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Old 04-30-2009, 06:52 AM
 
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I worked with the Jaycees at LaSemana in the 70's & 80's when it was at Hemisfair Plaza. It was a great event with separate rock and country music areas. It ran later than NIOSA so we always had a large crowd join us when NIOSA closed. OH the memories!
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Old 05-17-2009, 11:35 AM
 
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Default Cups from the '80s

I finally remembered to look for my La Semana cups. I have cups from '83, '84, '85 and '88.

The schedule for 1983 was:

Monday, 4/18
Stage 1: American Peddlers
Stage 2: Mo-Dels

Tuesday, 4/19
Stage 1: Frenchie Burke
Stage 2: Infinity and Latin Breed

Wednesday, 4/20
Stage 1: Johnny Dee & the Rockett 88's
Stage 2: Jimmy Edwards

Thursday, 4/21
Stage 1: Country Edition and Morning
Stage 2: Traces

Friday, 4/22
Stage 1: The Kids and Voyager
Stage 2: Urasia and The Max

Saturday, 4/23
Stage 1: Stardust and The Max (again)
Stage 2: J. Whipple Band and Rivas

If anyone is interested, I can list the line-ups for the other years.
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Old 05-17-2009, 03:39 PM
 
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I finally remembered to look for my La Semana cups. I have cups from '83, '84, '85 and '88.

The schedule for 1983 was:

Monday, 4/18
Stage 1: American Peddlers
Stage 2: Mo-Dels

Tuesday, 4/19
Stage 1: Frenchie Burke
Stage 2: Infinity and Latin Breed

Wednesday, 4/20
Stage 1: Johnny Dee & the Rockett 88's
Stage 2: Jimmy Edwards

Thursday, 4/21
Stage 1: Country Edition and Morning
Stage 2: Traces

Friday, 4/22
Stage 1: The Kids and Voyager
Stage 2: Urasia and The Max

Saturday, 4/23
Stage 1: Stardust and The Max (again)
Stage 2: J. Whipple Band and Rivas

If anyone is interested, I can list the line-ups for the other years.
I am very interested, please post the rest. thanks!!
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Old 05-17-2009, 05:58 PM
 
Location: NE San Antonio
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ditto!


I remember the MODELS and JOHNNY D, great SA groups!
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Old 05-17-2009, 06:06 PM
 
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Default Another La Semana cup

1984 or 16th Annual, according to the cup:

Friday 4/20
Stage 1: Stardust, Heyoka
Stage 2: Jimmy Edwards, Sunglow

Saturday 4/21
Stage 1: The Max; Mo-Dels
Stage 2: Liberty

Sunday was not listed--I checked--it was Easter

Monday 4/23
Stage 1: Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns
Stage 2: Mod-Dels

Tuesday 4/24
Stage 1: George Chambers; Frenchie Burke
Stage 2: Jimmy Edwards

Wednesday 4/25
Stage 1: Bepko, Fletcher & Rose; Johnny Dee & The Rocket 88's
Stage 2: Hot Tamales

Thursday 4/26
Stage 1: Texas Blackjack; Morning
Stage 2: River City Band; Celcius

Friday 4/27
Stage 1: Sunrise; Crystal Image
Stage 2: Voyager

Saturday 4/28
Stage 1: The Kids; The Max
Stage 2: Patsy Torres Band
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Old 05-17-2009, 06:44 PM
 
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Default Yet another La Semana cup

17th Annual--doesn't say the year, but my 1984 cup says it was the 16th annual, so it has got to be 1985:

Friday 4/19
Stage 1: The Klocks; Mark Farmer (Formerly of Grand Funk Railroad)
Stage 2: Rivas; Tierra Tejana

Saturday 4/20
Stage 1: The Edge (Formerly Heyoka); Nightworks; Oz Knozz
Stage 2: Automatics; Patsy Torres

Sunday 4/21
Stage 1: Infinity; Sunny Ozuna; Little Joe Y La Familia
Stage 2: Mo-Dels; Peddlers; Joe Ely

Monday 4/22
Stage 1: Billboard; Joe "King" Carrasco and The Crowns
Stage 2: La Franz; Horizon

Tuesday 4/23
Stage 1: Metheny Brothers; Johnny Lee
Stage 2: Bandango; Jimmy Edwards

Wednesday 4/24
Stage 1: Bepko, Fletcher & Rose; Johnny Dee & The Rocket 88's
Stage 2: Boiz; Madhouse

Thursday 4/25
Stage 1: Morning; Bobby Jenkins
Stage 2: Dust; Voyager

Friday 4/26
Stage 1: Dr. Rockit and The Sisters of Mercy; Topcats
Stage 2: Secret; Renegade

Saturday 4/27
Stage 1: Big Deal; The Producers
Stage 2: River City Band; Liberty

At the bottom of the list: Metro Music and Disco Charlie Mobile Sound Nightly

The information in parentheses is on the cup.

