From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V5 #240 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Monday, December 29 2003 Volume 05 : Number 240 In this issue: Re: [lucy-list] Update Re: [lucy-list] Update [lucy-list] Any rehearsals or warmups before tour schedule resumes? Re: [lucy-list] Update ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:48:54 -0800 (PST) From: Helen Mitchell Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Update Here ya go, Gina..............couldnt work out how to get ti you, so i guess itll go to list, but hey kleast u can read it..... Love fromk a cold wet north east england, Helen XX Hi everyone, I know I haven't written in a while, but I have a really good excuse and wonderful news: in November, my husband Rick and I traveled to China to adopt our baby daughter Molly!!! We are totally in love with her and have been since the moment we saw her, in Chongqing, one of the largest cities in the world, with 10 other families. They brought out the babies one at a time, and Molly was second to last, and I was weeping by the time they put her in Rick's arms. She smiled at us and was laughing within 15 minutes, and that was it, she's been smiling and laughing ever since. Molly is one year old, and she's incredibly happy, sweet, easygoing, a GREAT sleeper (everyone tells us that we don't know how lucky we are, I told Richard Shindell about Molly's sleep habits and he said "Nobody sleeps like that!"), very silly and funny and goofy, alert and observant, and just BEAUTIFUL. We are truly blessed to have found her. The trip to China was the most extraordinary experience of our lives, and the Chinese people were sweet and warm and were literally coming up to us on the street smiling and touching Molly, we're told they're happy for the babies who are adopted by American families. So I've been taking time off from performing, staying at home just being Molly's mom, which is as wonderful as everyone always told me it would be. And she definitely knows we're her mommy and daddy, and she's even started saying "Mama" and "Dada." So that's by far the biggest news in my life. But one other thing I want to tell you about, the second biggest news, is that my new album is going to come out on February 10!! It's called "The Red Thread", which refers to the ancient Chinese belief that when a baby is born she's connected to everyone she'll ever know in her life by an invisible red thread. The thread can stretch or tangle, but it will never break. The album is really about those kinds of ties, to my husband and daughter, to my family, to my friends, and to the people around me in New York City. The album was produced by the great Ben Wittman, who produced my last two albums, and the band includes Jon Herington and Duke Levine on guitar, and Zev Katz on bass. I also had some pals of mine sing teriffic harmonies: Eliza Gilkyson, Jonatha Brooke, Richard Shindell, and John Gorka. The album has 6 original songs and 4 covers, by James McMurtry, Bill Morrissey, Dave Carter, and Buddy Miller/Jim Lauderdale. My song "Land of the Living", about the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City, is on the album. And there's also my very first piano-vocal performance, a new song about New York called "Brooklyn Train", (an homage to Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brookyn Ferry.") The album will be available in stores and on the web at places like Amazon.Com. I'm really looking forward to getting back on the road, starting in mid-January (I will have copies of "The Red Thread" available for sale at my shows). Some of the shows will be benefit concerts for a wonderful organization called "Half the Sky", a foundation that improves life for children in Chinese orphanages. I'll have more info about the specific shows in the next few weeks. To find out more about them, go to their web site: www.halfthesky.org Anyway, here's a partial listing of my shows, more to come: 1/14-15 The Four Corners, New London, NH 603-526-6899 8pm 1/16 Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield VT 802-496-8910 8pm 1/17 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA 413-586-8686 7pm 1/25 The Muse at the Gray Goose, Londonderry NH 603-437-6085 7:30pm 1/30 St. Ambrose University, Galvin Fine Arts Ctr, Davenport IA 7:30 PM with Greg Brown! 1/31 Off Broadway, St. Louis MO 314-773-3363 9 pm 2/7 Club Cafi, Pittsburgh PA 412-323-1919 7:30pm 2/13 UUC of Columbus, Columbus OH 614-470-3655 8 PM 2/14 Jack Quinn's Emerald Ballroom, Newport KY 513-779-9462 8:30 pm 2/15 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH 216-383-1124 8 pm 2/27 Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro NC 919-929-2787 8:00pm 2/28 The Great Aunt Stella Center, Charlotte NC 704-944-6000 8:00pm 2/29 Village Playhouse, Mt. Pleasant SC 843-270-1600 7 PM 3/5 Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA 508-324-1926 8:30pm 3/6 A Joyful Noise Coffeehouse, Lexington MA 781-861-0142 8pm 3/7 Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield CT 203-438-2282 2pm 3/12 McCabe's, Santa Monica CA 310-828-4403 8pm 3/14 Cafe DuNord, San Francisco CA 415-816-5016 8pm 3/19 Cafe Paradiso, Eugene OR 541-484-9933 8pm 3/21 Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA 206-789-3599 7pm 3/27 Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill NY 877-639-3728 8:00pm co-bill with Richard Shindell!! 