Take Your Daughter To Rush Day - free sign download
by Debra Ross
Seeing Rush in concert is an amazing bonding experience for parents who love Rush and kids who love Rush--including for my family. So for the spring/summer 2013 North American leg of the Clockwork Angels tour, I created this Take Your Daughter to Rush Day banner for my 12-year-old daughter Ella. Feel free to scroll down below to download the graphic and print one yourself! And read here about how to prepare your kids for a concert--any rock concert, but Rush in particular.
Here is Ella at the June 25, 2013 Clockwork Angels tour concert in Saratoga Springs, NY (yes, we'll travel for Rush):
When we were at the concert, the sign got a LOT of attention: No one who saw it didn't smile, and lots of parent-child pairs borrowed it to take a photo themselves. Like these nice folks:
Want to make the sign yourself? It's easy!
For me, making the sign was an easy matter of creating the graphic and uploading it to Staples.com's online Copy and Print Services center. I needed it overnight for a TV spot about Take Your Daughter to Rush Day on NewsChannel 13 in Albany, and I was able to pick it up right in my local Staples store. We printed Staples' 3' x 1.6' small sign, on vinyl, with grommets, for just $30. You should, of course, shop around and get a better price by printing farther in advance, but to me, $30 was more than worth the price.
The following image and concept is copyrighted to KidsOutAndAbout.com, but I hereby grant anyone the right to print your own (single) sign for noncommercial purposes. Clicking on the image below will bring you to a larger version (2592 pixels x 1382 pixels) that you can download to use to print your own sign. This is a png file. If you find that you need a TIF file (considerably higher-res) email me and I'll see if your email will accommodate the file size. The sign is only available for download in these dimensions. But hey, if you're handy with graphics, go for it and make your own!
Clockwork Angels tour cities after Saratoga Springs (courtesy of the tour page at RushIsABand.com):
Friday, June 28 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
Sunday, June 30 - Grand Rapids, MI
Tue, Jul 2 - Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
Thu, Jul 4 - Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI
Sat, Jul 6 - Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
Mon, Jul 8 - Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa, ON
Wed, Jul 10 - Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City, QC
Fri, Jul 12 - Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, NS
Sun, Jul 14 - Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, NS
Wed, Jul 24 - Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB
Fri, Jul 26 - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
Sun, Jul 28 - Sleep Country Amphitheater, Ridgefield, WA
Wed, Jul 31 - USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, UT
Fri, Aug 2 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Sun, Aug 4 - Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
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