Grace writing this one- I’m so happy we had good friends supporting us this past Thursday at Anna’s. We brought spotlights for the venue, but every time we turned them on, they preferred to flash rather than just stay on, which isn’t exactly appropriate for the Jazz Island. Then the vocal mic at the piano went out for no apparent reason (some tripping over the cord earlier in the night is suspected), so Joe and Whit started “Another One Bites the Dust” and I sang it without a mic until we got a new one. I strangely only got the joke at the end of the night. I was merely thinking that that is an awesome song and it really lightened things up. Then having 3 vocal mics seemed to cause a lot of high feedback, which may have been due to the positioning of the open piano. In any case, none of these factors spoiled the show and we were able to present 3 new originals and a couple new covers to an audience of involved, encouraging friends. Our guest musicians, Vanessa Van Spall, Ian Hisert and Winston Moody were delightful and very easy-going about the quick changes. Unlike the CD Release, we took our time during the break and really got to say hi to everyone. At the end we sang the bartender, Aluma, happy birthday and caught up with some high school friends and neighbors. I was especially touched to have 3 cousins sitting behind the merch table. I felt happy to bring them together to catch up. My mom is one of seven so there are a lot of cousins and it’s hard to get us all together some times. You can see pics of them and you in our photos section. Thanks also to Kristen and Gwen for bringing so many people. The Stockton Asparagus Festival is probably the largest food festival the band has ever played and we were amazed by the kindness of the many volunteers. Large outdoor amphitheaters were raised in honor of Joan Jet, Greg Kiln and the many other acts surrounding the event. My conclusions are that fried asparagus is very good and I recommend this festival as a vacation destination. There were 12 booths in a row for fried asparagus only and the sheer size of the whole event was astounding. We met some great people and played a great set. Whit had no monitor for the whole thing- it kicked in during the last song, but the crowd was still shouting and clapping their hands. Good people out there! Thanks for making it all worth it! We welcome your feedback on how to give you a better show! Thanks again.

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