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Hi friends,

There�s a nice, friendly interview with us about the new CD, on the Meridian
Magazine.  Have a look at
http://www.ldsmag.com/arts/061024fiddlesticks.html.

Also, a reminder -- the CD release party is coming up for Farewell to
Nauvoo.  More detailed information will be coming your way closer to the
date, but if you like, you can mark your calendar now --

Friday, November 10, 2006 (7:30-9:00pm)
Noni International Paradise Stage
333 West River Park Drive, Provo, Utah.

Free admission!

AND, it might be our last Utah concert for a while, since we�re moving east.
   Liz will be moving to Boston for school, and Marco, Andi and the little
ones are off to Washington DC.  So come say Farewell to FiddleSticks, while
you say hello to the new CD!

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#147

From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Wed Nov 8, 2006 10:55 pm
Subject: CD Release Concert - Friday Nov 10

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Hey Friends,

Don't forget our Historic and Folkloric CD release party for our new recording, "Farewell to Nauvoo."

We'll be performing Pioneer tunes as well as Celtic songs, together with Lisa Arrington. It's sure to be a fun evening. And it's free! If you haven't been to the Noni Paradise Stage, that's reason enough to come, just to check it out. (Come early and enjoy dinner at the cafe.)

Friday, November 10, 2006 (7:30-9:00pm)

Noni International Paradise Stage

333 West River Park Drive, Provo, Utah.

Free admission!

The Noni stage is in their headquarters building, just north of the My Family.com building in the Riverwoods area of Provo, just down the hill on Orem Center Street.

Did we mention that this might be your last chance to hear us in Utah for a while, since we�re moving east. Liz will be moving to Boston for school, at Berklee College of Music, majoring in Cello performance. Marco, Andi and the little ones are off to Washington DC, for a work project that needs us there for a few months. So come say so-long, and help us celebrate the new CD.

#148

From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Fri Dec 1, 2006 6:37 pm
Subject: Podcast about Farewell to Nauvoo

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http://www.ldsmag.com/radio/061201.html

Hi Folks,

Steven Kapp Perry's "Cricket and Seagull" radio music show features an interview with FiddleSticks and Lisa Arrington about the new Farewell to Nauvoo CD. Tune in to hear samples from the new CD and hear Lisa and Marco talk about the evolution of the recording and their favorite tunes.

Here's the link:

Happy listening!

Other News:

FiddleSticks Cellist Liz Gets Married

Liz and Andrew Maxfield tied the knot in Salt Lake City on November 25. Andrew's a great guy, an inspired and creative musician, and a welcome addition to the family. FiddleSticks fans may recognize Andrew from his recent performances with the band -- on accordion, guitar and piano. He also appears on the new Farewell to Nauvoo CD. It's no coincidence that Liz also plays cello on Andrew's CD called "Roots Rising" -- see cdbaby.com/andrewmaxfield. In fact it was when he asked her to play cello for his recording that they first met, and the rest is history.

They'll depart in early January for Boston, where Liz will be attending Berklee School of Music. They didn't do a wedding reception, but they'll come back to Utah in August for a wedding reception and party that you can be sure will include lots of music!

We normally don't attach photos to our newsletter (virus concens, you know), but we'll send out a separate photo email out later today. Cheers!

Sister Katie is Prospering in Africa

FiddleSticks fiddler Katie is sharing her music in southern Africa this month. She is touring various cities in South Africa and Swaziland with a musical group, and enjoying things immensely. Marco can certify that she's doing well and loving the people there and speaking a lovely lilting Zulu, since he stopped by for a short visit in early November while on a business trip in the area.

Here's the latest word from Katie herself:

Since my companion was leaving for home, we got to do all sorts of fun things this week before she leaves. On Friday, we went to Victoria Street Market and went souvenir shopping. That place was huge--a chaotic mix of Zulu wooden carvings, Rastafarian bongs, Indian brass and jewelry, and spices everywhere. I was proud of myself for only spending about $15 (american). That night we helped put on a stake youth activity with the other missionaries which ended in a missionary v. youth water balloon fight (we wasted them poor 13-year-olds...)

Saturday we did a carnival at an orphanage, complete with balloon-toss, face-painting, fish-pond, and egg-spoon toss, and a puppet show about health. It was heart-breaking to see those kids. But still fun running around and playing and laughing. One little 3 year old named Kwanele started calling me "mommy." It was really sad.

