Hi, everybody!
It’s trying so hard to be autumn here in Richmond, but the
leaves are slow to turn this year. Still, I’m sure you are
racing around at a frantic pace as we all settle into our fall schedules.
I sure hope you’ll include us on your calendar, because we’d
love to see you at one of our shows!
As busy as things are, it’s not too early to start thinking
about the holidays—shopping, planning menus, booking live music
for your holiday party. You know, all the important stuff! If you
would like us to play for your December festivities (or any other
parties), please feel free to send me an email! We’ll love
to bring our carols and other music to your company celebration or
neighborhood fete!
One of these days we’ll need our sweaters again, and I’m
guessing it’ll be very soon—maybe while you’re
reading this! Thanks, as always, for your wonderful support, and
keep a song in your heart!
--Susan
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What the heck is Soul City Cafe?
What
the heck is Soul City Café?
It's a contest sponsored by singer-songwriter Jewel to open for her
on a portion of her 2003 summer our. She will have one group and one
solo artist open for her, each from this contest. Visitors to the website
www.soulcitycafe.com have been voting for the group they feel should
progress to the national finals.
Now that we're in the national
finals, we are one of five groups competing for the opening slot. You'll
be able to vote online for that round, too. This kind of national exposure
can be a gigantic step forward for an undiscovered artist, and I think
it's really cool-and frankly, amazing-that Jewel, a well-established
talent and internationally successful artist, would go out of her way
to help artists reach a wider audience.
Soul City Café is a site that aims to help
artists of all kinds; Jewel must be a very special person to reach out
to undiscovered people, when she could just as easily go about her life
and make her own music.
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We Won! We will be the band to open
for Jewel on 8 shows of her fall tour! Whoo hoo! We won the Soul City
Cafe Music Quest competition!!
For those of you who hadn't heard our exciting news, we're just thrilled
beyond words and, above all, so grateful to all of you for your support!
The winners were determined by popular vote at the Soul City Café
Website, and over 100,000 votes were cast. The winner of the solo category
is wonderful singer-songwriter Anne Heaton, with whom we did a show
at NYC's historic Bottom Line last September.
I've received literally hundreds of emails from so many
of you, and I want you to know that I am ready EVERY SINGLE ONE! I probably
won't be able to answer every single one, just because I have gigs coming
up that we have to play! (ha ha!) But I am so moved that you have taken
the time not just to vote and tell your friends, but to share our excitement
and be part of this wacky, exhilarating ride of ours. We literally cannot
do any of this without you.
We had several amazing sponsors who made our trip to
California possible, we thank you all so much! Additionally, Bill Bevins
and Shelly Perkins at Lite 98 continue to be beyond amazing to us, playing
our music and letting everyone know about the voting AND the results!
We also really appreciate al the love and support from Q94's morning
show team Billy Surf, Betty Bodine and Melissa Chase, Billy and the
Breakfast Bunch at Star 107.3, and Eric and Tara at B103.7 FM. Also
a million thanks to Melissa Ruggieri and everyone at the Richmond Times-Dispatch
who helped us get the word out before and after we won!
Yipppeeeee! With gratitude and love,
Susan and the guys.