HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM FIDDLESTICKS!!  Winter is here, and it's time to enjoy Celtic Winter Solstice music again. We've got a great Christmas CD compilation for you (for FREE even!). And some fun shows coming up.  And Katie will be far away (in Africa) next Christmas, so this will be a last chance to see us all together for a while!

1.  UPCOMING LIVE MUSIC:

SALT LAKE CITY
Friday, December 9: 7:30pm
Saturday, December 10: 2pm and 7:30pm
Jon Schmidt Christmas
Kingsbury Hall
University of Utah Campus
1395 E. Presidents Circle
SLC

FiddleSticks will be playing at Kingsbury hall in three performances with perennial favorite Jon Schmidt. We'll start the evening with a few of our tunes, play a couple more with Jon, and then leave the stage to our friend Jon, who is one of the area's most popular and personable performers. Tickets are $12 and $18 and may be purchased by phone at (801) 581-7100 or online. Show time is 7:30 PM, except for the Saturday Matinee which starts at 2:00 PM.


ALPINE
Friday, December 16, 7pm
Timberline Benefit Concert
500 W. Canyon Crest
Alpine

Timberline Middle School is a brand new school with a brand new music program. We're happy to be part of an exciting benefit concert to help get the music department off to a good start. We'll be playing Christmas tunes with other local musicians like Cherie Call, April Meservy, Jessie Clark Funk, Todd McCabe and April Moriarty. Tickets are $7, available on line at www.localeventtix.com or at the door. For more information, call 763-0547.


OREM
Monday, December 19, 7pm
Annual Children's Library Concert
Orem City Public Library
56 North State Street
Orem

We can't imagine Christmas without a FiddleSticks children's show at the Orem Library. The show is free and fun for even the youngest kids. The Orem Library is one of the community's greatest assets, and we love playing in the Cathedral-like Children's Library. Come check out some books, a video or two, and enjoy our Celtic winter solstice tunes soaring into the acoustics of the vaulted ceiling. Join the fun! For info: 229-7161


OREM
Monday, December 26, 6-9 pm
Eleventh Annual FiddleSticks Boxing Day Party
The Davis House
647 North 1280 East
Orem

Since our arrival in Utah so many years ago, we have welcomed our friends and fans to our home in Orem for a concert and party the day after Christmas: Boxing Day. Traditionally Boxing Day was when the leftover Christmas fare was boxed up and shared with the servants, so leftover Christmas fare is perfect for the potluck snack table, and bring your instrument to join in the after party jam session. Most of all, bring your good cheer. Our fiddler Katie will be leaving for a mission in South Africa in February, so come bid her farewell! For questions or directions, please call 801 221 1108.


2.  NEW TSSA CD CHRISTMAS COMPILATION
(And you can get it for free!)

"HOT APPLE CIDER" IS HERE!  Just in time to fill out your stocking stuffer list, we're happy to announce a great new Holiday recording. The new album, called "Hot Apple Cider" features one of FiddleSticks' most favorite tunes "Our Saviour Thee." Each year the Timpanogos Singer Songwriter Alliance releases a Christmas compilation CD to share the original music of great local artists. This CD features holiday tunes from loads of local performers, including Pete Breinholt, Eclipse, Sam Payne, Jon Schmidt, Jeff Hinton, Johnny and the Rebels and MORE! 

GET IT FOR FREE:  The new "Hot Apple Cider" CD is only $10, or FREE if you order any two FiddleSticks albums. And did we mention that FiddleSticks CDs make great gifts? Such a selection to choose from: FiddleSticks have award winning six recordings in print: The Sampler (1998), Playing Favorites (1999), Cold Fusion (2000), Time and Again (2001), the Cat and the Fiddle (2002), and Return to Nauvoo (2004), featuring our presentation of traditional old time hymns.

CDs are available at all performances, in Utah bookstores, online at www.fiddle-sticks.com, or by mail order ($15 for CDs, $5 for cassettes, plus $2 per order shipping and handling). Buy 2 CDs and get the TSSA compilation CD (or a FiddleSticks cassette) for free -- just ask!

CHRISTMAS FREE SHIPPING SPECIAL:
Order before now and Christmas and we'll ship to you for free.  And for just $2 we'll gift wrap it and send your gift to the destination of your choice.  Just let us know!

To order send your check to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097 (800-969-7640).

Or you can order via PayPal (use email address "mdavisx@..." for payment.)  (Or online at CDBaby.com or Fiddle-Sticks.com, or in local bookstores, but they can't give you the freebies or giftwrapping!)

3.  OTHER FIDDLESTICKS NEWS:

A - KATIE GOES TO AFRICA: Katie will be packing up her scriptures (and certainly also her fiddle) and heading to Durban South Africa for a year and a half as a full-time missionary. She'll be leaving on February 22, 2006. Katie will take a leave of absence from her studies in Environmental Studies at Utah State University in Logan.

B - LIZ PLAYS FOR BYU:  Liz is playing cello with both the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra and the BYU Folk Music Ensemble. She also is in the band that plays for the BYU International Folk Dancers, and she'll be traveling to Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Quebec this summer. You can see her live with the Folk Dancers at the BYU "Christmas Around the World" performances on December 2 and 3, and also with the Philharmonic in performances on December 2 and 3. How is she going to do that!?!?!?

C - NEW FIDDLESTICKS CD: There's a new FiddleSticks CD in the works. Katie and Liz have been busily writing music and are scheduled to start recording right as soon as finals are over. If all goes well, look for a CD release party (and Katie farewell party) in early February.

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FiddleSticks is a family musical group that performs folk songs and traditional tunes from the Celtic lands, from England, and from America. The band is made up of three young sisters, Rebecca, Kathryn, and Elizabeth Davis, and their father Mark. Featured instruments include fiddle, flutes, cello, bodhran (Irish drum), guitar and vocals -- plus dulcimer, bass, and drums. (Check out our web page at www.fiddle-sticks.com)