Performances @ The Well in January

January 15th, 2011 - The Hope For Autism Foundation

The Performances @ The Well series for 2011 kicks off on January 15, 2011 with a musical fundraiser for the Hope For Autism Foundation. The show will feature Lauren Alm from Howell and special guests. There will be certificates and coupon books to raffle and sell from our great sponsor Buffalo Wild Wings of Howell, a craft show in the afternoon leading up to the show and Tony's Hot Dogs will be handling concessions again for us. Show time is 8pm but there will be a charity craft show during the day in the Youth area up front. For more information on the craft show, interested parties may contact Ms. Sabrina Ramey, Marketing Mgr. of Lamocu Productions @ 1-517-294-9559.

Lauren is a great folk singer with original and cover material that will captivate and entertain any age group. Lauren is a Howell HS grad currently attending Specks Howard for audio engineering. This is truly a family show that everyone can enjoy and families is what this charity is all about---ensuring that children with Autism have structure and support as they enter their adult years.

For more information on Hope for Autism check out www.hopeforautismmi.com

Let's Rock!

The new year is fast approaching and there are SO many new and exciting things to do both in work and recreation! I almost don't have time for my milk and cookies at the end of the day. Sadly, my waist line seems to find a way :)

The official web site should be done shortly, actually I think they're waiting for some info from us to finish. That said, that should be our goal during the slow holiday season. Probably won't happen until all the eggnog is gone though :)

Bill Welsh, our old friend from Flannel Nation Records has opened a guitar store in South Lyon. How cool is that? Went to the Grand Opening last week and it was great. If my schedule holds up I plan on stopping by today or tomorrow. The place is called BT's is right on Lafayette/Pontiac Trail heading into downtown, within walking distance to the Lyon Cantina. I'd give you the number but it's hard to see anyways :) 557, 575...somewhere in there probably should have looking it up before writing this post but hey, I write with feeling and I just wanted to write about Bill a couple minutes ago---lol.

Well, have to go now, much to do and see. Look for more posts giving updates to our progress in the next few days AND the return of our All Star band contest. Until then keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned!

Happy Holidays!

Whew, isn't that what everyone says when their done shopping and "preparing" for the holidays? I hope so, cuz I said it the other day :) Anyways been sidetracked with the work for next year and finalizing our web site.

Lots of wondered what the hold up has been with our web site and it's simple, to do it the way we wanted, there were "huge" data bases to be assembled. This made the up front costs high but well worth the investment as we prepared for the future. You see the site isn't just about us, it's about the performers and charities we represent as well, so there's lots of information needed to make this complete.

Happily, we are about to see this project come to a conclusion just in time for the new year. As Carl the greens keeper would say, "so, we got that going for us." lol

One week from this Saturday we do not have an evening show for Performances @ The Well, but during the day we are putting together the first ever Craft Show at The Well. We'll still be working for a charity, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and there will still be some music (at this time we are still awaiting for some confirmations) and we have found there is some definate interest in holding craft shows in Livingston county.

Our craft show on the 18th will run from noon-5pm, for more information please contact Sabrina Ramy @ 517-294-9559 as soon as possible please. We have limited space left, limited outlets, but lots of interest.

We're in the process of finalizing our 2011 schedule for Performances @ The Well, but need to re-do March and April currently. What we can tell you right now is that---

January 15, 2011, Performances @ The Well will kick off the year (like 2010) with a fundraising show for the Autism Foundation and our headliner that night will be Lauren Alm.

February 19, 2011, Performances @ The Well will be raising funds for the Faith Medical Clinic---our county's only free clinic located in Pinckney.

Well I'm tempted to write more to make up, but that's not the way blogs are supposed to be. But more coming soon, until then keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Catching up!

Well Rockin' 4 Gleaners was a success, the exact totals are to be done today. Shadowglen blew away the audience away with classic covers and their classy originals. Lauren Alm did two sets due to the size of audience she brought that night and got a paid gig out of it! How cool! This is the way it's supposed to work.

Since that time we have been blessed with the holiday of Thanksgiving and someone's long lost son made his way home to reconcile. It IS all about being thankful and I know one dad who truly is.

