We Sang, They Came, They Danced

I am pretty excited about the fact that I have figured out how to post video on our blog. Yipee. That being said, this is just a little video we took at our gig at the Hayloft here in Afton. These were the cutest dancers ever!

Upcoming Shows Nov. and Dec.

Tomorrow Teddy will be singing at the Afton Senior Center, by herself! I know, scarey ;-) It will be interesting to sit down with my guitar and play these songs I've been doing with Cal or the Band all by my lonesome. You can catch me there at 12:00pm.

Thanksgiving weekend Cal and I will be playing at the Hayloft, so pry your bellies off the couch and come in, take a load off and listen to something besides a ball game or fighting siblings (not that we know anything about that ;-) Seriously, live music is an important part of our society and rural culture and people in this Valley are doing a great job of supporting the arts so we hope you'll take advantage of it.

Speaking of live music. This picture captures such a funny moment at RMAF. This is John Dunnigan, musician extrodinaire at the end of a very long jam. He is so gracious to play with singers and pickers of every level and Eric, who is his own one man band sat in to play an original song or two. Into the song he needed some audience participation and he turned to John and demanded John to Yodel. We found it so funny that I about fell off my chair, and Eric continued to coerce John into Yodeling on demand when the song required. . . . . way to go above and beyond John :-) Talking to John later he asked "So Cal, does your sister drink?" and it's all thanks to Eric and his one man band :-) Who needs alcohol when you have comic relief like this?

Highlights from Missoula RMAF 2010

Well, we've almost recovered from our trip to Missoula Montana for the Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs Convention where we sing and talk and dance and get very little sleep or food as luck would have it. Good thing we stopped at the Calf-A on our way through Dell Montana where they serve up THE BEST food in Montana. Not even kidding. You can check out my posts from the past two years, it's so good that a three day old donut from that place was better than any meal we ate at convention. (Taco Salad without the meat. Or beans. Or anything else? Any takers? Didn't think so. ;-) Let's just say we don't go for the food, but we do go for . . . . . . Pickers like the Bad Larry's and cool little jam sessions between negotiations with potential fair buyers. Ed from the Larry's stopped by and we got in a much needed hour or two. I think our favorite thing about convention is playing with other great musicians. We just needed more moments like these. There were literally not enough hours in the day.

Del came along with us this year and it worked great to have him there to talk to people when Cal and I were singing. I think he'll be our un-official lady charmer and booker :-)

It would not have been a complete trip for us without a little John Dunnigan. We recorded one of his songs on our latest CD and got to watch him listen to it for the first time. What an awesome moment for us.

There will be more updates to come, so many great people and fun moments together. Singing with John's son Andy again (we met him in Coeur D 'Alene) and some of his band The Lil' Smokies was so cool. Their talent makes me want to either slit my wrists and give it up or turn back time and practice 8 hours a day from birth. I think that's what it would take for me. There's always room for inspiration and improvement. I'm feeling plenty inspired.

Home Again

We're home safe and sound and the thing I'm most excited about is a cuddle with my sweet boy. He's been a little trooper not having his Mom or Dad around for 5 days! There were so many great moments in Missoula and I'll have a lot of post to catch up on. We did get some bookings and will be updating everything as we get closer. We do want to let you know we have another Christmas Military Benefit planned for December and details are coming soon, but for tonight, it's time for a long awaited snuggle and the only singing I'll be doing is a lullaby.

Headed to Missoula

Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs is this next week and we'll be on our way Wednesday morning. It will be such a nice break from the hard labor at our "day jobs". We are wore out! There's nothing better to re-charge than friends, food and live music. We're hoping for some solid bookings and all night jam sessions. I'm bringing the camera this year :-)

Buried in Wild Game!

Whew! I'm going to try and give a quick update, It's our busy season at Dana Cold Storage and we've been buried in wild game. Literally :-)

Cal and I had a couple of great last of summer shows. The Hayloft was a fun night, and although we sang in the upper loft, the sound carried down to all the tables on the lower level as well. We got a lot of great feedback about the whole experience. Hope you all get a chance to take a night off in the kitchen and try someone elses home cooking out.

We also entertained our first actual bus load of people down at the Flying Saddle in Alpine. We got booked as the dinner entertainment for a tour bus and had a great time with them. A few groups came back for more and it was fun to see what requests we could actually fulfill.

This fall we'll be cutting meat and in Novemember will be off to the RMAF for some much needed R&R and if we're lucky, some killer jam sessions.

OH, WE ARE STILL BOOKING JOBS ON THE ODD WEEKEND THROUGH THE FALL AND IN DECEMBER HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS SHOWS BOOKED, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED DATES, SO DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT US AHEAD OF TIME. We do private, family, group and business parties for the Holidays.

Summer's Almost Over

The Star Valley Ranch end of season show was such a great time. There was a big happy crowd and everyone was 'loose' enough to stick around and dance. We thought we'd outlast them, but were proven wrong. The Ranch folks know how to party! The band is really getting tight and we're going to keep up rehearsals through the fall and winter and are booking some early December gigs. I (Teddy) will be heading up to Sun Valley again for Christmas, but we're going to get in a couple of shows between my traveling schedule and family time.

Cal and I have our last show of the summer this Saturday night. The Hayloft is having their grand opening and we'll be singing from Six till whenever :-) Cal checked it out tonight and the food and music was fantastic. We have such great local talent. We know how to grow 'em here in Wyoming. Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Quick Update

Just wanted to put in a quick update on our upcoming shows. TODAY we have a private wedding and then we'll get a little time off before next week's busy schedule. Our time slot to play at the Franklin County Fair in PRESTON IDAHO IS 11:00-1:00 SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST. This is our fourth year playing this fair and we're excited to see our friends and family in the Idaho/Utah area.

Right after our Preston set we're making a mad dash for the STAR VALLEY RANCH RV PARK again where we'll be playing a dinner/dance. Around 6:00 in the evening we'll be there with the full band all night long.

Coming up at the end of August we'll be playing for the grand opening of the new HAYLOFT RESTAURANT here in Afton.

It's turning out to be a busy end of summer for us, we'll have our new CD to sell at these last few gigs. Hope to see you soon!

THAYNE LIBRARY FUNDRAISER ~ Saturday August 7th

Cal and I have had some great fun this summer singing together and are really excited for our upcoming gig with the band. We're playing a dinner/dance/silent auction fundraiser for the Thayne Town Library at the Star Valley Ranch R.V. park barn. It's for a great cause and with the ticket price of $20 it'll cost you less than dinner and a movie! We're happy to support Merridee and her crew who have worked so hard to promote this event. We hope you'll get your tickets early or just show up, but come out Saturday night for great music, food and fun!

You can contact either Cal, Dave or me for advance tickets.