Hi FiddleSticks folk and friends,

For our friends in Idaho and Northern Utah, we hope to see you this Friday,
Midsummers Eve, the shortest night of the year, at the festivities in Lava
Hot Springs. Details below!

We're also playing 3 public concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area next
weekend (June 29 to July 1). Please tell your friends who live in the area.
If you'd like more details please email us back at
Marco@....

Finally, our many July shows in Utah are listed below. Lots of great Celtic
Music ahead!

IDAHO:
Friday, June 21: 8-10pm
Somerfield Midsummer's Eve Bardic Festival
Somerfield Manor
8890 Maughan Rd
Lava Hot Springs, ID 83426

Somerfield Manor is an interactive medieval living history farm, designed to
show you what life was like in Europe 700 years ago. The Midsummer's Eve
Bardic Festival features storytelling, chivalry, singing, dancing, silly
costumes, medieval refreshments. Not to mention FiddleSticks' Celtic music,
with roots in ancient Europe. Come slay a dragon, rescue a maiden, or
otherwise take part. Plus, at midnight, if you jump over the bardic bonfire
with your true love, you are guaranteed a year of happiness! Admission $5.
For info, call (208) 776-5429 or visit www.somervillemanor.org.

Directions: From I-15 in southern Idaho, take exit 47, for McCammon Rd.
Turn east on Hiway 30, proceed 9 miles, than turn south (left) on Maughan
Rd, and proceed to the Manor. 2.5 hours from Salt Lake City.

CALIFORNIA:
Saturday, June 29: 6-8pm
House Concert (Johanson Family)
6036 Cross Brook Court
San Jose CA
For information or directions, 408-377 9452

Sunday, June 30: 6:30-8:30
Oakland Temple Visitor Center
4780 Lincoln Avenue
Oakland CA
For information or directions: 510 531 1475

Monday, July 1: 7pm
Tri-Valley Family Home Evening
Dublin Ward Building
8203 Village Parkway
Dublin CA
For information or directions, 925 828 8490


UPCOMING UTAH SHOWS IN JULY

PROVO:
Friday, July 5: 7-8pm
Provo Freedom Festival Cultural Arts Festival
Courthouse Stage
University Ave and Center Street, Provo

The Provo Freedom Festival is a three-day extravaganza, including three days
of excellent, FREE, local music at the Courthouse Stage. We're playing
Friday evening, right before Colors and Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband, so come
early and stay all night! It's free!

PAYSON:
Saturday, July 13: 11-12noon
Payson Scottish Festival
Main Bandstand
Payson City Park, Payson UT

Payson could be Utah¡¯s little City that time forgot, but everyone remembers
it each July for the Payson Scottish Festival. It¡¯s free, it¡¯s fun,
there¡¯s music all day, plus pipe band competitions, Scottish athletics,
lots of crafts and Clan booths. Don¡¯t miss it!

SALT LAKE CITY:
Saturday, July 13: 1:30-4pm
Historic Deseret Village
2601 E. Sunnyside Avenue, SLC
The mythical historic village of Deseret at This Is the Place Monument
keeps expanding and getting better every year. We¡¯ll be playing out front,
as part of a day-long cultural celebration. Come enjoy this walk back in
time, cool old buildings, great music, and historic reenactments.

SALT LAKE CITY:
Monday, July 15: noon
Gallivan Center ¡°Lunch Bunch¡± Concert
239 South Main Street, SLC

The Gallivan Center in Salt Lake hosts free lunchtime music all summer long.
Invite your friends, co-workers and clients for lunch and come over for
the outdoor show. Bring your brownbag or enjoy the local deli and take-out
fare. For info: (801) 535-6110

MORE FUTURE SHOWS FOR YOUR DAY PLANNER
July 6-8: Grand Lake Colorado. We¡¯re doing some performing in Grand Lake,
which is high in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Email us at
Marco@... if you¡¯d like more information.
July 19 - SLC Sugarhouse Street Music
Aug 11 - Sundance Live Music
Aug 15 - SLC Gallivan Center Concert
Aug 30 - SLC Sugarhouse Street Music
Sept 6 - Provo First Fridays Tabernacle Concert


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FIDDLESTICKS' NEW CD

TIME AND AGAIN, FiddleSticks¡¯ newest CD was named a finalist in the Pearl
Music Awards as ¡°BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM.¡± Yipee!

But don't take their word for it: Get your very own copy!
By direct mail order they're only $15 each, with a great discount: 2 for
$25! (give one to your best friend). Shipping is a flat $2 per ORDER (even
if you order multiple copies).

SPECIAL MAIL ORDER ONLY DEAL: Order Time & Again and get a FREE AUDIO
CASSETTE for your car! One cassette free with each CD ordered (even if you
go for the 2 for $25 deal. Can you beat that!?) You get your choice of
¡°FiddleSticks Playing Favorites¡± or ¡°FiddleSticks Cold Fusion¡± on
cassette. Just note which free cassette you want with your order, and add
an additional $1 per cassette for postage.

To order, send your check to
FiddleSticks
647 N 1280 East
Orem UT 84097

Or you can buy them on Amazon.com or CDBaby.com. (But they don't give you
as good a quantity discount!)

ABOUT "TIME AND AGAIN":
"Time and Again" includes traditional as well as newly written Celtic tunes
and songs. Besides our core instrumentation of fiddle, Irish whistles and
flutes, cello, guitar, voice and bodhran (Irish drum), the CD features the
addition of 6 string fretless bass and a full drum kit on some tunes.

"Time and Again" is cutting-edge FiddleSticks.

"This new album is a knockout! The others are great but this one sounds like
they're bustin¡¯ out of the studio!"

"Time and Again has so much energy! The playing is really expressive and
the arrangements are brilliantly woven."

"A whole new animal!"

Doesn't that make you want to have your own copy!?
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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)

FiddleSticks have four recordings in print: The Sampler (1998), Playing
Favorites (1999), Cold Fusion (2000), and Time and Again (2001).

CDs are available at all performances, in Utah bookstores, online at
www.fiddle-sticks.com, or by mail order ($15 for CDs, $10 for cassettes,
plus $2 per order shipping and handling).

Write to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097 (800-969-7640)

Wholesale CD Distribution by Excel Distribution, Salt Lake City
(801-355-1771)

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