Jan’s Recap: Danny Gokey at Delaware County Fair (Walton, NY)

Danny Gokey in Walton, New York

Delaware County Fair, opening for Lady Antebellum (August 21, 2010)

WARNING!  As is experienced in most active addictions, seeing Danny Gokey live is going to result in intense cravings to finagle your way to more and more shows.  Normal behavior patterns will be abandoned, sleep deprivation is likely to occur as you “live” on the Iheartdannygokey.com website. New, intense connections will form with complete strangers from different states, different countries, AND different continents.  So far no alliances have been reported with beings from different planets.  However, it is possible they are in earthly disguise*, and are already attending Danny’s concerts.

_{Hmmm…Steph* appears to be everywhere…how does she do that?  And she has not been seen actually boarding a plane….  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.}

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Transcript: Danny Gokey interview with IHeartDannyGokey.com

Pam and I transcribed the interview we did with Danny so his international fans that visit iheart can understand it better. Read it after the jump… Read more

Pam’s Recap: Danny Gokey at Dupage County Fair (Wheaton, IL)

If you missed it, you can check out Pam’s pictures from the DuPage Country Fair (Wheaton, IL – July 21st) HERE.

The tell-tale sign of a True Gokeyholic: making another road trip just 6 days after the last one to see Danny. I couldn’t resist since Wheaton was only a two hour drive from Milgokey. And my fellow road travelers are definitely enablers, asking me ahead of time if I wanted them to get me a ticket! Michelle – you would not make a good GA (Gokeyholics anonymous) sponsor! Read more

Jan’s Recap: Danny Gokey at DuPage County Fair

Danny Gokey at the DuPage County Fair
July 21, 2010 in Wheaton, Illinois

Danny Gokey put on a dynamite show as the headliner for the DuPage County Fair on July 21^st!  The Wheaton, Illinois show was a high energy, full voice, 90 minute performance! It included a ton of fun, un-choreographed dance moves by Danny.  If you’ve seen the concert video of  “T.R.O.U.B.L.E”, you know what I mean!  We all loved it!  Danny seemed to be running on adrenalin from the excitement of participating in the American Idol Season 10 auditions that morning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Lucky us! Read more

Fan Video: For Mrs. Nicole, Mr. Phil, and Kyle

I received an e-mail from Lyne Berry, a Danny fan, and she asked us to post this video that her granddaughter Catherine put together, featuring ‘My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me’ and pictures of baby Kyle. Enjoy!

I have a really precious slide show that my granddaughter made featuring “My Best Days”.
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A bit of background on the slide show: The “Mr. Phil” referred to in the dedication, is baby Kyle’s daddy who is serving our country right now in Kuwait with the Florida Army National Guard (as is my son, Richard McAlister) and he has not seen his baby in person since this past Feb. My granddaughter, Catherine McAlister (14 years old), put this together without telling anyone about it and used Danny’s song. She is a big Danny fan, as I am. – Lyne Berry

Erika’s Recap: Danny Gokey at Old Settlers Days

I warn you, it’s looooooong. Start reading at your own risk of falling asleep!

You’ve already seen the pictures but, if you want to see them again, go HERE.

Old Settlers Days, Rockton, IL – July 15, 2010

The fun started even before we got to the Old Settlers Days grounds, as Michelle took us (Jen, Pam, Val and I) on an awesome road trip to Rockton. I could travel with these superb ladies forever! So much fun! Love you all dearly! Lots of good talk, good music (Danny, of course) and plenty of laughs. We stopped at a gas station called Love’s on our way. Too memorable! We had to take pictures! Read more

Pam’s Recap: Danny Gokey at Old Settlers Days

Pam’s (unofficial videographer) Rockton overview

Well, I have to say this concert was a little different than most for me! I was more excited, because Erika was doing an official road trip with us, as well as Steph coming to meet a lot of ihearties,. But also more nervous- A BIG responsibility lay in my hands- immortalizing one Erika Usizima interviewing the one and only Daniel J. Gokey! If I fell down on the job, I would be considered an IHatie instead of IHeartie!

Bright and early- 7:30am-Erika came to work with me and puttered around Milwaukee with Val (shesmylittle). I worked quickly so we could leave on time- could not be late for this one!

