KLD 2021

It’s the 10th annual Kenny Loggins Day.

I’m further ingratiating Marceline to my personal holiday today. She’s heard nothing but Kenny Loggins all day long, with a brief interlude for some songs by Elmo.

I also made my annual Kenny Loggins day chocolate chip cookie cake. Came out fantastic as always.

I keep saying next year I’ll dedicate more time to Kenny Loggins day, but these last couple years January and February have been pretty busy months.

Maybe next year I can refresh my Kenny Loggins day promo materials.

Garage Door Guy

I had someone over to give me an estimate on replacing some parts for our garage door.

I’ve basically been trapped in our house all day as the garage door would not open, the giant spring that helps counterbalance the door that snapped in half.

After we talked and he gave me an estimate, he gave me his business card. Tell them to wait because I had a business card for him, and then handed him a Kenny Loggins Day card.

He was super excited and said he loves Kenny Loggins. He said they have a wall of business cards in their office, and this one’s going up along with all the others.

That’s right even on off years where I don’t work in a school or around other people, I’m still spreading the good news of Kenny Loggins Day.

Marceline and I will be celebrating Kenny Loggins day next Tuesday.

Kenny Loggins Day 2018

It’s Kenny Loggins Day!!

Like many things Kenny Loggins Day started from something silly, such a coworker making fun of the Footloose soundtrack I was playing.  I’m just the guy to run with something ridiculous like that.

The first few years it was just me celebrating by listening to Loggins in my office, but I told people about it at work and they got excited by the absurdity of it all.  I went bigger with mailings, business cards, stickers and post cards to celebrate just because… no real reason.

I now know more about Kenny Loggins than any human being has a right to know.  And you know what.. I love it.  No Kenny Loggins probably doesn’t know about it, but I did tweet at him and mail his fan club in my mailing.

But who cares.  The whole point of Kenny Loggins Day is to celebrate something completely ridiculous on an otherwise inconsequential February day.  Instead of a dreary winter day, it is a fun day to listen to music, talk unabashedly about Kenny Loggins great on-going and try to get others join on in… just because.

AJ Charpentier
President of the Kenny Loggins Day Association

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There came to be a few simple rules with Kenny Loggins Day.

  • It has to be celebrated on a work day.
    1. Kenny Loggins is meant to shared. Co-Workers are the best people to share it with.  Blast some Kenny Loggins at work.  Kenny Loggins Day will always be February 16th, but it has to be observed on a work day.
    2. Therefore if KLD falls on the weekend, or President’s Day, it will be celebrated the next work day. (I’m sorry to everyone who does not work in a school or government job.  I get President’s Day off, and I’m President of the Kenny Loggins Day Association, so it will not be celebrated on President’s Day.  Besides, Kenny Loggins doesn’t need to share his holiday.)
  • While it is Kenny Loggins Day, Full Soundtracks featuring Kenny Loggins Songs are acceptable music.
    1. That means the Top Gun Soundtrack, Caddyshack, Pooh Corner, Footloose and other soundtracks featuring Kenny Loggins can be played and enjoyed in their entirety.
  • Loggins and Messina count.
  • No non-Loggins related music. Kenny Loggins has 13 studio albums, 2 Live albums, 2 Compilation Albums and is on many classic 80’s and 90’s soundtracks.  More than enough to keep you listening without much repetition.  And he’s still making more music!!!
  • You have to be unabashed in your celebration of Kenny Loggins Day. A sign, a poster, business cards to hand out, twitter, facebook, post it notes… whatever.  Anything to announce that you are indeed celebrating Kenny Loggins Day.

That’s it.  That’s Kenny Loggins Day.

30 Days

30 Days to go until Kenny Logins Day.

  • Stickers ordered
  • Post cards ordered
  • Business cards ordered

I kept the postcards and business cards the same. They’re just too good to change. I’ve updated the stickers though, from just four stickers to almost twenty different stickers.

Next steps:

  • Investigate custom window/floor decals of Kenny Logins face.
  • Find banner and figure out better hanging system than last year.
  • Create postcard / Kenny Logins Day mailing list.
  • Celebrate.

If you want a KLD postcard, business card or some stickers let me know.