Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great summer!
These past few months have been pretty exciting and I’d like to share some of the highlights with you.
Also this summer I launched an iPhone app which includes music, links, updates, and upcoming tour info. My label, “Dolce Diva Music” announced an iPad giveaway and the winner was a lucky fan from California!
After a hectic year of traveling, I am thrilled to announce my upcoming show, September 25, 2010 at the Towne Crier Café in Pawling, NY. Also appearing will be the famous jazz guitarist, Leni Stern. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and can be purchased at www.townecrier.com. They serve dinner, and the food is quite good and they’re known for their wonderful desserts! ( FYI- If you reserve for dinner as well as the show, you get priority seating.) More info including menus and directions are on the website.
Highlights from my Country Radio Station Tour
Late August
Late August
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
It was a whirlwind tour and I had a blast!
I performed at 15 radio stations in 15 cities across the three states.
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| Frumpy Joe's Cafe |
In Butler, MO saw the Ripley's World's smallest Tombstone. 2 X 2 ½ inches!! It was for the grave of an Indian Princess.
LOVED Kansas City, MO- Great shops, restaurants, museums. I really enjoyed Manhattan, Kansas. It’s called the "Little Apple" :) Home to KSU and Ft. Riley.
This was my first trip to OK- and I saw my first oil well. There were lots of them!! We travelled portions of the original RT 66. Fun! And we visited the original Lucille's, which is longer open, but had been a gas station since 1929. Lucille bought it in 1949 and made it famous. She was called "the mother of the mother road." She had many famous singers stop there on their way to gigs. She has all their signatures and memorabilia in a scrapbook she saved. (It's in the museum there – very cool stuff - lots of history.)
Next stop was Stillwater, OK. Visited OSU. Great campus. Lunch that afternoon was at the original Eskimo Joe's (To die for apple pie)!
Then on to Woodward, OK- a very rural part of OK. This is dust bowl country. The town was leveled, and many died in 1947 from a tornado. Lots of history on this trip. We had dinner at the Pollyanna Cafe. Great fried chicken!!
The last stop on tour was Oklahoma City. What a great city! We saw the Oklahoma City Museum and Memorial. The Field of Empty Chairs was a very moving site. Very powerful. I really enjoyed the area called Bricktown. This area used to be old warehouses but has been converted to restaurants, bars, shops and even has a baseball stadium. A lovely canal runs through it and we took fun canal cruise after dinner one evening.
Great ending to a great trip!
Till next time,
Joanna
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