We met Michelle and Jen Ruditys out in Oconomowoc and as usual Michelle provided the taxi services. Of course our mouths never closed the whole time; a Danny road trip is always filled with chatter and laughter. We made a pit stop at a LOVE gas station and of course had to be goofy and get our pic underneath it making the heart sign (no we hadn’t had a “cold drink” yet!). Read more

Videos: Danny Gokey interview, exclusive to IHeartDannyGokey.com

The interview recorded at Old Settlers Days (Rockton, IL) on July 15, 2010! Finally!

I apologize for the noise in the background, the tour bus’ air conditioner was strong and noisy but there was no way to turn it off (day was waaaay too hot).

You may also have problems understanding me (with all my mumbling, stuttering, accent going over the top and downright forgetting how to speak English when I’m near Danny!)… but I’m sure you’ll be able to understand Danny’s answers.

Also, I didn’t read the questions the exact way they were asked because I combined/modified some and, to be honest, I was so nervous that I was having problems reading my printed notes! Letters looked as if they were dancing on the page!

And I apologize if I didn’t ask your question as I had selected just a pageful, what I thought would be more than enough for a 15 minutes interview. Maybe next time! :wishful thinking:

The interview was supposed to last 15 minutes but Mike is so sweet that he let us talk to Danny for more than 25 min! It was the coolest thing ever!

Thank you Pam for recording it! Thanks Danny and Mike for being so sweet!

PS: Before the camera started rolling, I told Danny that people from several countries were sending their hello, from Finland, UK, China, Philippines, Portugal, Denmark, etc. He was surprise by Portugal and was very pleased with all the support!
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Jan’s Summerfest Recap!

Regular iheart poster Jan has shared her recaps and photos from last week’s Summerfest concert with Danny Gokey — and featuring our very own iheart site admin Erika on her visit to the U.S.!

Summerfest 2010-Danny Gokey’s Hometown Concert

Jan’s Recap and a Bonus Feature: Ed’s little Summerfest Story

What’s more fabulous?

 Meeting and renewing friendships of all the ihearties that support Danny Gokey as a new country recording artist?

 Watching Danny Gokey practically burn up the stage at Summerfest with a smokin’ hot show on a stormy 4th of July night? And in his hometown of Milwaukee?

 Getting to meet and hug Erika AND see her meet Danny Gokey for the very first time?

Lucky us; we got to do it all!

Many of you have seen the pictures of Erika at various dinners, city excursions and the concert. Having her in the USA has been great. I’m going to concentrate on what it was like for many of us ihearties on the couple of days around Danny’s homecoming to Milwaukee for his first Summerfest concert as a national recording artist!

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Pictures: Erika & Toni’s New York City Adventure!

Thanks Toni!

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Erika’s Recap: Danny Gokey at Summerfest

First of all, I apologize for taking so long to put this recap up! Thank you to everyone that made this trip possible! I truly can’t thank you all enough! <3

Special thanks to Pam, who is one of the most incredible people that I’ve ever met, and to her beautiful family; to Jan, that showed us what a great city Madison is; to Toni, that took me to an awesome adventure in NY (wish you were still here!); to Milgokey fan, for a fun and relaxed day at the zoo and for the ‘Danny Gokey Day’-a-thon! =); to Val, for the great days in Milwaukee and for encouraging me to ride a bike; to Angie, for the fun day at the Harley-Davidson museum and downtown Milwaukee; to Dani, for setting up the conference calls and to all the ihearties that called; and to all the sweethearts that I met at the Cheesecake Factory and at Mo’s Irish Pub! Also to Amy and Steph, who share with me the pleasure of running this site. Oh, to Danny, of course, for being every bit of awesomeness that I imagined he would be and a bit more; and to Mike, Tracy and Rendy for being so kind and taking such good care of him!

Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI – July 4, 2010

Pam and I got to the Summerfest grounds around 12:20 and to the Big Backyard Briggs and Stratton stage at around 12:30. The day was sunny and windy. And HOT. Very hot. There were already some ihearties/twitter peeps there, scattered on the left and right sides of the stage on the front row, and in the center on the 2nd and 3rd rows. We saw Toni right away and she told us that  we could choose where to sit as they had saved several spots on the center of the 2nd/3rd row and that Darla had saved 2 spots on the front row at the right side of the stage. So sweet of them to do that! We decided to sit at the front with Darla. I’m short (5’3″/1.61 m) so front row it was. And what a pleasure! Darla is a sweetheart, extremely polite and I looooved her accent! So cute!

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Send your questions for Danny!

Hey everybody! I’ll have the privilege of interviewing Danny in Rockton, before his Old Settlers Days’ show (July 15th).

We already have lots of questions that ihearties posted on the discussion thread comments but if you want to submit yours as well, feel free to do so commenting on this post!

I won’t be able to ask them all because it’s a limited time interview but we’ll try to select some that we never heard him answering before!

So send your questions!

Thank you all for making it possible and thank you Mission Management for being so kind! – Erika

Jan and Toni’s Recap: Danny Gokey at World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO)

Jan and Toni’s Crazy Gokey Adventure

World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO

May 8, 2010

Introduction:

Seeing Danny Gokey perform at two different large arenas on two consecutive days?  How does that happen?  It helps if you’re a little crazy and a Gokey-holic…..

Toni suggested we see Danny perform on her birthday ( May 8 ) in Colorado Springs (COS) –it sounded great to me, but I really wanted to tour the area, too.  The idea to see Danny perform at Salt Lake City (SLC) came later, but you already know about that.

We flew into Denver the morning of the show, we grabbed our rental car and drove the 80 minutes to COS.
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Jan and Toni’s Recap: Danny Gokey at The E-Center (Salt Lake City, UT)

Jan and Toni’s Amazing Gokey Adventures!

Danny Gokey Opens for Sugarland

Salt Lake City,   May 7, 2010

Intro from Toni:

Months ago I had decided that if Danny was having a concert on my birthday,  I would be there in the audience!  Low and behold!  The Sugarland/Gokey concert landed on my birthday in Colorado Springs, CO!  But this review is about Salt Lake City, so let me go back a little.

It was around February that a decision was made to come to the Colorado Springs concert on May 8^th.  I called Jan one night and suggested that since we were going all the way to Colorado, why not make it even more exciting and attend the Salt Lake City concert one night earlier?  Jan, told me I was crazy.  But, I did not have to twist her arm very much since a few days later she called me to tell me she was already looking into the flights from Salt Lake City to Colorado!   We decided to do both concerts and then tour Utah and Colorado for a few extra days. These are states I’ve always wanted to see, so I was very happy that I was also able to combine it with 2 Danny concerts!

Jan will be writing the remainder of this SLC recap, but I will add my M&G portion to it.   Toni

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Roughstock: The Great Nashville Flood of 2010 Hits Well-known Landmarks

This post is not about Danny but it’s about Danny’s “second hometown”, Nashville, who welcomed him with open arms. It’s under water and it needs help.

Nashville is such a gorgeous city. I saw the pictures of the flooding and kept thinking that, even after being hit by this disaster, it still looks beautiful. Made me cry.

If you can, donate for the disaster relief fund.

I know how huge the iheartie’s hearts are. You came through for me and are giving me a chance to meet Danny and I’m not even deserving of all your generosity. For this and for everything else, I truly thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Erika <3

By: Matt Bjorke

The home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee, survived the “Great Flood of 2010” but it’s going to be a slow recovery for some in the area as many suburbs, including Green Hills, Franklin and Bellevue all experienced massive flooding during the weekend.  These areas, many of which have never been flooded before, are also home to many of the stars and industry staff members.  The Grand Ole Opry, which is situated near the Cumberland River in South East NashvilleRoughstock’s Nashville offices weren’t in a flood zone and we’re grateful for that but we thought we would share with you some of the pictures of well-known areas, like Lower Broadway.  Also, it is our hope that you will join us and contribute (if you can) to the disaster relief fund set up by the Red Cross.

Click here to donate.

For more pictures: http://www.roughstock.com/blog/the-great-nashville-flood-of-2010-hits-well-known-landmarks

Read more about the flooding on CMT.

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