I got a mild case of food-poisoning and spent the day "repenting" of the "bad food" I'd put into my body. Yealch. But Sister Tina, a homeopathe, said an occasional tummy-ache can clear your skin and make you skinny. A small price to pay if that actually is the case, in my opinion!

But today was Great, why? Because we went to Tala Game Reserve and hung out with giraffes and rhinos (UP CLOSE!!! less than 15 feet away!), saw elephants and hippos, and pranced around with wildebeast and impala (not really, because we were in the car, but in our minds we were prancing with them.) It was incredible. There were also tons of ostrich(es). Then we went to a lion park and hung out with the regal, yet worn-out lionesses. I've been to that place before, and yep, the lions are still old.

We even taught lessons, too! I usually include the out-of-the-ordinary moments in emails because they're the highlights of the week, and spiritual experiences have become the "ordinary moments" of the week, which is awesome, but how would you like it if I sent you the same email every week saying how we taught people and we all felt the Spirit and then they STILL didn't come to church, and we tracted and were led to teach someone who, aftering feeling good about the things we said STILL wouldn't come to church......etc. Actually we do have lots of people come to church, and we've had some recent baptisms.

So, things are going very well. I have NO idea who my new comp will be. Hopefully someone cool and not boring.

Well, I love you a whole hekuvah lot.

Love,
sistah dah-beesss. (that's how you say my name in Zulu)

DETAILS ON ORDERING CDs:

FiddleSticks have eight CDs in print. To order by mail send your check for $15 for each, plus $2 per order, to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097 (800-969-7640). Or you can purchase with a credit card at our website: http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FarewellToNauvoo.html. The website also includes cool offers like free compilation CDs, free shipping, free extra discs, and discounts like 5 CDs for $60.

Or find us at CDBaby.com, or on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etc.

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#149

From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Fri Dec 1, 2006 6:46 pm
Subject: Pictures of Liz and Andrew's Wedding

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Ok, so many have asked, here are some photos from Liz and Andrew's wedding day.

#150

From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:04 am
Subject: Farewell to Nauvoo goes Digital (and Davis Family Christmas Letter)

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Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/album/farewelltonauvoohymnsandsongsofthemormonpioneers?artistId=5097318

A Digital Update on Farewell to Nauvoo:

Our newest CD, Farewell to Nauvoo, has joined our others in the Digital World. For those of you who prefer your music a la carte, or a la iPod, here are some links. Our other CDs are also available at these sites, so fire up your browser and have a listen. Of course, if you like hard copy music best, you can order physical CDs (complete with our award-winning artwork, and bonus historical background on the tunes) from our website (www.fiddle-sticks.com) or from www.CDBaby.com.

Apeus:

http://apeus.com/view.cfm?mode=1&ent=5659

The new album should also show up soon on iTunes, Napster, Amazon, etc, if you prefer those sites. Happy listening and Happy Holidays!!

The FiddleSticks Family Annual Holiday Letter

For those who like to suffer through such things, here's our annual Davises' Report on the FiddleSticks Family, with plenty of bragging and news. Happy Holidays!

(Note: if you got the hard copy version of this letter, it had the wrong zip code for our new address in Washington DC. The correct zip code is 20003, as printed here!)

Hi Folks, December 4, 2006

OK, we'll pause between packing our moving boxes to write what we can to catch you all up on our year. Every year we look back amazed at the year that was, but 2006 has been about as busy and memorable as any! (More on the packing boxes later.)

Mark Writes: Such a year it has been! Xan is four, tall, and active; and Zina (yes, we finally decided on a name!) is two, sweet and silly. Both Becca and Matt finished their masters degrees at Berkeley this year, and Liz and I went down to help them pack for their move to Hawaii. Katie left on a mission to Africa. Liz toured the world playing music and then ... but I'm getting ahead of myself. First things first:

The first thing we did in 2006 was to finish up two new FiddleSticks CDs. Katie and Liz wrote and recorded a great set of original tunes for (mostly) cello and fiddle, and we released that collection in February as the CD called "Ampersand." Then at the same time we got working in earnest on our second CD of traditional hymns and pioneer songs. This one we did together with our friend Lisa Arrington, and the CD is called "Farewell to Nauvoo." You can see and hear them at our website, www.fiddle-sticks.com.

In May we started a "two-week" project to put in a new sidewalk loop through our back trees for the kids to run and bike on. But two weeks became two months, and longer.... I didn't get much of a garden this year, since my long-nursed topsoil got buried under a ton of rocks and gravel.