On Black Friday we ran a very successful blood drive for the Red Cross at the Well---24 while two other blood drives were going on in the county! Mike Lenninger made some great chili to go along with our juice and cookies and in contained a secret ingredient....M&M's. Then this writer got to spend Thanksgiving with his children at Zukey Lake Tavern. Why Zukey? Easy, KayLyn Pace was warming up for Justine Blazer, had to KayLyn again!

Our December show is shaping up to be an afternoon craft show on the 18th. It will be everyone's last chance for Christmas gifts, we'll have door prizes, music, food---just in the afternoon this time, noon-5 at the Well. More details coming as they become official.

That's it for now, got to get to work and make things a reality. Until then, keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

It's in, it's in...

Our first newspaper add hit the stands yesterday, today it can be seen on page 4A. There's the possibility of a write up about us tomorrow---but no guarantee. But there IS an ad :)

Tomorrow we pick up the candi we're giving away to EVERY person who comes to the show Saturday. This sweet creation is done by none other than Oh My Lolli so many thanks to them. But what is really cool is the logo, yes the logo...Performances @ The Well, thanks to Raquel at Oh My Lolli has it's own logo now to begin branding. It's slick and made three grown men go "Wow" almost simultaneously as the attachment opened for our review. These candi's are a collector's item and will only be available one night, the night of our anniversary this Saturday.

Met with Michelle at Gleaner's today and optimism is a good way to describe our meeting. Michelle and I have worked together for almost two years now and this is most excited we have been. Still have to finalize some details with our friends at Bufallo Wild Wings but all systems seem to be a "go".

Last night in Ann Arbor, Trevor Smith won the opportunity to advance to Atlanta next spring in the Skull Factory tour. This wasn't just a typical competition, this was a regional step within the national contest. Whether he wins or not in Atlanta is not as important as him getting there, having this on his resume and the networking/contacts he is making almost insures him of steady work in his dream field next year. Way to go Trevor, we're all very proud of you.

Until tomorrow keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Show's approaching...

With our November show of Performances @ The Well approaching I took some time off and went to the Open Mic at Memories last night. The Michigan Musician's Collective holds these Open Mic's on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at Memories as well as countless locations throughout southeastern Michigan. I always encourage performers to register at this site and begin networking with others. Some performers do and some don't, but all seem to say the same thing "there's no place to play". Well there is no excuse for that really. I mean some of the venues may be a drive and tough to do on weeknight but, I'm sitting at Memories with five other people and just that morning I heard a guitar picker moan "man I wish there was a place to jam".

I went to network myself and meet long time correspondent pal Bob Clarke who was running the show. To my delight I got to meet Kees Oosthoek the administrator of Michigan Musician's Collective site and it's founder. I told them both the work they are doing in fabulous and under appreciated. So from now on, when I get notice of an Open Mic, I'm going to post it here and follow up with my performers to see if they're taking advantage of it. Speaking of which...

there is an Open Mic tonight :

Time: November 16, 2010 at 7pm to December 27, 2011 at 11pm

Location: Billy's Tip'n Inn, White Lake, MI

Organized By: Phil Vigelius
Event Description:Open Mic jam hosted by Phill Vigelius.Equipment: PA, drums, keyboard, 1 bass amp , 1 guitar ampAll styles welcome

Tomorrow's Stray Dog session in Milford has been cancelled, set to resume the Wednesday after Thanksgiving.

Also, for those of you lucky enough to see KayLyn Pace at the Cystic Fibrosis show last month, she will be at Zukey Lake Tavern on the 26th. KayLyn will be warming up for Nashville recording star Justine Blazer. Get there early for a good seat, Zukey traditionally fills early on a Friday and even earlier when there's music---hope to see you there.

This Saturday's show marks the first time we have taken out a newspaper ad, one that will run this Wed., Thur., and Friday. There is the "possibility" though remote that they may do a feature on our work with this series, but no guarantee. Also we will be handing out commemorative candies from Oh My Lolli to mark this special occasion for us. This is THE season the help Gleaners so come out, rock your socks off and kick off the holiday season with us, Shadowglen and Lauren Alm.

Until tomorrow, keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Performances @ The Well this Sat.

Finalizing details for this month's show on Saturday. Remember it's for Gleaners and as usual we have some music you can't afford to miss. The 2nd Annual Rockin' 4 Gleaners, this Saturday at 8pm; the November installment of "Performances @ The Well".