I do hope that all are well and that you are all using care and watching over each other during this very HOT & HUMID summer in our little slice of the Globe that we call home, New England!!!!
There is so much going on and lots to say so I will try and be brief. There are many very important notes that I do want to make. Because it is so tardy of me getting this out, let me start.
Many Many thanks to dear friend and our most recent ROM Feature Tony Toledo. Tony we have the honor of letting you know you are the very first "Storyteller", we have ever had thus far at ROM. It was a great show with a great crowd. As always our thanks to each and every one of you that were the audience but also the bulk of all the entertainment of this show. YOU helped make it an awesome night of entertainment. I would also like to thank each and every one of you that joined us last Monday for our 5th Monday ROM Unplugged "Ceilidh". It worked out so very well with a great crowd for our performance circle. Many thanks!!!!
We are so looking forward to our upcoming feature Chief Noda on
8-13-12. Chief is an amazing artist you will just not want to miss so, come
on down!!!
HOT OFF THE PRESS!!! As many of you know in our ROMulin Community we have a SERIES OF FUNDRAISERS in the works to assist Roslindale Congregational Church. The Church we call "Home to ROM"This first series of Fundraisers are to make this Building which is found in the Registry of Historic buildings, "Handicapped Accessible"
Our Next Fundraiser will be on:
September 23, 2012 - 2Pm to 5PM
We will have a great show with Leslie Lee & Steve Gretz (They have a great new CD) as our show openers accompanied by Seth Connelly & Hatrack Gallagher. Our show Feature will be, the wonderful and multi-talented singer-songwriter, Michael Troy.
As we did with our first Fundraiser in April, we will ask for a donation of whatever you can afford. This did work out well for us on that event so we will do it in much the same fashion. Refreshments will be available and also again by our Lovely hostess Junko Ogawa. We will also ask for donations for the refreshments but a single donation will give you free refills.
This is a Fundraiser and there will likely be raffles. I already have some gift certificates. If you have anything you wish to contribute to the raffle, please contact me at: neal@roslindaleopenmike.org. This also does include CD's, books, services of types that may be of use to our Family Friendly audience. A gift from an individual is a great donation! If you are unable to donate funds for this event, understood and NO questions asked please still join us as the donation of your being with us to show your continued Support for the Church as well as these wonderful Performers, ALL are donating their time for this event. Leslie & Steve will be traveling to us for this Fundraiser from Rochester N.Y. Hoping to see you there, Neal :))))
I do want to mention this time sensitive message from our friend
Mark Stepakoff, The Host of TCAN.
There will be NO TCAN on 8-7-12. TCAN for August will be on 8-14 & 8-28
A few more gig info pieces, Please do remember, I have placed as many websites as I can recall to help you see all of the wonderful Live Local Art's that are available to us right here in our own backyard.
On 8-10-12 Junko Ogawa will be performing as part of the Somerville Songwriters Session. Please see Junko's website listed for more info. I also did just get a note that Lenny Solomon will be part of that same show.
Also on 8-10-12 Stephen & The Snake will be the Feature at their Concert at their very own Catbird Cafe in Weymouth. Please see their website listed.
On 8-14-12 our dear friend Branson Bofat will be splitting the feature with the wonderful Peg Espinola at Ellen Schmidt's Nourish Rest. Open Mike.
Please see Ellen's website for all her updates and some very important changes that will be happening with her other Venue the Emerson Umbrella.
I am going to copy in what Ellen would like all to know about these very important changes at Emerson Umbrella.
I have some important news: When our Emerson Umbrella Open Mike resumes in the fall, it will be on Sundays, starting at 7, rather than on Mondays as it has been in the past. I just learned that the Umbrella does not have room for us on Mondays because of the increase in artists teaching there. This fall we will be based in the Musketaquid Room, which has been cleaned out, so there is more space for us. We will improve the lighting situation as well. I have contacted all of the performers scheduled through December and have had positive news so far from everyone who has replied since I contacted them yesterday.
It will take some time for me to update everywhere, so please be patient. Free to spread the word, too.
Our 1st open mike will now be on September 16th at 7pm. Seth Connelly and Jackie Damsky will feature. I’m hoping that Peter Neuendorffer will be able to perform the mini-set. Generally, we’ll meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, but in September it will be on the 16th and the 30th. We will not conflict with any PCA Open Mikes, but we will conflict with most of Kenny Selcer’s open mikes at the Colonial Inn. I hope you will support his open mike as well!
Thank you all for supporting live music and spoken word!
Warm regards, Ellen (www.ellenschmidt.com/openmike)
We do have an NEW Open Mike in our midst. I do want to let you all know about this new Venue and congratulate Ron Cummings on his venture into the Open Mike world and offer any and all support I can offer.
The info: MockingBird Music. 905 South Main Street, Mansfield. Sign-up starts at 6:30, and it runs 7 - 9. You get two-songs, $5 gets you on the list along with a drink and a snack.
So much more going on, search the web and you will find so much wonderful Live Local Art's going on wherever you may live.
I do want to thank each and every one of you that took part in helping re-shape our ROM Random Draw. It seems for now, it is working out much better for all.
ROM is going GREEN and hoping to bring our COMMUNITY closer by helping with all the refreshments we are graced with each time we meet. To begin with, starting on 8-23-12 we will be having a place on our table for the very important part of all of our diets that being Fruits and Vegetables!!!
I will begin by bringing in some Sliced Fresh Veggies and some Fresh Fruits as well. As you can imagine this is, the right way for us to help improve all we do at ROM and having all desserts would NOT be on anyones Nutritionist GO FOR IT, list!!! I cannot do this alone. I will also have hanging at or near the Food table a sign up sheet of what YOU can bring with the the next time you join us at ROM. Things as simple as a bag of carrots, celery, cukes, broccoli, as well as items used at each ROM such as a pint of fat free half and half and anything else that we can continue to help us all be that caring Community in a Healthy food sense. I also do want folks to remember we do have individuals with specialty diet needs which the veggies may well help with but with Diabetics, folks with Gluten-free needs and any thing else I may not know about you, please do feel free to offer to bring. Yes all at ROM is Free and will continue to be as best I can. These changes will not only make our diets healthier, they will also bring together our wonderful multi-cultural, multi ethnic very being, of who we are, bring a dish of your ethnic background, I promise, I will try it... Not too spicy for me please. I was always called by my work partners, "Blando Braverman" I thank you ALL in advance as I know this transition will be a great change and addition to our ROMulin Community.
Finally, in all Communities there are times when things do become difficult within our own personal lives. Over the past 2 weeks I have been made aware of several folks within our COMMUNITY, that are in need of a new home address. These are personal issues and will remain that way with me. If anyone has an available, reasonably priced room, apt, rental of any type please do feel free to contact me personally and I will forward this info on.
Thanks for all my dear friends of ROM. We have a fabulous remainder of ROM-2012 ahead of us, so please do come and join us whenever possible.
C ya soon, and thanks so much for your incredible support of ROM.
Mike & I are so very blessed to have you all in our lives.
Stay Safe, Happy and Healthy, Always, Neal :)))))