We just about got the yard finally finished and ready to enjoy in August when, to our surprise, my long-time business partner decided to go his own way, just at the same time that my firm got a new project that will require lots of "in-town" work for several months -- the town being Washington DC. So we decided to do a "sabbatical" and move back East for a few months.

At first we thought we would move in September but then, to our surprise (not really), Liz got engaged to Andrew Maxfield, the man of her dreams, and they decided to get married in November. So that postponed our move date until after the wedding. Which is why we're now in moving-box mode. The wedding was lovely, of course. Andrew is a wonderful addition to the family - Xan and Zina have been calling him "brother" for months -- and we all really love him. Since Katie is in Africa, Liz and Andrew (aka "Lindrew," or "Driz") decided to have their reception when she gets back in August. (So if you thought you had missed their reception, take heart, and mark your calendar for August 25, 2007.)

So now I'm looking forward to our upcoming urban adventure. "Urban" because, despite looking at many lovely houses around Maryland and Virginia on farms, lakes, or quiet suburbs, the place that finally caught our fancy is a smallish townhouse right downtown, just a few blocks from the Capitol. We'll most likely be back in Utah at our same house by next Christmas (so don't change your Rolodex), but so you can find us, our new address for the next several months will be: 1008 Independence Ave. SE, Washington DC 20003. Yes, there's a guest-room, so come visit!

Between construction and music, I still made time for some law business, including trips to China, Argentina, England, and India. And "while I was in the neighborhood" I dropped in to see Katie in South Africa. She's loving it, and I had such a good time "shadowing" her - watching her teach lessons, play music, and speak Zulu with the people there who, it is clear, really love her. And, just to put my "proud-dad" quotient over the top, while I was with Katie we found out that Becca and Matt are expecting a baby girl! So now I can begin to work on my "proud-grandpa" persona, too! You can spam Marco at mdavis@...

A word from Katie in Africa: Well, Christmas this year is going to be HOT and HUMID. I'm labouring in the South Africa Durban mission. Right now, the area in which I stay is called Berea, and it's a populated urban area only a few kilometres from the Indian Ocean beach. Things are going well. Being a missionary has brought many blessings to my family--Liz found her man, Becca is having a baby, Dad and Andi are going to the East Coast, and Xan and Zina are getting smarter and smarter and staying healthy and funny. It has also brought many blessings to me--for example, I have procured quite a lot of new clothing for small prices here in Africa, and I now know how to cook yummy Zulu steam-bread called Jeqe (the Q is a click sound). Missionary Service also brings many unforeseeable spiritual blessings. And I just got to tour all over the mission from Swaziland to Ladysmith to Madadeni presenting a Christmas musical program. I return home in August, after which I plan on hanging out with Xan & Zina and watching lots of movies and eating Mexican Food. Merry Christmas to all of you! (You can write Katie at zulufiddle@...)

Liz's Story: I cannot believe that it is Christmas time already. This past year has flown by. Not like a bee or a fly though.... more monumental... a hang glider or pterodactyl maybe (but a very good pterodactyl keep in mind!!)

The year began with a new CD. Katie and I loved making Ampersand (despite the occasional inevitable CD-making frustrations). It was a great way to send Katie off on her mission. Through the project, we became almost inseparable! My Winter semester at BYU was really fun. And I managed to finagle decent grades despite the increasing time I spent with Andrew rather than studying. In April, Andrew graduated and I gladly welcomed the summer break. I attended and taught at the New Directions Cello Festival in Sacramento with the most amazing Jazz/folk cellists. In June I embarked on a month long (long month) tour to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Canada in the band for the BYU international Folk Dance Ensemble. We played (and danced) in concert halls and festivals and we spent much of our time in a commercial bus. It was overall a great experience (I must mention that Andrew's encouraging and clever correspondence is probably the reason that I still have any sanity left).

