Hiya! I have attended the vigil for the last 5 years,
there's usually about 150-200 people there on the
Saturday night of vigil weekend. Some stay for the
Friday-Sunday, but Saturday is when Shannon's family
comes. It's a very enlightening and comforting trip
to make, I call it the Mecca for Melonheads :) In
addition to the record store, I know there's a little
kiosk in the mall close to the cemetary that sells
drawings, in pencil and in colour, of Shannon. That's
something I've never seen anywhere else.

The best thing I can say about the vigil is... it will
change your life! You absolutlely will not have to
explain your feelings on Shannon, the band, and the
music because everyone there already understands. Not
too often you get to say that. My first vigil I said
I felt like the bee girl :)

Start planning now... vigil 05 in 334 days :)

St3ph


--- bolan747 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
> There are usually a good number of people at the
> vigil. Shannon is
> not forgotten by his family and fans. Through the
> year, there are
> frequent visitors as well. Besides his family,
> often there are fans
> who visit. Some make a visit on a regular basis and
> others when they
> are passing through on I 65. I imagine that our
> stores have the same
> amount of Blind Melon merchandise as most in other
> places. But there
> are some very special things to see when you are
> here. Such as the
> picture of Shannon on a local record store in the
> Levee area of West
> Lafayette, where he grew up and where he went to
> school. Most local
> people have fond memories of Shannon and will share
> when asked. I
> have never heard anyone say a bad thing about him at
> all. I just saw
> the Soup guitar music displayed prominently in our
> local music
> store. But I think that it should be displayed that
> way in any music
> store. What has everyone on the list noticed about
> the availabilty
> of Blind Melon merchandise in their areas?
> There are a lot of things people do to remember
> Shannon when they
> visit. Play his music on their guitars, listen to
> it on a boombox,
> light candles and/or incense, pray and talk to him.
> Some leave
> special mementos and flowers at the grave. So his
> grave is always
> nicely decorated.
>
> I guess I have rambled on long enough.
>
> Anyone else care to chime in?
>
>
> Janet
>
>
>
>
>




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