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Greetings from San Pancho, Mexico (pictured above is a mural on a wall by the town park)! Dusted off the passport for a couple weeks of exploration after a busy 2023 that saw me getting back "out there" once more. I can't tell you how wonder-full it feels to be in a different culture after the equally wonderful experience of singing for you in person again all year.
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Did you know that more Americans don't have passports than do? True! This has always befuddled me because I believe traveling is the greatest education available anywhere...to be a visitor in someone else's homeland and to meet people from other cultures is an incredible learning experience.
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I notice where we get with vitriol, taking sides, right and wrong, exercising privilege, seeking/exerting/abusing power, wielding affluence, keeping isolated, insulated, and getting on a high horse.
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More sweet news on the customer service front. It had to be almost two decades since I got hold of a G7 capo, a most sturdy high-end guitar accessory that I've had all this time. During a recent tour a lever finally wore out, and I made contact with the company directly to see if I could somehow take it apart and fix it.
Enter Artist Relations liaison (and finger-style guitarist) Tommy Loose (far right, below) who, in a series of friendly back-and-forth e-mails simply replaced it with a brand new gold plated version on the house.
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Shipped from the UK, no less. Two decades later.
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Props to G7 for going the extra mile. Check 'em out!
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Here we go...how bout some FLORIDA (separate e-mail coming)!
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8-12 ~ Provincetown, MA ~ Cape Cod Songwriters Retreat
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w/Sloan Wainwright and Cosy Sheridan
14 ~ Orlando, FL ~ guest speaker ~ University UU Fellowship
14 ~ Orlando, FL ~ afternoon concert @ University UU Fellowship
15 ~ Stuart, FL ~ 6:30 PM ~ Dr MLK Jr. concert @ Unity of Stuart
16 ~ Miami, FL ~ private event
17 ~ Ormond Beach, FL ~ 7 PM concert @ UU of Ormond Beach
18 ~ Summerfield, FL ~ 7:30 PM concert @ Tri-County UU
19 ~ Gainesville, FL ~ 8 PM concert @ Theater of Memory
20 ~ Fernandina Beach, FL ~ Song and Story Center for Arts
21 ~ Jacksonville, FL ~ 10:45 AM guest speaker UU of Jacksonville
21 ~ Melbourne, FL ~ 5 PM concert @ Unity of Melbourne
22 ~ Oldsmar, FL ~ private event
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10 ~ online ~ SyberSongs w/special guest Christine Lavin (Noon)
* We'll hear some music, have conversation, and talk about her new landmark "Seasons Project". The event is free (though registration is required) ~ plus a morning and afternoon full of online song circles ~ our community heads into year #26 with this mid-winter gathering (we again meet in person July 20-26, 2024) ~ ALL levels of songwriters are welcome at SyberSongs and SummerSongs, including new ones!
13-23 ~ Puerto Vallarta, San Pancho ~ Mexico
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4-8 ~ Provincetown, MA ~ Cape Cod Songwriters Retreat
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w/Sloan Wainwright and Alastair Moock
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9 ~ Providence, RI ~ Stone Soup Coffehouse ~ workshop & concert
21 ~ East Lansing, MI ~ East Lansing Public Library
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17 ~ Freeland, WA ~ Trinity Lutheran Church
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19 ~ Eastsound, WA (Orcas Island) ~ TBA
20 ~ Woodinville, WA ~ concert @ Woodinville UU
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Sligo, Westport, Galway, Clifden, Ennis
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20-26 ~ SummerSongs annual songwriting camp (26th year) ~ TBA
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Edinburgh, Isle of Skye, Inverness, and more
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,
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and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
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Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
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