Soon after my return, I visited Becca in Hawaii and enjoyed their rainy, cold version of the Big Island. In August, Andrew and I escaped for a week to northern California where we harvested at his Uncle Grady's organic farm. It was a wonderful experience-- I am just about convinced to become an organic farmer when I grow up. On the way to the farm, Andrew and I took a little detour that ended in an exchange of rings. He proposed to me on the bank of Whiskey Town Lake in the Shasta National Forest. It was perfect and well, I said yes. In the fall, I began again at BYU and I really loved my classes. But they seem a little less noteworthy than more life changing events: Andrew and I were married on November 25 in the Salt Lake Temple. (Our reception is taking a rain check until Katie gets home in August). We are loving married life so far (we have it all figured out of course!!) and we look forward to our upcoming move. We're starting out the new year by packing up our car and driving to Boston where I will be attending the Berklee College of Music and Andrew will be... uh well.... working....! We really look forward to our time there-- It's about time for an adventure, I say. I hope you have your fill of adventures as well. Have a great Holiday Season! (Liz's new email address: liz.maxfield@...)

Matt and Becca: We are enjoying our digs on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the little ranching town of Waimea/ Kamuela. We live up on the "green" side - the euphemistic term for the "mouldy" side. It has been said that in Waimea, people don't tan, they rust. But luckily we're just a short drive down the hill from the beach-- recently we've seen lots of dori fish, sting rays, giant sea turtles, and whales-- though so far no sharks, luckily.

For a little extra cash Becca has been substitute teaching for a local private middle school and teaching mediation to 2nd graders a couple of hours a week. But most of her time has been, up to now, consumed in researching and writing her master's thesis in Folklore about Hawaiian slack key guitar. But as of December 1st, she officially became a master of folkloristics and handed in the 200 page tome to the Powers That Administer at UC Berkeley. They gave her a lollypop for her pains (not kidding.) The research was grueling and involved traveling to Maui for a week for a middle-aged-Californians' slack key summer camp on the beach to observe and interview the teachers, where she learned no slack key but got to help make some some "ono local grinds" (tasty Hawaiian food) like laulau, haupia, and poi. Matt got to come for the last few days of the camp and play some slack key and become Uncle George Kahumoku's personal cooking assistant. He loves his job for the Univ. of Hawaii extension service. Between writing grants and papers and organizing workshops, Matt gets to wrangle cattle, tour goat dairies, and drive a jeep all over the wild countryside. He also has been able to visit cattle producers on all of the other islands, and always comes home appreciating the cool Waimea weather.

We enjoyed the excitement of the October 15 earthquake and didn't suffer too much damage-- just some broken dishes, pictures, mirrors, and windows. The house we're renting survived fine-- probably because it's made out of scrap plywood stolen from unguarded construction sites.

So that about sums us up: Cows, thesis, earthquakes, mould-- and in the Spring we can add BABY to our list. Come visit! (Becca's email is beccaannedavis@...)

Andi Gets the Last Word! Our 2006 at the Davis home has been much like a technical Olympic dive from the high board. What would be the difficulty level of a "Double CD, mission, moves, marriage, with new grandbaby on the way?" Of course it is all executed seamlessly. The gold metal prize is adding two new members to our club. Andrew signed up in November. (He got lots and lots of toasters just for joining.) And a new baby this spring for the Stevensons of Hawaii. (She won't get a toaster -- at least not yet.)

As for me, I have been busy prepping Xanny for medical school admission. At four years old he tells me he wants to be a brain surgeon. When asked what exactly a brain surgeon does he replied. "They open your head, take out the old Medulla Oblongata and put in a NEW one." (Note to self: Lock the knife drawer.) Never to be one-upped by her older brother, two year old Zina (pronounced "Baby Ni-na") can tell you where your patella is -- in Spanish. Her first clever joke came when she rolled an egg across the table and said, "Look mom, a Run-A-Huevo."

Both kids have been attending a Spanish pre-school and loving it. This is a definite improvement on last year's school who gave three year old Xanny a failing grade in music, of all things. We were all quite proud of him (especially Katie) and saw this as a definite sign of impending musical genius. Where in the world would he get the idea that you are suppose to sing your own original compositions during music time? Merry Christmas, come see us in DC, and remember to always sing your own Spiderman tune during singing time. Andi's email: andipitcher@....

Happy Holidays from all us Davises!

Andi Marco Becca Matt Katie Liz Andrew Xanny Zina

(You can see updated pictures at www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSGallery.html )

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#151

From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Thu Feb 8, 2007 6:33 am
Subject: FiddleSticks February Fantastic Freebies

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Greetings from Washington DC, which for the year 2007 will be home base for FiddleSticks. If you've been following this newsletter it will be no surprise that 2007 is a different kind of year for the band, since we're scattered to the four winds: Becca the singer/flutist is living in Hawaii, Katie the fiddler's on a mission in South Africa, Liz is going to school at Berklee in Boston with her cello, and Marco and Andi are enjoying a sabbatical in Washington DC, together with their dulcimer, bodhran, and Xanny (age 4) and Zina (age 2).

