Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Far-West Folk Alliance Showcase!
We were chosen to play in the Official Premiere Showcase at the Far-West Folk Alliance Conference, which is conveniently close—just down the hill from us in Mesa, AZ. It will be held October 24, 25, 26, 2008 at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel & Convention Center. Wall to wall folk music!!! You have to register to attend, but you can register at the door, if you get a wild hair…..
Our showcase is at 9:45 on Saturday night in the Palo Verde III room. And like all the other bleary eyed, sleep deprived folkies, drunk with joy and caught in that voluminous web of networking, we’ll be doing our share of guerrilla showcases as well.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Unique Time Zone that is the Folk Alliance, I shall explain. Most of the guerrilla showcases are late at night……….anytime after 10:00 PM. And there’s a small bunch in the afternoon as well. The night time showcases have been known to go on until the extremely wee hours of the morning. That said, if a showcase is listed as Friday, 2:00, it really and truly means (according to Mean Greenwich Time) that it is 2:00 AM on a very early Saturday. Got it? I’ll just say “night” or “afternoon” to eliminate any confusion.
Here it goes:
Friday, Oct 24, 10:30-11:15 night, “Collaboration Station” (that’s the name of the showcase room) Song circle with others.
Friday, Oct 24, 12:30-1:00 night, “Elevation Matters”, Half hour set.
Friday, Oct 24, 1:20 night, “Susanne Millsaps Memorial Coffeehouse”, one song per artist, ya gotta get there quickly!
Friday, Oct 24, 2:00-2:30 night, “Whodat Batkat?” Late night madness, who knows what we’ll sing????
Saturday, Oct 25, 3:00-3:30 afternoon, “The Harmony Hideaway”, Half hour set.
Saturday, Oct 25, 9:45-10:15 night Official Premiere Showcase, “Palo Verde III Room”, Our big moment!
Saturday, Oct 25, 12:30-1:00 night, “Elevation Matters”, Half hour set.
Saturday, Oct 25, 1:30-2:00 night, The Celtic Room”, Where our roots show and the harp shines.
Please stop by our booth in the Exhibit Hall and say hi! We’ll have chocolate……………..
We were >THIS< close to getting Big Sky re-released for the conference! But it will be just a few weeks afterwards. At least it will be out for Christmas!
Folk Alliance is a blast- I’ve gone to 3 of the national conferences w/Don & Deb (Memphis, Cleveland, Albuquerque) and expect the upcoming Regional will be just as much fun although maybe not as overwhelming.
Just imagine a big hotel and conference center just filled to the brim with our people – like-minded and focused on good music. Music is everywhere – lobby, hallway, hotel rooms, formal showcases, informal showcases. I always went with a list but rarely followed it with a few exceptions. I still listen to many of the acts I first heard at Folk Alliance when not many people had heard of them.
See you there? You will not be sorry…………
Hey Bill!!
It wouldn’t be Folk Alliance without you! No doubt we’ll all have coffee cups super-glued to our hands………….
It’s gonna be a blast!
Cheers,
Deb
big sky full ‘o dumb stars will be re-released in time for Christmas???? That deserves a post all to itself ya know. like where can I pre-order? hmmmmmmmm???
PS if I turn up for one of your sessions with my video camera & microphone, will you play your Obama song? this would be a great time for it to go viral!
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