This is the last video filmed during Jazz Fest 2011. On May 8, 2011, I sent my thanks out to the neighborhood and those far away who sent love to Maurepas Street for me and Lupe.
Tomorrow, WGNO news is coming to do a story about the shrine. It will air at 6 pm Central (ABC) on Thursday, July 7.
Thank you everyone!
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Livin' On A Prayer - Contestant #2 Bon Jovi Tribute (air guitar) Contest
Today, a guest visited the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi, which is happy to have the International Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Shrine of Cyndi Lauper across the street. This is the first time that anyone has visited the International Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi and explained that she now equates Jazz Fest with Bon Jovi.
Special performance of "Livin' on a Prayer" will be entered as Contestant #2 in Bon Jovi Tribute band (air guitar) contest.
Winner will be announced on SacredShrineNOLA's YouTube Channel soon!
Special performance of "Livin' on a Prayer" will be entered as Contestant #2 in Bon Jovi Tribute band (air guitar) contest.
Winner will be announced on SacredShrineNOLA's YouTube Channel soon!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
How They Heard About Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi
I love hearing about how pilgrims first heard of The Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi. Here is the story of their pilgrimage.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Thank You Alison Fensterstock!
And thank you all for supporting the shrine!
Today, the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi was written up on NOLA.com by Alison Fensterstock!
Read it here:
Local artist's front-porch Sacred Shrine to Bon Jovi is in place for its third year
Help Tara Jill and Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi Get on Television
An Open Letter to The World at Large
Dear Friends and Family and New Orleans Contacts,
I apologize for sending a mass email, and I promise not to bombard you with more of these (I bcc-ed, so you shouldn't see all the other email addresses here).
As you may know, I have been hard at work on my shrine devoted to Jon Bon Jovi, and he is performing at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, April 30. The entrance to this festival is very close to my home, and the shrine is on and in front of my porch. If you do not know about this, I will be happy to explain, and there is a YouTube video that explains the evolution of what I consider an art installation. I have attached photographs.
As much as I hope that Jon Bon Jovi will visit the shrine this year (he did not in 2009), I am aware that he is a private man who is a bit shy about shrines. I do think it is reasonable to request that Bon Jovi perform the song "Queen of New Orleans" on the Acura Stage at Jazz Fest. I am also hoping that many people will visit this shrine.
I have been using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogger, and stapling fliers all over town in an attempt to notify people about this shrine.
Now that Easter weekend is over, and New Orleans is ready for Jazz Fest, I am hoping to grab the attention of the local, national, and international media.
If you know anyone who is:
- a Bon Jovi Fan
- coming to Jazz Fest
- willing to do anything for me
- in need of websites to visit or something to do
- a member of the media who will cover/write-up/attend this shrine
I have included all relevant information about the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi (with links to shrine website, Facebook page, YouTube channel) below.
I know that receiving mass emails and forwarding emails is annoying, so I sincerely appreciate any help you are willing to give me, even if you only tell one person.
I will owe you one (and if I already owe you one, I will owe you 3).
Sincerely,
Tara Jill Ciccarone
Important Shrine Information: (feel free to copy and distribute as much as possible).
Tara Jill Ciccarone's constantly evolving Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi welcomes enthusiasts to celebrate Bon Jovi's return to The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and request that Bon Jovi perform "Queen of New Orleans" on The Acura Stage on April 30, 2011.
The Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora Bye-Shrine are located at 2943 Maurepas Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 near the entrance to the Fairgrounds and Jazz Fest.
Tara Jill established The International Special Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi on April 25, 2009 and added The Richie Sambora Bye-Shrine on April 5, 2011. Tara Jill is a writer, artist, and educator who has lived in New Orleans since 1999.
The shrine is on and in front of her porch and can be viewed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Special activities for Jazz Fest 2011 include:
April 29, April 30, & May 1: Jon Bon Jovi Drawing Contest 1 pm - 9 pm. How well can you draw Jon Bon Jovi? Paper, pencils, markers, crayons, and chalk available. Winner will be announced May 1. Prize - personal Sacred Shrine miniature cigar box altar with handmade shrine memorabilia.
April 29, April 30, May 1, May 7 : Jon Bon Jovi Tribute Contest 1 pm - 9 pm. Can you emulate Jon Bon Jovi by looking like him and singing like him? Visit the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi at 2943 Maurepas Street and make sure Tara Jill records your performance. With your permission, video will be uploaded to YouTube. Winners will be announced May 8. 1st Prize - personal Sacred Shrine miniature cigar box altar with handmade shrine memorabilia and DVD of winning videos - 2nd Prize - DVD of winning videos and Sacred Shrine lighter and candle. 3rd Prize - DVD of winning videos and Sacred Shrine lighter.
Contestants need not be present to win.
Tara Jill and The Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi need help getting Jon Bon Jovi's attention this year so he will visit the shrine and/or perform "Queen of New Orleans" at the festival.