We're all off having fun, but our fans will have to make do with recordings for a while, and look forward to a reunion concert in 2008.

To make up for the lack of live performances, we've decided to launch our February FiddleSticks Fantastic Freebies CD deals. Four ways to get great FiddleSticks recordings on the cheap! Here's the story:

Deal Number One: Buy a "Recent" CD, and Get an Extra Disc Free!

That is, if you buy "Farewell to Nauvoo" or "Ampersand" or "Return to Nauvoo" you can have, for free, an extra unpackaged "Farewell to Nauvoo" or "Ampersand" disc. Use the extra for your car, or your computer, or to give away. (We're helping save your soul, since this might help you avoid the temptation to BURN a copy to share!) And you can mix and match. So, for example, buy an "Ampersand" - choose a "Farewell" -- or any other combination. And there's no limit: Buy two CDs, get two discs! Three for three, etc!

CDs are $15 each, $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more).

To listen to the tunes and help you decide what to buy, go to http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html .

But wait, there's more!

Deal Number Two: Buy an "Older" CD and Get another "Older CD" Free!

We hate to admit it, but some of our best albums are sitting on shelves getting dusty. We'd like to get them out of our garage and into your CD player. So here's the deal: Buy any of our "older" CDs (including "Cat and the Fiddle" (2002), "Time and Again" (2001), "Cold Fusion" (2000), or "Playing Favorites" (1999)) and you can choose any other of the "older" CDs for free. So, for example, buy a "Cat and the Fiddle" and get a "Playing Favorites." Buy two, get two! Again, each CD is $15, with $2 per order (and shipping is free if the order is $45 or more).

BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE!

Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!

If you've been a FiddleSticks fan for long you know we contribute a tune every year to the annual Timpanogos Singer-Songwriter Alliance (TSSA) compilation CD. These are wonderful recordings, featuring some of the best, most original, authentic music from around Utah. Normally we give them away with each two CDs we sell, but right now, we'll send you a TSSA free with ANY Fiddle-Sticks CD order. And you're already getting a deal. How can you say no?? To read about the TSSA CDs, go to http://www.timpanogos.org/cds. If there's one you particularly want, specify it in your order and if we have it, we'll send your choice (but we don't have all of them any more, so please list a second choice).

AND FINALLY, Deal Number Four: Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain

Before she joined up with the FiddleSticks family, Andi released her own celtic CD, called Obsidian Rain, with Kristen Washburn. It's an album of original and evocative arrangements on traditional Celtic tunes on fiddle and hammer ducimer. Obsidian Rain defies categorization, but haunts the margins of Celtic and New Age and Fusion Folk. And for this month, you can use it as a "wild card" in any of the above three deals... buy Obsidian Rain and choose any of the other freebies: the loose disc, the "Older" album, or the TSSA compilation. You can listen to samples at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/apkw.

WOW! HOW DO I SIGN UP??:

Mail order: Send a check to FiddleSticks, 1008 Independence Ave. SE, Washington DC 20003. Describe what CDs and what freebies or deals you want, and we'll send them right out to you. (You can print out a mail order form at http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html.)

Website: You can go to the website and order by clicking on the "buy now" link on the CD you want to pay for.... but the website doesn't know about the freebies, so at the same time you make the website order, send an email to order@..., identifying your order and describing what freebie/deals you want.

Paypal: You can purchase via PayPal (go to paypal.com, select "send money," and use email address order@fiddle-sticks.com for the PayPal payee). Just be sure to describe in the notes what CDs and what deal you want, and provide your address.

Thanks! If you've wanted to add to your FiddleSticks collection, or replace those discs that got borrowed and never returned, now's a great time to do it at a super-affordable price! Happy February!

(Thanks for subscribing to our FiddleSticks Newsletter. If you don't want to be on the list anymore, please send an email to unsubscribe@fiddle-sticks.com. But we hope you will stay with us!)

FiddleSticks is a family musical group that performs folk songs and traditional tunes from the Celtic lands, from England, and from America. The band plays a lively mix of Celtic fusion tunes, with some bluegrass, American old-time, and Jazz vibes mixed in. Featured instruments include fiddle, flutes, cello, bodhran (Irish drum), guitar, hammer dulcimer, accordion, and vocals.

