see if he'll book you on a weekend so I can get there! :-) I just emailed Barbara to ask her secret of how she reached that guy! Hope to hear from her soon....I really want to talk to someone from the Masq!!!! Congrats to you guys LO!!! Thats really cool! I'm glad it turned out well! :-) PEACE Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: john To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:04 PM Subject: [atlantaprog] some cool news about the masquerade well, as most everyone probably remembers, lord only played the masquerade last thursday, may 22. the gig went pretty well, and we had a few aria folks out there showing support (THANK YOU!!!) well, today our booking representative ;) (Barbara) got a call from steve at the masquerade - in fact _2 calls_ to voice mail before she was able to get back to him, asking for us to come back. considering how difficult it can be to get in touch with the folks at the bigger venues like the masquerade, it's heartening and exciting to see someone wasting no time to get back with us to book us again. again, i'd like to thank the aria folks who came out and supported us. their presence on a rainy thursday night helped us immeasurably in the eyes of the masquerade people, no doubt. ___________________ john turner http://lordonly.net "What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music." - Soren Kierkegaard