hey everybody! i am working on an email to the whole fanlist, but you get
the details first cuz yer on the discussion list!

here ya go...

Hey y'all,

My new as yet untitled song got debuted at a little bar in Worcester on a
Cold Tuesday night three weeks ago. Then I played it three nights later
in a restaurant I play almost monthly, and then I played it for dedicated
fans in Boston at Simmons College last week. (Thanks SO much to everyone
in attendance that night. You made my heart smile.) The reports are most
excellent -- people like the song and it seems to make folks teary-eyed.
But it STILL has yet to be officially named! I received SO many good
ideas for song titles from you all! Thanks SO much for your helpful
suggestions! Twenty people gave me 39 ideas! Wow!

Here are all the suggestions, listed in the order I received them...
Titles marked *** are in the top five!

My Small Sky ***
You Wanted To Fly
Fly Away, Littlebird
Littlebird's Big Sky
Your Big Sky
For Littlebird
Bird on the Wing
Wings of a Prayer
Bigger Skies But Bigger Home
Big Sky, Bigger Home
The Blame Game
Blame
Flying Home
Roots Dig Deeper ***
Harder Than Dying ***
Truest Home
Roots
My Truest Home
At Home
Belonging
Grounding the Phoenix ***
True Love
Remain
Settle On
Home ***
Alive
I Don't Blame You
My True Home
Are I.   -- as representing Rhode Island (RI) and the statement about
being there.
Living is Harder
Fly Away
Fly Away Home
Pulled To Sky
Flying on the Ground
Shores Of Home
as yet untitled
Grounded
No-Fly Zone
Fear of Flying

Can you believe I still haven't decided? For the most part, Roots Dig
Deeper and Harder Than Dying seem to have the most staying power in my
world. But, I still feel pretty wishy-washy about it. So...I think we
need a vote! Will you please send your votes my way? These are the
choices:

My Small Sky
Roots Dig Deeper
Harder Than Dying

If you need to re-read the lyrics, they are here: www.kmetal.net/8-3-04.html.

I solemnly swear to count your votes accurately and to really truly let
your votes make a difference! Please send your votes to vote@...
and put "song title vote" in the subject. So much thanks!!!

Okay, onward. We've got some great Kristi shows coming up this month!

Firstly, I will be selling Littlebird's wares (and my own and some old LPs
and Littlebird's famous apple cake!) at the Bizarre Bazaar at AS220. Then
I will be heading to Gardner MA for a lovely show with the amazing pagan
songstress Kellianna (http://www.kellianna.com/index.htm) and the lovely
and talented folkrocker Danielle Miraglia (http://www.daniellem.com/) at
the First Unitarian Church of Gardner. Then I will be first in line
playing the All Asia Songwriters Series in Boston. And last but so not
least I will be celebrating the eve of the new year at Bright Night
Providence, performing solo and with the feminist chorus
WomanSpiritRising. WSR will be performing my newest arrangement of Give,
as well as my brand new arrangement of an empowering song by Tucson AZ's
Namoli Brennet (http://www.namolibrennet.com/). Yay!

All details below. I do hope to see your lovely faces out there.

12/5 (Providence RI) AS220 115 Empire St 401-831-9327
...I'm not performing this time, just selling Littlebird's wares and my
wares and some old LPs and some of Littlebird's famous apple cake, yum(!)
at December's Bizarre Bazaar!
Entry is FREE and it runs from 1 - 6PM
Plenty of wonderful artists and art and craft (and apple cake) will be
there for your holiday shopping pleasure.
I'll have a CD player so you can listen to all the CDs I've got out before
buying.
Littlebird's stuff is truly limited edition, so be there to get your
copies of her zines and CDs.
For my Littlebird, 3/16/73 - 8/7/03.

12/11 (Gardner MA) Fresh Ground Coffeehouse
(http://www.kellianna.com/events.htm)
hosted by Kellianna (http://www.kellianna.com/) at the Unitarian
Universalist Society of Gardner
66 Elm Street
with Boston's Danielle Miraglia
7-9pm, $10

12/19 (Cambridge MA) Sunday Night Songwriter Series with Christie Leigh
at The All Asia 334 Mass Ave 617-497-1544
Nell Bryden and others will also perform
I go on promptly at 5pm -- please arrive on time for my debut at The All
Asia!
5pm, $5, all ages

12/31 (Providence RI) Bright Night Providence!
(http://www.brightnight.org/contact.html)
I'll be performing solo AND with the fab feminist chorus WomanSpiritRising!
Times and locations to be announced.

Brightest blessings,
Kristi



--
avant-pop piano diva
"a fine musician...incomparable!" -- Utah Phillips

Sealed Lip Records
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