FiddleSticks got their start in 1991 when the family lived in the Washington DC area, and since moving to Utah in 1996 they have entertained audiences throughout the state. They have performed throughout Utah, and have presented numerous concerts in the Mountain West, the Pacific Northwest, California, Maryland, and New England, the American Midwest including Nauvoo, and have even toured across Japan and Europe. Despite busy work and school schedules, the family band averages over fifty public performances a year, including various music and folk festivals, television and radio spots, numerous community, library, and school concerts, private parties and receptions, as well as performances at the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, the Scera Shell, Kingsbury Hall, Capitol Theater, Nauvoo Arts Theater, Provo Freedom Festival, Sandy Amphitheater, and numerous shows over many years for the Utah Performing Arts Tour.

FiddleSticks� music has been recognized nationwide, including two Pearl Awards and numerous Pearl Award nominations. They have released eight recordings. The two most recent are �Farewell to Nauvoo� (2006) which presents Mormon and Shaker folk tunes in a traditional Celtic setting, and �Ampersand� (2006) which features all new tunes on fiddle and cello, showing off the band� s energetic and innovative playing techniques. �Return to Nauvoo� (released in 2004), is a collection of American and Mormon folk hymns that has been far and away the best seller. Celtic albums include �Cat and the Fiddle� (2002), �Time and Again� (2001) �Christmas Cold Fusion� (2000), �Playing Favorites� (1999) and �FiddleSticks Sampler� (1998), which have been enthusiastically received by the band�s growing crowd of admirers.

Recordings are available in local bookstores, by mail order, on CDBaby.com, on iTunes and Apeus (and other online sources), or on FiddleSticks� web page: www.fiddle-sticks.com.

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From: "FiddleSticks Calendar" <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:06 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks: Welcome New Baby Roselani

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News From The Far-Flung FiddleSticks Family:

Please Welcome New Baby Rosie Jo:

Becca and Matt welcomed their new baby daughter this week -- making the other FiddleSticks kids aunties and uncles (Uncle Xanny?) and making Marco (gasp!) a proud grampa! Here are the happy details:

Matt and Becca Stevenson are overjoyed to announce

the birth of baby

Roselani Joyce Stevenson

"Rosie Jo"

on March 23rd, at 2 pm in Waimea, Hawaii.

Everyone is home, healthy and happy.

Thanks for your love!

The Stevensons

To see pictures of the new baby and proud parents, you can go check out our freshly updated gallery at www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSKnow.html, and click on the FiddleSticks Family Gallery link.

(Thanks for subscribing to our FiddleSticks Newsletter. If you don't want to be on the list anymore, please send an email to unsubscribe@fiddle-sticks.com. But we hope you will stay with us!)

#153

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:39 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks Reunion Concerts!

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Hi folks,
It has been a while since we've all been together, what with Liz in Boston, Becca in Hawaii, Katie in Africa, and Marco & Andi in Washington...

But Katie will be home from Africa soon, and so we're getting together again for some live music. More info to come but please mark your calendars and tell your friends...

Friday, August 10 -- Washington DC
We'll be doing a show in the lovely auditorium at the DC Temple visitor center in Kensington MD.

Monday, August 13 -- Crofton Maryland
The Promised Land Bookstore in Crofton hosts regular concerts, and this will be our turn.

Friday, August 24 -- Provo Utah
Becca will be in town for this one, too, so it really will be a Reunion Concert! We'll be at the excellent Paradise Stage at the Tahitian Noni center in Riverwoods.

More details to follow!

In the meantime, photos abound:

Becca's new baby: http://mattandbecca.blogspot.com/

Our adventures in Washington DC: http://independencekids.blogspot.com/

Our CDs, who made the trek with us to Washington in bulk, and have enjoyed their time in storage here, but would love to avoid the U-Haul back to Utah and instead fly by mail to your home! http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html

Happy Summer, and we'll see you soon!

FiddleSticks!

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#154

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Wed Aug 1, 2007 8:54 pm
Subject: Katie Davis Returns: FiddleSticks Reunion Concerts in DC and Utah!

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Hi folks,
Katie will be home from Africa soon, and she�s already warming up her fiddle for three Reunion Concerts in Washington DC and in Utah. Liz will be with us from Boston for all of the concerts, and Becca�s coming from Hawaii to our Utah show.

