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Nov gigs, jazz album, lessons,= and a saucy Thanksgiving taleHi Vancelings!! <= b>~ Jazz Vocal-GuitarAlbum via the World's Lazie= st Fundraiser=2E Simple=2E You give money=2E Your =
name on the album=2E I make it avail for download to you free, mail it=
to you if you beg=2E Don't care how much you give=2E $1=2E $1,00=
0=2E Alphabetical=2E Your name or in someone's memory=2E=
Period=2E Just me, guitar, vocals=2E Just like so many fol=
ks have asked=2E Period Do rubberscaleairlinerboy@gmail=2E= com for PayPal=2E Write vance@vancegilbert=2E=
com for an address to shoot me a check=2E Or just gimmie=
money when you see me, and a slip of paper with your name on it so I =20=
can put your name or the name/memory you give it in on the CD=2E = Thanking donors has gotten crazy, but lemme try - Christina, Tod= d, Tim & Lori (sorry I forgot you last time…), the Fennelly= s, Tara, …Lordy, I have most certainly forgotten someone=2E Sor= ry=2E Surely your name will be on the CD=2E=2E=2E Thanks to all who donated or considered=2E=2E=2E ~&nbs= p;Last Minute Holiday Party - This started a few years back t= o raise funds for my sick dog (he's great now) and is now a holid= ay tradition=2E I have 2 on board (Dec 20th is gone), but yeah, I am available=2E 'Tween now and up to an &= #039;cluding New Years=2E Cheaper than you think=2E Come up with =20= a cause you want to give to, name a price, we split it 50-50 or 60-40 =20= if I have to travel, and the 50 or 40% goes to the charity of you= r choice=2E You get me playing your party, I get to play and make mone= y, we both get to give a little something to some good cause=2E D= ates are open=2E Ping vance@vancegilbert=2Ecom for inquiries=2E =
~ Voice, Performance, Songwriting Coaching - 3 =20= new students as of last week=2E=2E=2EIn person or Skype or FaceTime=2E= vance@v= ancegilbert=2Ecom=2E About $75 for an hour=2E Yeah, I�= 39;ll give you plenty to do for your money…One time or steady s= tudents welcome=2E Hey Sarah, that was fun!! Glad you liked the soup (= no, not everyone will get soup…she came from Canada…) Ok= , everyone will get soup…you have to ask ahead of time=2E = Gigs - Friday, 11/21 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre 586 El= lice Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 1Z8, CANADA 204-783-6918<= /a> ht= tp://www=2Ewecc=2Eca The WCAM (Western Canadian Ai= r Museum) calls me earlier in the afternoon=2E Swoon=2E I once played =20= this gig in a dress and pumps for Halloween=2E The opening a= ct dressed up as me=2E How can we not have fun? Saturday, 11/22 St Paul, MN Ginkgo Coffee= house 721 North Snelling Avenue St=2E Paul, MN 651-645-= 2647 http://www=2Eginkgocoffee=2Ecom I love Kathy, the= owner=2E I love their cookies=2E Come have a cookie and some tea with= me=2E I haven't been there in a while, they seat about 90 folks,= so you might wanna call=2E=2E=2E Saturday= , 11/29 West Hartford, CT The Sounding Board at= The Universalist Church of West Hartford 433 Fern Street 860-635-7685 www=2Efolknotes=2Eorg<= br /> THE Thanksgiving show for me for the past decade or more=2E= I love the hour and a half drive, the snacks divine, the sound i= s perfect, and a mess of CT friends come out=2E In fact, I'm gett= ing word that a mess of people are planning to show, so it could be pa= cked - you wanna get tickets early? ----------------- New blog here, plus more gigs further down the road=2E=2E= =2Ewww= =2Evancegilbert=2Ecom You can see where else I�= 39;ll be come the future too! Here's a link to a= batch of Fugitive Rewinds - too much fun with the phone video recorde= r=2E Enjoy: http://www=2Eyoutube= =2Ecom/playlist?list=3DPLy3-li9WnZ73Ef7Dl0605VBcjUqexEL_H &nbs=
p; My friend, the late Peter Gray used to say that Thanksgiv=
ing was the one holiday that didn't necessarily come with a relig=
ious pretense or another and that is why he loved it better than all t=
he others=2E Sorry Pamela, I'm telling this story=2E <= /div> …=2EThanksgiving 1980, So I end up t=
here in Newburyport, MA, with Pam, to the smell of all this great cook=
ing, all these kids from 2 marriages, all these white folks I didn=
9;t know from Adam, planning to spend the nite on the couch, Pam and I=
doing the "bringing a *friend* home that I went to college with=2E We=
had agreed to be as platonic as Oscar and Felix while in this house=2E=
Pete, the DAD, a tall, commanding, deep basso-profundo-voiced but ki=
nd guy, was going around the table with the plate of turkey asking eac=
h and everybody "light or dark=2E" I said "a bit of each please=2E=2E"=
Pam said "white meat, please"=2E I gave the subtlest of sideways smir=
ks that I guess this giant of a man caught as he was heading to the ne=
xt person=2E He gently stepped back to Pam and I, bent his head betwee=
n us and said, so no one else could hear, "You two can work *that* out=
later between yourselves…" Pete became o=
ne of my best friends, was a rabid supporter of what I did, was one of=
the reasons I learned as may jazz standards as I ever do now know=2E<=
/div> Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone |
EVENTS:November 2014Friday, N= ovember 21st 8:00pmWest End Cultural Centre West End Cultural Centre Winnipeg MB Canada Saturday,= November 22nd 7:30pm Ginkgo Coffeehouse St=2E Paul MN Call 651-64= 5-2647 for more details Saturday, November 29th =20= 8:00pm The Sounding Board Coffeehouse West Hartford CT Call 860-635-7685 for more details December 2014Friday, December 5th 8:00pmHist= oric Blairstown Theatre Historic Blairstown Thea= tre Blairstown NJ Call 908-362-1399 for more detai= ls more events = :Midterm Election Reviewmo= re blog |
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