Last edited by Snowglobe; 05-17-2009 at 07:02 PM.. Reason: Correct spelling
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Old 05-17-2009, 07:00 PM
 
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Default One more La Semana cup

1988

Friday 4/15
Stage 1: Dogman & The Shepherds; The Outlaws; The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Stage 2: Jay Dominguez; Augie Meyers

Saturday 4/16
Stage 1: Israel; Mark Farmer (Formerly of Grand Funk Railroad); Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Stage 2: Mainstream ; Patsy Torres

Sunday 4/17
Stage 1: Morning; Michael Martin Murphy; Sawyer Brown
Stage 2: Trinidad Panmasters; La Franz

Monday 4/18
Stage 1: Slight Return; Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns; Lita Ford
Stage 2: Bandango; Ram Herrera & Montana

Tuesday 4/19
Stage 1: Frenchie Burke; The Charlie Daniels Band
Stage 2: Houserockers; Johnny Dee & The Rocket '88s

Wednesday 4/20
Stage 1: Bepko, Fletcher & Rose Band; The Turtles (featuring Flo & Eddie); Paul Revere & The Raiders
Stage 2: The View; Extreme Heat

Thursday 4/21
Stage 1: George Chambers Band; John Anderson
Stage 2: Felt Nun; Madhouse

Friday 4/22
Stage 1: Dynatones; Emerald; Pat Travers
Stage 2: Passing Strangers; River City Band

Saturday 4/23
Stage 1: Heyoka; Rick Derringer
Stage 2: Glass Heart; Innocent Bystander

I hope I got them all right. Some of the print on this cup is very small.
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Old 05-17-2009, 07:45 PM
 
Location: NE San Antonio
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Great posts, please keep 'em coming!
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:06 PM
 
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I went to LeSemana a few times in the 90's when I was a little punk, got hit upside the head with flying plastic beer cups, everyone was throwing them around, tons of fun, hah. The national acts were cool, Fiesta needs to bring something like it back.
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Old 09-02-2010, 04:37 AM
 
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Default La Semana

I was involved in various areas with La Semana Alegre from 1989 until the end and attended most of the committee meetings. There are a lot things that have been written about the event that are not true whatsoever and very few had access to most of the correct info. Yes La Semana was the whipping boy of Fiesta because the press didn't want to tangle with the money and political people behind NIOSA or the Archbishop and his St. Mary's University, but in the history of the event (1969-1995) there was only ONE reported stabbing and it happened outside the gates and involved people that operated the rides at the carnival. The MAIN reason that the event shut down was not because of noise (sanctioned Fiesta events such as La Semana Alegre was - were exempt from noise ordinances) and not due to violence as it was probably the safest event at Fiesta (metal detectors were used and a large security staff in place - most arrests were for drunk & disorderly which happened at all events) but the Jaycees and the event were basically being blackmailed/extorted by a few special interest groups on the East side. Basically there was an amount of money being demanded each year and the Jaycees and the organizers of the event refused to pay them. No one has ever released this info that I am aware of but that true story should be told in more detail by someone that was at the top of the event heirarchy (not to mention any names and I doubt if they ever read any of this). I have heard that some basic website for La Semana Alegre will be put together with some of the basic info but I would love to hear details of all the stories (the blackmail, the Henry Cisneros controversy, how some of those bands were reunited (UFO, Budgie, Trapeze, Spinal Tap, etc) and some of the many stories that had tosbe a part of an event with so many bands, so many years and so many nights. I would love it if they had a place for people to ask questions and they would sctually be answered.

Long Live La Semana Alegre







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I always looked foward to fiesta, because I knew la semana was going to happen. all the live music each night, from all types of national acts. I miss that.
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