As he is the son of an extremely principled man, it’s no surprise to hear that Matt Dalio spends a good portion of his time helping others. The main avenue through which Dalio shows he cares is the China Care Foundation, which Matthew found and which provides “medical care and nurturing to Chinese orphans.” This coming Saturday, CCF will hold it’s annual fundraiser– a concert at the Belle Haven Club (accessible by boat). This is, of course, wonderful– humanity people at all that jazz. And while the children of China will certainly benefit, there is a not insignificant number of people who will be indirectly hurt by this event, and who are, at this very time, quaking in their boots. You see, this year, Dalio and Co decided to go with Dave Matthews as the headliner for the concert. And the neighbors are already terrified.
“We’re expecting a big crowd, an invasion of Dave Matthews followers,” said Lt. Richard Cochran, a Greenwich police spokesman. “So we’re going to have in excess of 40 or 50 officers down there on land. That doesn’t include officers who will be on the boat monitoring boat traffic to keep trespassers from invading the beaches and the surrounding residences down there.”
Unfortunately, Cochran underestimated the sheer will of Dave Matthews Band fans. As a representative of the groupies noted:
“People want to hear their DMB, they’re going to hear their DMB. They’re going to figure out a way. He’s got a cult-like following,” said Jake Vigliotti, a Norwalk native now living in Orlando, Fla., who runs the Dave Matthews fan site AntsMarching.org with two friends.
Which, wow. Can you feel Vigliotti’s intensity here? And if you thought he was interested in dialing it down, you thought wrong. He has more to say, and a preview of what Cochran and anyone else are in store for, should anyone get in the way of his and his people’s attempts to block access to a sex offender’s wet dream (I’m kidding! Though the average age of at DMB concerts is generally around 16, so I kid from a place of truth).
“Once you see one of their shows, it just kind of sucks you in,” said Vigliotti, a veteran of 30 concerts, or “not that many,” as he put it.
CT, gird your loins. Literally.
Protect the Connecticut shoreline! Repel the invaders.
Running a Dave Mathews fan site from Whorelando is the new killing it?
Who knew the good people of Greenwich were such homophobes?
Don’t tase me bro
Seems a bit over the top for a foundation with about $3mm in assets but when you were born on third base I guess nothing is over the top….
Interesting. I always thought the big Dave Matthews fans were frat-types named Chaz who refer to their friends as “Brah”. Sort of like the folks in the Hamptons photo from a few posts ago.
Aye, thee better not be a plottin’ to keep me ship away from the show this weekend, or I’ll turn her broadside and fire up the 12 pounders.
–Tom “10 pounders are not enough” Hudson
I’m on a boat!
Dave Matthews is Ray Dalio’s son? Strange world.
Age of consent in CT is 16 so I’m not sure we’d be talking actually criminal here….
-Guy who grew up in CT & was scared enough to look this up as an HS senior.
I would think that the police would be patrolling any nearby bridges and warning people to stay away from the shit dumping tour bus in response to the attack on tourists in Chicago a few years ago.
Think of all the icing’s that are going down that night. Bro’s will be icing/ice blocking each other like mad. Get long Smirnoff ASAP
3 & 10 are the clear winners here.
You know Paul Tudor Jones is just sitting on his lawn in a $10 CVS foldout chair enjoying the free show with a pair of binoculars, cracking open PBR tall boys and a bucket of KFC.
@2 Anal_yst seriously oclude the urge to type ANYTHING, you are a joke. Something to guffaw at. You are a meager and paltry excuse for a man, or least a witty one.
@15, agreed.
To paraphrase:
Anal_yst? More like kouwanal_yst.
Wow! Holding a rock concert to benefit poor Chinese. This kid really makes sacrifices!!
Dave Fans = People That Should Be Euthanized/Immolated
I went to a Dave concert once (didn’t pay) and was personally witness to their “mellow tones” and “crunchy grooves.” Even though I was drunk/other I was so bored by their tired, uninteresting, unoriginal, lame, monotonous, awful excuse for music I pissed in a water bottle and threw it open top into the audience. Then I finger banged a 16 yr old girl in a port-a-potty. After she blew me I watched as she snowballed 5 “brahs.”
-PTJ
“medical care and nurturing” = forced labor
I read that Mr.Dalio was the youngest Fulbright Awardee for international humanitarian action.Great! Other people just live and eat and that’s all.
@18 – snowballing FTW
@18 lol awesome.
god i hate DMB fans
Gay Matthews, the idiot’s champ, bro
Tool.
-Bono
didn’t the bus driver for DMB dump urine and feces on unsuspecting canoers (sp) while cleaning the tour bus toilet. How green of him.
I don’t think the good people of gwich are into scat. Not the women anyways.
DMB Sucks is the new UBS Sucks
@15 / 16: those who live in glass houses, and all that….
I saw Dave Matthews at the Bronx Zoo on Monday with his wife and kids, I assumed he must be in the area for a show….
Gimme a break, Dave got tossed from the set of Curious George for hitting on the Man in the Yellow Hat.
I’m nervous = best tag line ever
-guy who will be icing bro’s in berks at the dmb concert
upon further review of the one child rule in China, it actually says one child and one set of parents only. Those kids have to remain orphans by law.
The concert went off WITHOUT A SINGLE INCIDENT. It was a fantastic preformance and Dave was extrodinarily gracefull the whole night long.
T977Wk Thank you ever so for you article.Thanks Again. Awesome.