Taxi the runway--
Preparations continued, with a definite light now glowing at the far end of the tunnel—- like a major-league pitcher atop the mound, we snorted and spit, pawing the dirt with a cleated toe, rolling our shoulders for the windup, readying a throw that would mean something. Three and a half years had passed since the last Moonlight presentation, but we could still still smell the popcorn, and feel the excitement of having many butts in the seats. Another transplanted house concert gave us incentive to jump the starting gun, and with a date on the calendar circled in red, we broke into a run—
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March 7, 2010
Friends of The Moonlight---
Believe it or not, we are finally in the home stretch of the loooong process of getting Moonlight on the Mountain ready for presenting music... though construction isn't complete, we can at least declare that the finish line is in sight, and we have decided to book our first performers in the belief that we ain't bad wrong. Things always take longer than you want 'em to, so we've held off committing ourselves to certain dates until sufficient progress had been made... but at some point you just have to set yourself a deadline, and make a promise to meet it.
Piece of artwork installed under the stage, before it was capped and carpeted— it still waits to be retrieved some time in the future—
Whatever may happen between now and then, Moonlight expects to be under full sail, with all lanterns burning, on Thursday, April 8th, for an evening's entertainment and CD Release Party by KEVIN WELCH, one of the best-received songwriters ever to play our former stage... we got wind of a house concert with Kevin planned by our friend Kathy Troup, and offered her the greater capacity of our room so that his many fans would have a better chance to witness his return to Birmingham. Details so far--- $15 admission donation, doors open 7pm, showtime at 7:30. Make reservations by replying to this email address.... until we get our automated res system in place (just one more thing to do), we'll tend to each of your requests individually, and send you a confirmation note. We'll cap attendance at 85, then begin a waiting list, since there are sometimes a small number of late cancellations.
www.kevinwelch.com
Kevin Welch appearing at original Moonlight, 5/26/2006, in trio with Fats Kaplin and Kieran Kane
Just a coupla teasers now to get you interested in what's to come--->
Gretchen Peters, April 16th--- www.gretchenpeters.com
Pierce Pettis, May 6th (or 8th)--- www.piercepettis.com
Beth Wood, May 7th--- www.bethwoodmusic.com
Malcolm Holcombe, May 9th-- www.malcolmholcombe.com
and dozens of others ready to join these very soon--
There's lots still to do as the days warm up, and as The Moonlight begins to draw breath once more--- we have to flesh out the website so it can be the source for ALL current information for our planned concerts and activities--- the photo/video production facility has to be equipped and configured--- a Facebook page
needs to be built and animated--- and somebody's gotta clean up this awful mess we've made of the premises in this past month of modifications. We'll announce a "Clean, Paint, and Garnish" party as soon as the tools are all gone--- if you'd like to come lift a hand to help, we'd be ever so grateful!
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As always, we want you to be aware of these fine acoustic performers appearing soon at other locations... please support them if you can!
***REBECCA LOEBE, RAINA ROSE, AJ ROACH, & ROBBY HECHT***
Thursday, March 11th, 7pm
The Big Blue Bagel, 1101 Dunston Avenue, Crestline 35213
983-7**1
Four normally-solo young songwriters/vocalists, wending their way westward to the SXSW Conference in Texas, saving gas by traveling together and gigging collectively along the way. When it became obvious that The Moonlight would not be ready to host their visit, this newly-opened Crestline java-and-sammich emporium stepped up to give them a fresh room to play. Distinct and diverse in their styles, each of these performers could handle the entire evening alone--- by pitching in on each others' material, they quadruple the quality quotient...truly!
www.rebeccaloebe.com
www.robbyhecht.com
www.rainarose.com
www.roachmusic.com
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