CRAIG MORGAN ROCKS THUNDERFEST ON MAY 25TH

The Thunder 102 2nd annual ThunderFest rocks Thunder Country with headliner Craig Morgan on Sunday, May 25th in the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse at the Sullivan County Community College. ThunderFest is a fundraising event for the SCCC Faculty Student Association, which is in charge of funding student activities and athletics at the college.

“We are looking forward to helping the college with this great fundraising event,” remarked Mike Sakell, on-air personality and half of Sakell & Ciliberto in the Morning, “We hope all our ThunderHeads turn out to support this worthy cause.”

ThunderFest kicks off at 3:00 with the Colgate Country Showdown, the nation’s oldest country music talent search that has produced major country music stars over the years. Next to hit the stage is Trista Wheaton, the 14 year old winner of last year's Colgate Country Showdown in Thunder Country.

The music continues with New York City’s Cooper Boone, 2007 ThunderBash opening act, performing his urban-country song “Midnight Drive” from his sophomore album, Made In America.

As if that wasn’t enough music, 2008 ThunderBash headliners Iron Cowboy, known for “Country Music With Horse Power”, hits the stage, along with Thunder Country’s own Mandy Miller, to warm up the crowd for opener Craig Morgan.
Craig Morgan, country music's stealth star, rocks ThunderFest with his back-to-back #1 singles and music from his latest CD, “Little Bit of Life”, Morgan’s fourth album which includes the hit, “International Harvester” and the just released, “Love Remembers”. Morgan is best known for such memorable hits as “I Got You”, “Redneck Yacht Club”, the poignant “Tough”, as well as “That’s What I Love About Sunday”, which spent five weeks at No. 1 and ended 2005 as country radio’s most played song of the year, surpassing hits by Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, George Strait, Sugarland and Faith Hill, among others. Morgan frequently performs at military bases both in the U.S. and abroad, remembering how much visits from entertainers meant to him during his 10 years of active duty.
“With only 1,800 seats available, this will be an “up close and personal” type of concert. There are very few times when you can experience a concert with a star the magnitude of Craig Morgan in such an intimate setting,” said Paul Ciliberto, on-air personality and co-host of Sakell and Ciliberto in the Morning.
Tickets for ThunderFest are on sale now. Tickets are $27.50 and available on www.ticketweb.com. If you want to skip the ticketweb fees, buy tickets direct on Wednesdays from 4-7 p.m. at the Thunder 102 studios in Colonial Square on Route 52 in Liberty or at the door the day of the event. Tickets are limited. So get yours today!

The Sullivan County Community College is located just off Route 52 in Loch Sheldrake. Doors for ThunderFest open at 2 p.m. Food and beverages will be available during the event. Proceeds benefit the Sullivan County Community College Faculty Student Association.

About Thunder 102:
Thunder 102, in Liberty New York heard in New York and Pennsylvania on 102.1, 94.1, 94.9 and 107.7, was voted The Best Station by River Reporter readers for 2006 and 2007. Thunder 102 is owned by Bold Gold Media Group, who also owns Sunny 105 and 95.3DNH in Eastern Pennsylvania, 105 The River in Scranton and a 4 station AM sports network, The Game, which has exclusive broadcast rights to broadcast the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees games.