How You Can Help:
•Follow @JBJShrine and @BonJovi on Twitter and Retweet videos of Tara Jill at Shrine!
•"Like" the Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi NOLA Facebook page and use it to keep informed!
•Tell all your friends about the shrine and visit the shrine during 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!
Help Tara Jill be on television!
To learn more about the shrine watch "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi" on SacredShrineNOLA's YouTube Channel:
New information about the shrine is available on the Sacred Shrine Blog at http://sacredshrinejonbonjovinola.blogspot.com/
Facebook users, now you can visit the Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi NOLA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shrine-of-Jon-Bon-Jovi-NOLA/194055897286568
Follow @JBJShrine on Twitter for frequent updates.
Tara Jill will be respond to all shrine inquiries at sacredshrinenola@gmail.com or 504-344-1124.
From a sacred part of town,
Tara Jill Ciccarone
♫ ♪ ♬ "Ooh, ooh, (shalala) dancing in the streets of New Orleans!"
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
New Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi 2011
The constantly evolving Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi is evolving this week! The ISSSJBJ will be up for over a month before Bon Jovi's April 30 performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. visitors as well as a lot of spray paint.   |
| Shrine T-shirt from 2009 |
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| The International Special Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi is back! |
Candles and Fan Doll at Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi 2011
There is a map on the lower right hand side of this blog that shows the location of the shrine, and if you are serious about visiting it, email me at sacredshrinenola@gmail.com.
- from a sacred part of town
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thanks, Bon Jovi Haters
Today I entered a photograph of the shrine in an art contest that I read about on the internet.
If I win, The Creative Allies 2nd Annual Design Contest will display my artwork at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (presented by Shell) and in the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The theme for this contest is "How New Orleans Music and Culture Inspires Me."
According to the festival's own website, "The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell is the greatest music festival in the world. Headliners in 2011 include: Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Sonny Rollins, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp, Wilco, Robert Plant, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Willie Nelson, The Strokes and John Legend & The Roots, plus hundreds of Louisiana musicians."
Late last night, I was reading some comments on NOLA.com that were written by some JBJ haters.
According to mic, who commented on the article "New Orleans Jazz Fest looks to the future, even with Bon Jovi" that was published on NOLA.com on January 29, 2011,
Comments like the one made by "mic" are exactly what inspired me to build the 2009 International Special Sacred Shrine to Jon Bon Jovi to begin with.
Some people really like going to Jazz Fest, and while I don't identify with the desire to stand in the sun in a crowd, I understand that it's a social and cultural tradition for many New Orleanians. However, if I wanted to see really good New Orleans jazz, I would not go to Jazz Fest - not because Bon Jovi and Cyndi Lauper are performing there but because the festival is hot and expensive and New Orleans musicians play all over the city seven days a week. I would prefer to see New Orleans jazz at Vaughn's or The Candlelight or in the street the way I usually do.
If one wants to appreciate New Orleans culture, there is no reason to go to that festival when wonderful live jazz can be enjoyed for free all over this city.
If a local wants to go to Jazz Fest, his motivation cannot be simply to hear jazz.
Complaints about musicians who are not "New Orleans" enough to perform at Jazz Fest strike me more as petty gripes voiced by people who are looking for things to complain about than legitimate complaints about the availability and cost of New Orleans music.
If someone were complaining about the musicians themselves and the fact that they do, indeed need money, I would agree whole-heartedly, but complaining about having to listen to Bon Jovi while attending The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival makes me want to respond with "Then just don't go to Jazz Fest. Nobody is making you give all that money to Shell oil when New Orleans musicians typically display tip jars."
The price of a General Admission One Day ticket is 45.00. A New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Big Chief Package Weekend 1 pass costs 925.00. (I explained my feelings about the festival and shrine in my post "On Not Being a Spiritual Tramp - Bon Jovi to Play Jazz Fest 2011" on the old Shrine of JBJ blog before I got tired of using Wordpress).
As far as the contest is concerned, despite the fact that I do not expect to win, I entered photographs of the shrine in the "New Orleans Music and Culture Inspires Me" category because even if Shell oil does sponsor Jazz Fest, there is still no other city in which I would have built this shrine. The culture that permits shrines is what attracts visitors to this city, and if Bon Jovi is part of that package, I certainly welcome his fans.
The Sacred Shrine to Jon Bon Jovi - which I built - is an absurd reaction to absurd complaints.
I am grateful to all the Bon Jovi-hating locals from 2009 who actually made me stop and wonder how a Bon Jovi fan - a fan who came all the way to New Orleans to see JBJ play in a city he'd always dreamed of visiting, a fan who probably dropped at least a grand on airfare, lodging, food, tickets, straw hats, and sunscreen and probably encountered local music inside and outside the festival - would feel if he knew some members of the local community were determined to criticize any enthusiasm about music that is not "New Orleans jazz."