4/3 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN 651-379-1089 8 pm 4/9 Mitchell Performing Arts Center, Bryn Athyn, PA 215-947-3262 8:00pm 4/10 The Barns of Wolftrap, Vienna VA 703-938-2404 7:30 PM 4/30 Schuba's, Chicago IL 773-525-2508 7:30 pm 5/1 The Ark, Ann Arbor MI 734-761-1451 8 pm Don't forget that my web site has lots of info, including links to my full tour schedule. It's: www.lucykaplansky.com Take care everyone! Love, Lucy Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:43:55 -0800 From: "Gina" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Update Thank you Helen and Mike. I signed up for the list again, so hopefully I won't miss anything else. Gina - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Mitchell" To: Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Update > Here ya go, Gina..............couldnt work out how to get ti you, so i guess itll go to list, but hey kleast u can read it..... > Love fromk a cold wet north east england, Helen XX > > Hi everyone, > > I know I haven't written in a while, but I have a really good excuse > and > wonderful news: in November, my husband Rick and I traveled to China > to > adopt our baby daughter Molly!!! We are totally in love with her and > have > been since the moment we saw her, in Chongqing, one of the largest > cities in > the world, with 10 other families. They brought out the babies one at > a > time, and Molly was second to last, and I was weeping by the time they > put > her in Rick's arms. She smiled at us and was laughing within 15 > minutes, > and that was it, she's been smiling and laughing ever since. > > Molly is one year old, and she's incredibly happy, sweet, easygoing, a > GREAT > sleeper (everyone tells us that we don't know how lucky we are, I told > Richard Shindell about Molly's sleep habits and he said "Nobody sleeps > like > that!"), very silly and funny and goofy, alert and observant, and just > BEAUTIFUL. We are truly blessed to have found her. > > The trip to China was the most extraordinary experience of our lives, > and > the Chinese people were sweet and warm and were literally coming up to > us on > the street smiling and touching Molly, we're told they're happy for the > babies who are adopted by American families. > > So I've been taking time off from performing, staying at home just > being > Molly's mom, which is as wonderful as everyone always told me it would > be. > And she definitely knows we're her mommy and daddy, and she's even > started > saying "Mama" and "Dada." > > So that's by far the biggest news in my life. But one other thing I > want to > tell you about, the second biggest news, is that my new album is going > to > come out on February 10!! It's called "The Red Thread", which refers > to the > ancient Chinese belief that when a baby is born she's connected to > everyone > she'll ever know in her life by an invisible red thread. The thread can > stretch or tangle, but it will never break. The album is really about > those > kinds of ties, to my husband and daughter, to my family, to my friends, > and > to the people around me in New York City. > > The album was produced by the great Ben Wittman, who produced my last > two > albums, and the band includes Jon Herington and Duke Levine on guitar, > and > Zev Katz on bass. I also had some pals of mine sing teriffic harmonies: > Eliza Gilkyson, Jonatha Brooke, Richard Shindell, and John Gorka. > > The album has 6 original songs and 4 covers, by James McMurtry, Bill > Morrissey, Dave Carter, and Buddy Miller/Jim Lauderdale. My song "Land > of > the Living", about the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City, is on the > album. > And there's also my very first piano-vocal performance, a new song > about New > York called "Brooklyn Train", (an homage to Walt Whitman's "Crossing > Brookyn > Ferry.") > > The album will be available in stores and on the web at places like > Amazon.Com. I'm really looking forward to getting back on the road, > starting > in mid-January (I will have copies of "The Red Thread" available for > sale at > my shows). Some of the shows will be benefit concerts for a wonderful > organization called "Half the Sky", a foundation that improves life for > children in Chinese orphanages. I'll have more info about the specific > shows > in the next few weeks. To find out more about them, go to their web > site: > www.halfthesky.org > > Anyway, here's a partial listing of my shows, more to come: > > 1/14-15 The Four Corners, New London, NH > 603-526-6899 8pm > 1/16 Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield VT > 802-496-8910 8pm > 1/17 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA > 413-586-8686 7pm > 1/25 The Muse at the Gray Goose, Londonderry NH > 603-437-6085 7:30pm > 1/30 St. Ambrose University, Galvin Fine Arts Ctr, Davenport IA > 7:30 PM > with Greg Brown! > 1/31 Off Broadway, St. Louis MO > 314-773-3363 9 pm > 2/7 Club Cafi, Pittsburgh PA > 412-323-1919 7:30pm > 2/13 UUC of Columbus, Columbus OH > 614-470-3655 8 PM > 2/14 Jack Quinn's Emerald Ballroom, Newport KY > 513-779-9462 8:30 pm > 2/15 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH > 216-383-1124 8 pm > 2/27 Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro NC > 919-929-2787 8:00pm > 2/28 The Great Aunt Stella Center, Charlotte NC > 704-944-6000 8:00pm > 2/29 Village Playhouse, Mt. Pleasant SC > 843-270-1600 7 PM > 3/5 Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA > 508-324-1926 8:30pm > 3/6 A Joyful Noise Coffeehouse, Lexington MA > 781-861-0142 8pm > 3/7 Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield CT > 203-438-2282 2pm > 3/12 McCabe's, Santa Monica CA > 310-828-4403 8pm > 3/14 Cafe DuNord, San Francisco CA > 415-816-5016 8pm > 3/19 Cafe Paradiso, Eugene OR > 541-484-9933 8pm > 3/21 Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA > 206-789-3599 7pm > 3/27 Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill NY > 877-639-3728 8:00pm co-bill with Richard Shindell!! > 4/3 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN > 651-379-1089 8 pm > 4/9 Mitchell Performing Arts Center, Bryn Athyn, PA > 215-947-3262 8:00pm > 4/10 The Barns of Wolftrap, Vienna VA > 703-938-2404 7:30 PM > 4/30 Schuba's, Chicago IL > 773-525-2508 7:30 pm > 5/1 The Ark, Ann Arbor MI > 734-761-1451 8 pm > > Don't forget that my web site has lots of info, including links to my > full > tour schedule. It's: > www.lucykaplansky.com > Take care everyone! > > Love, Lucy > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:46:21 EST From: MNJack@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] Any rehearsals or warmups before tour schedule resumes? I see Lucy's concert schedule resumes in New London NH on Jan 14. I was just wondering if she had anything planned locally before that. Wouldn't it be a good idea to practice in front of a live audience before jumping back into the concert thing, especially after such a long and distracting layoff? Just trying to help! (big grin) MJ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:06:29 -0800 (PST) From: Helen Mitchell Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Update No problemo at all Gina; happy to help Protect your identity with Yahoo! 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