The Wintonbury Coffeehouse E-mail Newsletter - December 2003
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- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 00:27:31 -0500
The Wintonbury Coffeehouse E-mail Newsletter - December 2003
Contents:
I. This Month's Coffeehouse
II. Audio File of the Month
III. Link of the Month - Nico
IV. Last Month's Coffeehouse
V. Coffeehouse List Updated
I. Join us on Saturday, December 13th, as we welcome Wintonbury's own Body &
Soul back to our stage. Body & Soul brought down the house at Wintonbury in
June of 2002, playing their own brand of dynamic soul music flavored with jazz,
pop, blues, and gospel. The core members of the band are Bob LeBlanc (guitar
and vocals), Edmond Peart (drums and vocals), and bassist Allen Cook. For this
appearance, they are adding saxophonist Glen Winfree and vocalist Susan Dailey.
The band is working up some great Christmas material to include in this
performance, and they may surprise us with a couple more special guest
musicians. Join us for a great Christmas edition of the Wintonbury Coffeehouse!
We'll open the evening with an instrumental set from Kris & Jen Allen and
friends. Kris plays sax, Jen plays piano, and their friends play drums and
bass. Together, they play some pretty cool and highly listenable jazz. We're
sure you'll enjoy this combo in their second appearance at the Wintonbury
Coffeehouse.
The Wintonbury Coffeehouse is held on the second Saturday of the month at
Wintonbury Baptist Church, 54 Maple Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut. Starting
time is 7:30 p.m., and the doors open at 7:00. There is no charge for
admission or refreshments, but a $7 donation is suggested.
II. Audio File of the Month - http://wintonburycoffeehouse.org/audio.htm "Ever
Ponder" Bryan Graves contemplates the wonders of creation and what it all
means. Written after a trip to Acadia National Forest in Maine, and recorded
live at Wintonbury on June 14, 2003.
III. Link of the Month - http://www.sillyman.com - Site of Nico, that
funk/rock/soul/acoustic/groove/bluesy/hippy-hearted whatever guy, who will be
returning to Wintonbury for an acoustic set on January 10th.
IV. Last Month's Coffeehouse - Wintonbury's first-ever New Artists Showcase
went extremely well! Jillian Wright, Andrew Springman, David Brooke &
Viewpoint, and Hitoshi Yamaguchi (the first person EVER to play a cello on our
stage!) gave us a delightful and musically varied first set. Shana Cassidy and
her friends followed with a dynamite set of their own - we don't know why every
coffeehouse in the state isn't running to book this lady. And we also had the
best seats in the house for a truly celestial show that night: the complete
eclipse of the moon could be seen just outside our doors, and people were
peeking out to catch its progress all through the evening. This edition of the
Wintonbury Coffeehouse was enjoyed by about 125 people.
V. Coffeehouse List Updated - We've completed our annual update of Christian
coffeehouses in Connecticut and western Massachusetts, and have discovered that
major changes have taken place in the Christian coffeehouse scene over the past
year. Some coffeehouses we previously had on the list are no longer
functioning, but we're glad to say that even more have started up. New in
Connecticut this year are the Calvary Café in Enfield, Psalm 133 Café in
Waterbury, and the First Congregational Church Coffeehouse in Thomaston. And
across the border in western Massachusetts there has been a veritable explosion
of Christian coffeehouses over the past year - too many to list here. Check
them out at our web site - from the home page, click on "Links and Other
Venues," and then select "Christian Coffeehouses."
Please visit our web site at http://www.wintonburycoffeehouse.org for a
complete schedule of upcoming coffeehouses, information for musicians
interested in playing at Wintonbury, and more.
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