Noogapalooza tonight, plus the Heartland Dulcimer Festival this weekend.

6 Nov. 08 - Thurs. 6pm - $10
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website

Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.
Okay, so my friend Jen has decided to start an organization called Re:Sound to help musicians learn do the stuff that musicians are terrible at: like balancing their checkbook. So she's formed an organization that will help them learn to do that stuff. Thursday night at Rhythm and Brews, 'Noogapalooza will be a benefit for that organization. It will also be a full-on musical Bacchanal with most (but not all) of the city's best in attendance to see, be seen, and RTFO. It starts at 7, doors are at 6, it's $10 bucks, or $8 if you have a T-shirt from thenoog.com, of course they will be selling T-shirts outside the venue, so you can actually by a t-shirt specifically to get the $2 off (Although, if that kind of financial planning makes fiscal sense to you, you could probably use Re:Sounds services too). Anyway, a great time, a great cause, if you live in town, you should be there.

This weekend I'll be up at the Heartland Dulcimer Festival in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. I've never been to this one, but I've heard great things and I know Lorinda Jones, the organizer, is wonderful. Christie will be there, as well as Heidi and John Cerrigione. Check the website for costs, schedules and lodging options.

"Alright, enough" This is how my dad signs off his emails. But wait, there's a few more things.

Big thanks to everybody that came out to Jerry's festival last weekend, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that festival and it was nice to see such enthusiastic folks. Special thanks to those of you that took the master classes on Sunday too, that was a hoot.

But I must of hit the button on the Mapquest page that says "mess with me" because it gave me the most discombobulated directions ever, back roads small towns, i swear i had to drive through a cola-fired electricity plant... ridiculous.

Christmas card CDs are back in stock, those of you who ordered should be getting yours any time now. I hope to have some new stuff for the holiday season as well, watch this space, as they say.

okay, enough, for real.

C-ya out there.

-Br
6 Nov. 08 - Thurs. 6pm - $10
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website

Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.