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FRIENDS OF MINE YOU SHOULD KNOW |
Dan Scanlan Hal Brolund Tripping Lily Crabgrass Sarah Burrill Bruce Maclean Boulder Acoustic Society David Roth Chuck Moore Ukuleles Greg Johnson Ashmond Crooks
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March 2, 2010. Gigs-a-poppin'! So the gigs are starting to come along! We have a new agreement with Messina's Restaurant in Eastham for the Tim Sweeney Trio to play there the 2nd and 4th Saturday evenings of the month for dining and dancing! BUT, we start this Saturday, the 6th (not the 2nd or the 4th Saturday). Come on by for some fine Italian food -- and brign your dancing shoes! Tim January 4, 2010. Brand new song! Do you see the date of the previous entry??? I am so bad … not that I expect anyone ever reads this. But if someone were to read it they might think I had been away for a very long time. Long time. Now we did have a swell time at the Cabaret. Dan, Anna, Bert, George, everyone!!! did a great job. So now 2010. It's gonna be great! See you who-knows-where!!! Look for new songs in 2010! Tim
October 20. Nova Scotia, here I come!!! It's ceilidh time in Liverpool! The very best of them all, in just two days! It's all ukulele all the time: Chalmers Doane, James Hill, Gerald Ross, Lil Rev, Langley Ukulele Orchestra, Dan Scanlan (and many more! www.ukulele.ca) and me! Can't wait! I'm on first thing Friday evening and it's gonna be so much fun. The Ukulele Cabaret at the Church of the Holy Spirit was a complete success and a total blast! Dan Scanlan, George Klingelhofer, Anna Hirst, Bert Jackson, Karl Thompson, Ed Banks and Lucas Provost, all great. There are photos up on my Facebook page. I'll try to get some up here soon. We raised almost $900 for the Youth Group, so thanks to everyone that came and those that supported us! Next: Cape Cod Uke Fest! So, off to see Hal, Susan, Sandra, Chalmers and James and all my friends up north. Can't wait to be at the White Point Resort! Debuting 3 new songs!, October 8. It's getting exciting now!!! October is a slam-bang ukulele month for sure! • I have entered a video into Bosko & Honey's Join the Safari Contest! Voting, after the deadline on Oct. 18, will help determine the winner, so you need to click here, watch my video and vote for it! The winner of the contest getrs flown to Melbourne, Australia and be part of the Australian Ukulele Festival. Cool, huh? I'd love to go! • Next Wednesday, Oct. 15, Paris Uke Fest organizer and fantastic ukuleleist Lionel Hubert and master percussionist Antoine Ladoue will perform at the HOT Chocolate Sparrow in Orleans at 7:00. You won't want to miss this. I will open for them. It will be great to see and perform with them again. It's the "Prelude to the Ukulele Cabaret." • Of course Saturday the 17th is the really big show at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans! The Cabaret, featuring Dan Scanlan from California, George Klingelhofer from Chicago, the Tim Sweeney Trio (featuring Ed Banks and Lucas Provost), Anna Hirst and Bert Jackson. Get your tickets in advance at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow and Cape Cup in Orleans. • Then comes the Ukulele Ceilidh in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 22, where Dan and I will travel to be featured performers at the festival. It will be good to be back among friends that feel like family. • Finally, comes the Columbia (Md.) Ukulele Festival on the 31st, where I will again join Dan, as well as friend and master ukeist Fred Fallin and others to have a smashing ukulele time on Halloween! Wow, what will November bring? Well, I'll tell you -- 10 days in Jamaica, playing ukulele all day on Negril's 7-mile beach! Happy fall, more to come, September 10. Where have I been? I've been writing and recording a bit, with a gig or two here and there … enough to be busy. Look for a link to a new song on the HOME page in a few days. Getting excited about a few things in October… My nephew's wedding in North Carolina on the 10th! Announcing! Look for a poster! $12 at the door UKULELE CEILIDH 2009 IN NOVA SCOTIA 2009 COLUMBIA UKULELE FESTIVAL I can't wait for October! A few birthdays in there, too! I love the fall weather. It's coming! Tim July 20. I love Paris in the summer … One great trip. Two great shows in the city, La Bellevilloise, the beauty of Nerac, the new friends gained. traveling, eating, performing together, Elvira Bira, Peter, Kelli & Jim, Marie, Justin and the Ukulele Boyz. Tour Eiffel. the food, the people, the vibrations of a city of passion & history, the romance of Southern France by train. There are photos of our trip via Facebook. I promise to have photos up here by the weekend. thanks, Lionel for everything. see you here in October. We'll always have Paris, June 16. Hapi! So now summer really begins! The tourists are here and I'm preparing to go be one in Paris (and be one with Paris!). The Red Sox are in 1st place, I got a few more gigs and a couple of original songs. Life is sweet! May 26. Looking to summer! This Friday evening the 29th I will be helping Greg Johnson celebrate the release of his new CD "Shine," as we perform at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, 8-10:30. I will accompany him on bass and play some ukulele tunes at intermission. Small admission. BYOB. I (on uke) will be joined by Ed Banks (on bass) for a performance at Eastham's Hands on the Arts Festival (on the Eastham Green) on Father's Day, June 21 at 1:00. It's always a fun time with crafts, food and music! You should be there! I am very excitied about my upcoming trip to Paris to perform at the ukulele festival there on July 4, followed closely by a performance at the Nerac Uke Fest on the 7th. (Didn't Jimmy Buffett sing about French wine and cheeses? Yes … he did!) Can't wait! Then back to the beach! Where Greg and I will play on Monday, the 13th at the Gazebo at 7:00. Bring a picnic dinner and beach chair. It's fun! I am blessed, May 3. The benefits of life on Cape Cod. Benefit #1: Cape Cod is bloomin' and what a welcome sight that is. I guess I can officially put away the snow shovel … It's a good cause and will be lots of fun. You should be there with us! Tim ps-- Paris is right around the corner! April 16. Giving and receiving. I spent last weekend at a songwriting workshop in Western Mass with Cris Williamson and have come home rejuvenated and inspired. She is amazing! (And it snowed on Easter morning!) Saturday evening I will be performing (with Ed on bass) at the Falmouth UU Church at 7:00. It is a benefit for the Gay and Straight Youth Alliance on Cape Cod (See GiGS page). I hope you can make it. The peepers are singing, the daffodils and forsythia are out. Blessed and grateful. March 29. PrimeTime Magazine. Kathy Salzberg has written a perfectly lovely piece about me for the April issue of PrimeTime Magazine, which hit news stands on Friday. A nice photo of me taken by Steve Heaslip is on the cover. They each made me look good in their professional way and I thank them, along with editor Erin Healy. I am hoping the publicity helps me land a few summer gigs, so call me! Happy spring!
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