Happy New Year & Merry Everyday to ALL within our ROMulin Community

Our wishes to ALL for a most Wonderful 2015 to each and every one in our ROMulin Community.

It is so very hard to believe that this is my first update to the duly named "Infrequent Blog" since 
3-27-14.

Before I thank each and every one of you personally by name, NOT,  I do want to take a short time to thank ALL of you who come to perform, to listen, to add in so many ways and this year most especially to the many of you who have stepped up to the plate to show what a true and ever growing and ever changing Community of Artist's we can be. I cannot thank ALL those of you who have been helping me out this year with both set up and break down as it does mean so very much to me personally and makes so a shiny light statement about our little Community we call ROM!!!

I do have some changes at ROM to tell you about but I do want to thank our ROM-2014 Features, update you to what a great ROM-2015 Mike & I feel we have put in place for you and also some planned updates and changes to ROM.

To Our ROM-2014 Features since my last Blog, Mike & I would like to thank, Michael Troy, Don White, Dave Murphy, Joe Taff, A special thanks to Ellen Schmidt for her special ROM night at Emerson Umbrella which Featured our own Mike Delaney & Ken Porter splitting the Feature bill and performing with "Two for The Show", Ellen Schmidt and Jake Kensinger, (WE will ALWAYS be talking about you Jake),
Junko Ogawa, Kate Chadbourne, Tret Fure, Stephen & The Snake, Branson Bofat, Jon Waterman, The Backwaters Band, Susan Lee & Frank Albani, Deborah Galiga, Tom Smith, Steve Rapson, Rob Siegel, Oen Kennedy, Bill Thibodeau, Carolyn Waters and Dick Summer.

WE are soon to embark on year 7 at ROM. Our upcoming Anniversary Show will be held on 
1-12-15.
It is going to be a Magical Night for many reasons. This particular Anniversary is exactly 7 years to the date of when Mike & I began this thing we call ROM on 1-12-09.

A Wonderful part of this very special to ALL of us will be our Anniversary Show Feature which will be Junko Ogawa. Not only will this be our Anniversary Show it will be  Junko's Debut CD Release Party!! (It is wonderful in all respects), Hope to see you there to play music, recite spoken word and or do anything we at ROM have grown to Love as Family, Performer and Listener Friendly.

The remainder of our ROM-2015 Feature list can be found on our website schedule page! Our website is: www.roslindaleopenmike.org.

Please do remember our Feature performers are few when compared to you that are our Foundation at ROM. Our Open Mike Community make up the bulk of each one of our shows so we are so endeared each year when we see new faces coming in and brought in by referrals from Friends and Families of our ROMulin Community.. Please keep doing that as it has been so great to hear new talent nearly each venue in 2014.

Some changes as part of ROM-2015.

   The parking lot that we were lucky to use through these many years is now steeped in history and is now a building in it's infancy. I suspect during our ROM hours street parking will not be much of an issue on regular days. During the winter if there is  a City of Boston Snow Emergency for street plowing may be the only time this may be an issue. In that case, the Taft Hill Terr. Municipal Parking lot is a 3-5 minute walk from the church viewable from the porch. It is plowed, lit and sanded. Please always use caution when coming or departing from ROM regardless of the weather. WE want you safe!!!

We have a small amount of less space available for us to use now at the church for the extended rooms of ROM but all has been going well.  Hence there may not be as many Posters out as there used to be and it will depend on each night if there are others using the building.

Some things we will be doing away with in 2015: 

     There will no longer be bottled soda purchased and brought in by me. It is not often used, and get heavy to take out and put away. Anyone wishing to bring their own choice of any non Alcoholic drinks are more than welcome as we will of course have cups. The main drinks available at ROM will be, Water, (Hot & Cold)Coffee, Tea's, decaf on both, Hot Chocolate and well as Sugar Free Hot Chocolate and Sugar Free Chai. All are welcome to bring any foods for our Community to share and our thanks in advance to all of you for that. Another change for 2015 is we  say so long to the Feature cups. it only took me 7 years to realize they do become costly. Anyone with any idea's of how to change or make flexible anything I had mentioned please do feel free to contact Mike or myself. The one thing I still do not want to need to entertain is charging for ROM!!! So let us ALL round up all our talents for a great and upcoming ROM-2015. It is going to be a great year!! If you are contacting me to pre sign up for ROM, please do use my ROM email address which is: neal@roslindaleopenmike.org. Some folks have tried to email me after 6:30 pm but I am usually at the church setting up and the best way to make sure I have you on the pre sign up list is to have your request's to me before noon of that day.

On behalf of Mike  & myself thank you to everyone reading this Blog and know how very important each of you are to our entire ROMulin Community. As in any Community we have  both Losses and Gains. Let us ALWAYS remember those that are dear to us that we have lost and treasure them by honoring their memory and cherish the gains we make in our very special Community of Artist's. Regardless of where you call your home venue, you are always welcome to join us at ROM.

Thanks for ALL the Memories dear Friends, We are embarking on a great year in 2015 and hope to see you there!!! 

Please always Support and do your part in keeping Live, Local Art's Alive and Well in ALL your Communities.

Much Love and thanks for your Support of ROM, Always, Neal :)))