Tom Harrison wrote a great article for Canada.com yesterday and explained Bon Jovi's popularity and that "Bon Jovi hasn't been fashionable except around the time of Slippery When Wet, when it was the fashion. In 1992, Bon Jovi released Keep The Faith. It's been true to its word." This holds true for Jazz Fest too.
To anyone who loves Bon Jovi, or shrines, or porches, or mid-city and to everyone who needs a place to discover free and whimsical entertainment, I'll be there for you.
By the way, a neighbor who I don't think I have ever met made my day when he posted on my blog and said I could borrow his lawnmower to manicure the area around the shrine. Some things just rock.
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| Shrine 2010 |
If I win, The Creative Allies 2nd Annual Design Contest will display my artwork at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (presented by Shell) and in the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The theme for this contest is "How New Orleans Music and Culture Inspires Me."
According to the festival's own website, "The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell is the greatest music festival in the world. Headliners in 2011 include: Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Sonny Rollins, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp, Wilco, Robert Plant, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Willie Nelson, The Strokes and John Legend & The Roots, plus hundreds of Louisiana musicians."
Late last night, I was reading some comments on NOLA.com that were written by some JBJ haters.
According to mic, who commented on the article "New Orleans Jazz Fest looks to the future, even with Bon Jovi" that was published on NOLA.com on January 29, 2011,
"People hate Jazz because they think it all sounds like Kenny G. New Orleans, the birth place of Jazz now chooses an artist over real emerging jazz artists in this city? New Orleans needs to take this festival back and have less money to not make such stupid decisions: Kid Rock? Bon Jovi? Tom Jones? Eddie Brickell? Cyndi Lauper? Kenny G? and many more. It's the most commercialized festival yet, Greed and capitalism showing through in spades. I would rather give my money to a local musician than support AEG in their endeavors in our great city."
Comments like the one made by "mic" are exactly what inspired me to build the 2009 International Special Sacred Shrine to Jon Bon Jovi to begin with.
Some people really like going to Jazz Fest, and while I don't identify with the desire to stand in the sun in a crowd, I understand that it's a social and cultural tradition for many New Orleanians. However, if I wanted to see really good New Orleans jazz, I would not go to Jazz Fest - not because Bon Jovi and Cyndi Lauper are performing there but because the festival is hot and expensive and New Orleans musicians play all over the city seven days a week. I would prefer to see New Orleans jazz at Vaughn's or The Candlelight or in the street the way I usually do.
If one wants to appreciate New Orleans culture, there is no reason to go to that festival when wonderful live jazz can be enjoyed for free all over this city.
If a local wants to go to Jazz Fest, his motivation cannot be simply to hear jazz.
Complaints about musicians who are not "New Orleans" enough to perform at Jazz Fest strike me more as petty gripes voiced by people who are looking for things to complain about than legitimate complaints about the availability and cost of New Orleans music.
If someone were complaining about the musicians themselves and the fact that they do, indeed need money, I would agree whole-heartedly, but complaining about having to listen to Bon Jovi while attending The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival makes me want to respond with "Then just don't go to Jazz Fest. Nobody is making you give all that money to Shell oil when New Orleans musicians typically display tip jars."
The price of a General Admission One Day ticket is 45.00. A New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Big Chief Package Weekend 1 pass costs 925.00. (I explained my feelings about the festival and shrine in my post "On Not Being a Spiritual Tramp - Bon Jovi to Play Jazz Fest 2011" on the old Shrine of JBJ blog before I got tired of using Wordpress).
As far as the contest is concerned, despite the fact that I do not expect to win, I entered photographs of the shrine in the "New Orleans Music and Culture Inspires Me" category because even if Shell oil does sponsor Jazz Fest, there is still no other city in which I would have built this shrine. The culture that permits shrines is what attracts visitors to this city, and if Bon Jovi is part of that package, I certainly welcome his fans.
The Sacred Shrine to Jon Bon Jovi - which I built - is an absurd reaction to absurd complaints.
I am grateful to all the Bon Jovi-hating locals from 2009 who actually made me stop and wonder how a Bon Jovi fan - a fan who came all the way to New Orleans to see JBJ play in a city he'd always dreamed of visiting, a fan who probably dropped at least a grand on airfare, lodging, food, tickets, straw hats, and sunscreen and probably encountered local music inside and outside the festival - would feel if he knew some members of the local community were determined to criticize any enthusiasm about music that is not "New Orleans jazz."
Tom Harrison wrote a great article for Canada.com yesterday and explained Bon Jovi's popularity and that "Bon Jovi hasn't been fashionable except around the time of Slippery When Wet, when it was the fashion. In 1992, Bon Jovi released Keep The Faith. It's been true to its word." This holds true for Jazz Fest too.
To anyone who loves Bon Jovi, or shrines, or porches, or mid-city and to everyone who needs a place to discover free and whimsical entertainment, I'll be there for you.
By the way, a neighbor who I don't think I have ever met made my day when he posted on my blog and said I could borrow his lawnmower to manicure the area around the shrine. Some things just rock.
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