Erin M. from Tennessee was the winner of the Propeller experience to "Win a VIP Trip To See Lake Street Dive in NYC" that took place in September 2024. Below are some of Erin's highlights from the experience.
Sometimes supporting the causes you believe in can result in surprising benefits! My favorite band, Lake Street Dive, partnered with Propeller to raise money for Everytown, an organization I already supported and believed in. If you made a donation, you received a signed vinyl of the bands new album Good Together - an easy decision on its own. Add to that an entry into a contest to fly to NYC and see Lake Street Dive at MSG! I never thought I would win but a few weeks later I got an email that made my year!! I won the trip!
Fast forward to Sept 13th and my husband and I are en route to New York City - direct flight tickets included! We used to live in Manhattan from July 2019 to April 2021 - a real weird time to live there! But also great because we got the chance to meet up with old friends. After a delicious lunch at Shuka in SoHo we checked in to our hotel in Chelsea - the Motto by Hilton. It is a great hotel with a nice restaurant with great cocktails and espresso. After a quick refresh in our room we headed out to take the subway to Brooklyn to see our friends.
Saturday was full! Room service breakfast because why not!? And some quick trips around the neighborhood to make sure we were ready for our VIP experience that started at 4pm! We got to Madison Square Garden right on time and got our VIP merch before being ushered into soundcheck!! It was such a surreal experience to be right in front of the stage at MSG for soundcheck. It's so loud, but in the best way. Everyone in the band is just an amazing musician in their own right, getting to see all of them play up close was amazing. They played three songs and took requests from the very small crowd of VIPs that were there. After the mini-set they answered questions from the crowd and shared a bit about life on tour - it's a family affair for them!
The opening band, Infinity Song, was such a pleasant surprise! They are a group of young, talented siblings who play music together - opening up with an amazing cover of Fleetwood Mac and continuing to show off their musical chops song after song!
After that, Lake Street Dive took the stage and played the most amazing show! You could tell they were so excited to be playing the garden for the first time! We danced the whole time and had so much fun with the energy of the crowd.
The next day we brunched and took the ferry to Governor's Island to eat some oysters, bike around and visit the galleries! It's one of our favorite things to do in NYC. You have a great view of Wall Street on one side and the Statue of Liberty on the other. We biked around most of the day but hopped over to Brooklyn on our way to LGA for a delicious dinner in Williamsburg with friends. Our flight out was easy and we were back in Nashville by Sunday night.
We are so happy we won this contest and have had so much fun telling everyone about the great work Propeller does with amazing bands and causes. Thanks so much Lake Street Dive and Propeller!
- Erin M.
