"It's Now the time of the Foliage" SO many thanks!!!!

 To all of our Dear ROM Community,

     Thank you all so much for the genuine Support of Roslindae Open Mike that both Mike Delaney and I have been so very blessed with. This is, as you may already figure, (for those that know my technology talents = NONE), my attempt to jot my infrequent ROM Community Blog.


I do want to begin by thanking our most recent past Features at ROM which begins when I last jotted with, David Hoffman, Diane Brown, Harvey Rudman, Randall Kromm, Dan and Faith Senie and just last night, Stephen & The Snake!!!!


To all of you, thanks for being who you are and what you offered to our audiences in so many varying types of the performance skills yet always riveting and helping us secure the Foundation of what the ROM Community is. WE are so totally blessed in our little spot on this big Globe to have so very many wonderful artist's that do always come and play at ROM but also, we are additionally blessed by so many remarkable, Open Mike/Coffehouse/spoken word and the like Host's that make all of our Local music/spoken word artists heard and heard every day of every week!! Mike & I know that you cannot always be with us on Monday as there as so many others Venues on that very same night. WE do our best to help advertise at ROM for each and evry Venue even if they are on the same night. This is NOT about competition it is about spreading the word of the Arts!!

If any of you reading this may have a flier you like us to display at ROM please simply send it to my attention to neal@roslindaleopenmike.org and it will be displayed. I do have several important and upcoming announcements and Fundraiser info I will put at the end of this note.

Our next feature at ROM will be on 10-24-11. This will be a Feature by a performer that many of you know and have been to his very own recording studio, Melville Park Studio to record your own Cd's.
Our next Feature is none other than STEVE FRIEDMAN. This will be a first in a long time for Steve to be performing at ROM as he is always behind the console doing recordings of each and every performer that comes to ROM. For those of you who have not had a chance to hear Steve Friedman on stage performing this is a show NOT to miss!!! ( I wonder if Steve will let me touch his recording stuff so we can have a Steve friedman CD????)

I NEED HELP!!! We now do have a ROM stage lighting set. WE DO NOT HAVE a Stage lighting Volunteer at this time. Though we have gone this many years without, (I feel it adds a sense of FOCUS more on the Performers on stage ). If anyone out there is willing to Volunteer their services to do the lighting set up and take down to get in touch with me.

Our ROMuhost Mentorship Program This is a wonderful idea that I stole/borrowed from my dear friend Ellen Schmidt. Ellen has had great success with having Volunteers do some hosting for parts of her many Venues. I only have one that I am trying to get Volunteers for and it is very simple and Open to anyone to try. It is simply giving our dear host at ROM, Mike Delaney a break and let him do more music, (we like that)!!! It is just introducing the next performer or a series of performers you may feel comfortable in presenting. Most of you would love to NOT hear me babble on so I am trying to get the help for me too!!! I am NOT a host at all, I am just the pix guy!!!

I will close this part of the Blog with those thought's Please do come and join us at ROM whenever possible. Please continue to go to the many other venues that support local music/spoken word and all the Arts as well!!!

Upcoming announcements: I will do my best to remember these in order by date. I encourage you to seek out as many of these wonderful venues as possible for our dear friends as well as the causes that are most important and represented.

On Saturday Oct 15th at Amazing Things Art Ctr: Dan Cloutier will be having his "Blind Willie's Lighthouse" CD Release Party at 8 PM for tix please go to www.amazingthings.org  I have the CD it is
a masterpiece of Great artistry & listening.

On Sunday Oct 16th at Passims: Tom Smith and Randall Kromm and their daughters, Mally, Emma & Grace will split the bill at 8PM for tix and info please go to either the Passim website and or Tom Smith or Randall's website listed on the right side of this Blog. Also this show will be THE CD release party for Tom Smith's first studio CD called "Journey Home", it will be an amazing show and as an added attraction Seth Connelly will be playing with these amazing singersongwriter friends of ours!

On Thursday October 20th at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley,Ma: Jane Fallon will be Hosting, playing and running a wonderful show which will be a combined, Tribute to our gone too soon friend Bill Morrissey as well as her Fundraising goal to help suport her walk in California Walk for Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness. It will be an incredible show with a large group of well know local singersongwriters! Tix are only $10.00 and for a great cause please go to Jane's website for all the details at: www.janefallon.com/tribute.html


On Thursday Oct 27th at St. Columbkille Church: there will be a benefit for Saint Columbkille Partnership School Our dear friend of ROM  Michael James - Violinist, will be performing along with Brazilain Guitarist & Composer Rogerio Dentello. Also on the bill will be Celtic Harpist & Composer Maeve Gilchrist as well as Libby Wu who is a 4th grade student at the Saint Columbkille Partnership school on piano. For tix and info please call Mary Battles at 617-254-3110 ext 105.

All my best to each and every one of you. Thanks so much for your continued support of ROM and all the Arts. We need so much to keep all the Arts Alive!!!

Always, Neal :))))