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Garage Door Guy

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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

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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.

Kenny Loggins Day Is TOMORROW

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Holy Cow.

It’s February 15th.

An ordinary nothing special day with no special significance about it.
(Happy Birthday Dad!  Love You! You’re Amazing!)

EXCEPT!

KENNY LOGGINS DAY IS TOMORROW!!!

I know you’re all as excited as I am.

You know Kenny Loggins is ready.

Look at that intensity.

That drive.

He’s ready to celebrate.

He’s ready to party.

He’s certainly ready to spend 13 hours at work listening to nothing but Kenny Loggins Music.

That’s right.  Kenny Loggins Day is on Parent Teacher Conferences Night.  That means I’ll be listening to Kenny Loggins from 7am when I arrive at school until 8pm when I leave.  (I’ll be lucky to leave at 8pm).  However, with parents coming into the school that just means I’ll get to share Kenny Loggins day with way more people than usual.  Big plus.

To help you all get in the right mood for Kenny Loggins Day here are some YouTube links to a slew of his songs.  Go ahead and listen to some.  I’ll be you recognize more Kenny Loggins songs than you thought you would.  He’s just that awesome!

 

 

 

 

 

Kenny Loggins Day 2017 Mailing

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​2016 was a tough year for music lovers.

David Bowie passed away.  

Glen Frey passed away.

Maurice White passed away.

Phife Dawg passed away.

Merle Haggard.

Prince passed away. 

Leonard Cohen passed away. 

George Michael passed away.

Thank goodness Kenny Loggins is still around.  I may have been crushed.  

But Kenny Loggins isn’t just hanging on, he was thriving in 2016.  Yacht Rock has steadily increased in popularity, and if anyone is the King of Yacht Rock it is Kenny Loggins.  He wrote a children’s book that was released in October.  It was appropriately named Footloose. He performed multiple concerts across the United States.  He spent time in the studio recording a new album with his current band, the Blue Sky Riders that available for purchase on their website.  He also performed at a benefit in New York City where $1.1 million dollars were raised for Little Kids Rock, an organization that promotes music education.  Kenny Loggins even composed and recorded an original song for the comedy / parody movie Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie created by Funny Or Die.

And Kenny Loggins hasn’t sat back at the start of 2017 either!  

To kick off the New Year he performed at the Sundance Film Festival’s An Artist at the Table event. He was also visited a middle school in Los Angeles to play music with the students’ and gave them advice on getting started with a music career. Kenny Loggins even recorded a new song with the artist Thundercat called “Show You The Way” that was released January 25th. 

This year marks the 6th annual celebration of Kenny Loggins Day.  It has slowly grown from me celebrating in an office by myself, to becoming a building-wide event in my school.  Even if the rest of the staff is celebrating because of the silliness of it all – it is a day where we all listen to Kenny Loggins and I spout all sorts of different facts. 

I’m not a Kenny Loggins fanatic.  And I’m not someone who can’t see that this is a little ridiculous for me to spend time making postcards, business cards, stickers and banners all to celebrate a holiday that I made up myself.  I understand that.  But man does it make me happy.  And it also makes me happy to see others get a kick out of it as well, even if it is at my expense. 

But that’s the point of Kenny Loggins Day.  It is something to celebrate.  It is a fun day to listen to music, talk unabashedly about Kenny Loggins and how amazing it is for any artist to have such a lengthy on-going relevant career and to try to get others join on in… just because.

So join me in celebrating the 6th Annual Kenny Loggins Day this year on February 16th, 2017.  

AJ Charpentier

President of the Kenny Loggins Day Association

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

1) It has to be celebrated on a work day.  

a. Kenny Loggins music is meant to be 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.  

b. 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.)
2) While it is Kenny Loggins Day, Full Soundtracks featuring Kenny Loggins Songs are acceptable music.  

a. That means the Top Gun Soundtrack, Caddyshack, Pooh Corner, Footloose and other soundtracks featuring Kenny Loggins can be played and enjoyed in their entirety.
3) Loggins and Messina count.  As does the Blue Sky Riders and any songs Kenny Loggins is featured in, wrote, or co-wrote.
4) 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!!!
5) 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.