friend, Photographer Eric Vithalani, sell his Shakedown-Photos at our booth (There will be an added table/area that the LVJBS will be responsible for—He is donating us a portion of his sales, May 9-11.)
• ·         It is important that those who ‘sign up’ stick with their commitments, OR find someone to cover. Calling/texting the day of is not helpful for those on the previous shift.  Also, please remember to show up 15 minutes before your shift’s start to allow the previous shift to share info/updates.
• ·         David Gans will be having another BOOK SIGNING at our table, this weekend:  Friday, 5/9, from 1-3 PM (Shift leader: Angela w/ Jen, & Lu)  (Jessica to get the box of books Paige’s way.)
• ·         We have not looked into ordering from LiquidBlue (T-shirts), yet. We are foregoing order for Shakedown right. It’s a busy time and Shakedown is coming to an end.
• ·         We are needing coverage for the May 15-17 Booth shifts. 

C.    Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV:

FRIDAY, May 23^rd, SHAKY FEELIN’ show.  Venue may have double booked. Location TBD.

Plan is to have a table with license plates and T-shirt, raffle, snacks. Square banner.

Item 2: Vice President’s Report (Jessica P.):

• A.   Reminder that the Goose show at BBLV is same night as our scheduled ‘first Tuesday’ meeting (in-person). It was decided to move the next meeting to Wednesday, June 4^th, at Rocky’s Bar & Grill (Maryland Pkwy/Wigwam), 7 PM.
• B.    Paul Wolf – An out-of-state Friend heard David Gans mention the LVJBS on his Sirius XM Grateful Dead’s ‘Tales from the Golden Road’ radio program.
• C.    Offering support on creating a list for events both Jam Band and Non-Jam Band events locally to avoid any possible booking-conflicts of interest.
• Item 3:  TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige):
• ·         2025 DUES/Member updates
• Now, $10/mo. (Anyone who attends any of the 4 in-person meetings in 2025 can have a $5 (up to $20) discount off of next year’s dues.)  In addition, those paying monthly must pay before the ‘first of the month’ to be included in any lotteries.  They can still get monthly ‘member credit’ if paid by the Members’ meeting date—first Tuesday—but will not be included in that month’s lottery if applicable.
• ·         PEF Scholarship update: As of May 2^nd, applicants have been notified of their status. They were asked to confirm their acceptance of the scholarship. More info TBA.
• ·         Wild Apricot – price has been increasing –Now, $147/month
• ·         First Quarter Smith’s Donation - $21.36 deposited into the bank
• ·         Shakedown Sticker Trade – suggested that we advertise to bring stickers from Shakedown (or random stickers) to trade at our next meeting in June.
• ·         Was interviewed in April, by Kent Paterson, a New Mexico journalist, at ShakedownVegas for an article about the LVJBS, the Tuscany, ShakedownVegas, and Dead & Co shows.
• ·         We need to focus on the sales of the License plates.  Robert ordered them for us and we have a lot left.  We will be sure to have some at our Shaky Feelin’ table, along with some T-shirts, in case some of our locals did not get by ShakedownVegas (or did not want to carry their goods).
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SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela):

• A.   Jessica G. sent agenda to help with minutes.
• MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):

COLOR:  Emerald

·         A.     Contacted River, the drummer from AYCE (All-You-Can-Eat) Orchestra, and Nate from the Sand Dollar regarding upcoming dates—thinking August is best since September has the Bender weekends.

PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg):

• ·         SHAKY FEELIN’ was initially confirmed for Friday, May 23^rd –the LVJBS Quarter 2 SDLV Collaboration (Shaky Feelin’ added us as co-promotor for this event.)
• (The SandDollar’s website shows The Spectators (6 PM) and Darius Jackson (10 PM) (Greg was asked to look into this for us & realized there was a communication error.  Shaky Feelin’ is still excited to play for the LVJBS fans, so a venue change was looked into.  Garage Mahall is happy to welcome us back.  Date changed to:  SATURDAY, MAY 24^th with an earlier doors/start time:  6 PM doors, 7 PM start—More info TBA.)
• ·         SPUNJ which was booked by Nathan Grates (SandDollar LV) on Saturday, May 24^th was canceled due to the band dissolving. (We had sent Spunj’s pals’ LOVE MISCHIEF SDLV’s way--SandDollar booked KATRINA BREE for that date.)
• ·         3Q(July/August) SandDollar LV/ LVJBS presents event:  “All You Can Eat Orchestra” update - Haley in contact with River, the drummer from AYCE orchestra, and Nate from Sand Dollar.
• ·         4Q mentions: Mega-Scopes (Should we look into holding a date/weekend yet?)
• ·         Dead Space Revival (psychedelic jam rock trio from LA/OC area) contacted us for a future event.
• ·         The Big Deal (Ryan MacNeill, Oakland, CA band) contacted us after speaking with us at ShakedownVegas. 
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• OPEN FLOOR (all):

* Liani:  Zeffy/Website update – Liani unable to attend the meeting. Text messaged that she hopes to have new site fully launched by next month. (She has been in contact with Dan R. about the website domain (lvjbs.org)—More info TBD.

* The Pioneer Saloon (Goodsprings, NV) might be a good place to plan for a Fall or Winter daytime event

*Jess P. – advocating that we try to make the Holiday Party free for members, & the ‘suggested donation’ for other guests.

* Donated Future Raffle Items:  a backpack from Jim C., a wooden bear & a sign from Om Grown Art, a leather purse from our Shakedown neighbor Arlene’s ‘Vozee Leather & Dye’, & Photographer Joel Shover gave us a framed Dead & Co. photo.

UPCOMING LVJBS (& non-LVJBS) events:

*May 4^th—Delilah’s Dead w/ Jimmy Carpenter @ Pioneer Saloon

*May 8^th—Stealin’ Faces @ SDLV

*May 8^th—Legion of Mario @ Piazza Lounge

*May 9^th-11^th—Dead & Company @ Sphere

*May 9^th—High Times Band @ Tuscany (late)

*May 9^th—Pink Talking Fish are Dead @ BBLV (late)

*May 9^th—Legion of Mario @ Copa Room

*May 10^th—Brunch w/ David gans @ Bistecca

*May 10^th—Catfish John @ SDLV

*May 10^th—Headz or Tailz @ Gold Mine Tavern

*May 10^th—Pink Talking Fish is Jerry @ BBLV (late)

*May 10^th—Token Rhyme @ Copa Room (late)

*May 10^th—Sol Soiree @ Piazza Lounge (late)

*May 11^th—Swayze’s Atomic City Allstars @ Copa Room (late)

*May 11^th—Grateful Dames @ Piazza Lounge (late)

*May 14^th—Chris Tofield Band @SDLV

*May 14^th—Mungo’s HiFi @ Swan Dive LV

*May 15^th-17^th—Dead & Company @ Sphere

*May 15^th—The Surprise Dead @ SDLV (late 12am-3am)

*May 16^th—Red Eye Gin @ SDLV (late)

*May 16^th & 17^th—Terrapin Flyer @ Tuscany (late)

*May 17^th—The Moanin’ Blacksnakes @ SDLV

*May 24^th —Shaky Feelin’ @ Garage MaHall

*May 25^th—Thievery Corporation @ Durango Station

*May 27^th—Chris Tofield Band @ SDLV

*May 29^th—The Smokestacks @ SDLV

*May 29^th—Green Jelly @ Swan Dive LV

*May 30^th—JBLIZE (Jason Bonham Led Zep Experience) @ GVR

*May 31^st—Down South Jukers @ SDLV

*May 31^st—Jimmy Carpenter Band @ SDLV

Meeting adjourned:  8:16 PM

Next Meeting:   Wednesday, June 4^th    

Location: Rocky’s Bar & Grill