FiddleSticks performances are becoming major logistical challenges, so if you�d like to see us live, here�s a rare chance!

All shows are free of charge!

Washington DC
Friday, August 10, 2007, 7:30pm
Washington DC Temple Visitors Center
9900 Stoneybrook Drive
Kensington, Maryland 20895

We'll be doing a show in the lovely auditorium at the DC Temple visitor center in Kensington MD. The last time we played here it was Standing-Room-Only and they had to turn people away, so come early! Information or directions: (301)587-0144

Crofton Maryland
Monday, August 13, 2007, 7:00pm
Promised Land Bookstore
2129 Baldwin Ave.
Crofton MD 21114

The Promised Land Bookstore in Crofton hosts regular concerts, and this will be our turn. The concerts are held at the bookstore, and are always lots of fun. A perfect Family Home Evening activity, this will be kid-friendly and fun for all.

DIRECTIONS: Take Rt 50 East towards Annapolis � take Rt 3/301 North exit towards Crofton/Baltimore. Go 2 miles and turn Right on Rt. 450 East � go � mile and turn Right onto Baldwin Ave. The bookstore is located on your right (3rd driveway) directly across the street from the Fed Ex building. If you get lost, call (410)451-3455.

FLYER FOR THE WASHINGTON DC SHOWS:

If you�d like to print out a flyer for the Washington DC performances for your workplace or Church bulletin board, go to
www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSMeet.html
and click on the Flyer Link.

Meanwhile, out west in Utah...

We'll be playing at the excellent Paradise Stage at the Tahitian Noni center in Riverwoods.

Provo Utah
Friday August 24, 2007, 7:00pm
Tahitian Noni International
333 West River Park Drive
Provo, UT 84604
(Just west of Riverwoods Mall)

Becca will be in town for this one, too, so it really will be a Reunion Concert! The grounds and gardens of the TNI complex alone are worth the visit. Come a little early, get dinner at the caf�, enjoy the gardens, and then enjoy this FiddleSticks reunion!. For directions or more information, call (801) 234_1404, or go to TNI.com and click on the link for "Visitor Center and Gardens."

We can�t wait to see you soon! But in the meantime, you can catch up with us on our various family blogsites:

Becca's new baby:
http://mattandbecca.blogspot.com/

Liz and Andrew in Boston:
http://lizandrew.blogspot.com/

Our adventures in Washington DC: http://independencekids.blogspot.com/

Finally: A plea from our CDs, who made the trek with us to Washington in bulk, and have enjoyed their time in storage here, but would love to avoid the U-Haul back to Utah and instead fly by mail to your home!

Did we mention, there are lots of freebies and discounts at the website. Go to:
http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html

Happy Summer, and we'll see you soon!

FiddleSticks!

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#155

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:46 am
Subject: Reminder: FiddleSticks Reunion Concert at the Noni Theater in Provo

fiddlestickscalendar@...

Hi FiddleSticks Friends,

Katie's home from South Africa, and we've all made the trek from Washington DC back to Utah. Not only that, but Becca and family will be joining us from Hawaii, Liz and Andrew are visiting from Boston. So to celebrate we'll be playing a "We're All Together Again" concert at the excellent Paradise Stage at the Tahitian Noni center in Riverwoods in Provo. (Of course, in typical Davis family fashion, this same weekend we'll also be hosting Liz and Andrew's wedding reception, enjoying Katie's mission homecoming, and welcoming baby Rosie Jo to the Mainland for the first time!)

Here's the scoop on the concert:
Provo Utah
Friday August 24, 2007, 7:00pm
Tahitian Noni International
333 West River Park Drive
Provo, UT 84604
(Just west of Riverwoods Mall)

Free admission.

The grounds and gardens of the TNI complex alone are worth the visit, and there's a very cool little caf� on site. So, may we suggest: Come a little early, get dinner at the caf�, enjoy the gardens, and then enjoy this FiddleSticks concert! For directions or more information, call (801) 234-1404, or go to TNI.com and click on the link for "Visitor Center and Gardens."

With the various FiddleSticks members scattered far and wide, this will likely be the last FiddleSticks concert for a long time. So, if you like to hear us live, come to the show for sure! But, if you can't make the live show, there are plenty of chances to hear FiddleSticks on CD or online. We're on all the digital download sites (iTunes, Napster, etc), and of course, we have plenty of Real Hard Copy CDs as well (you know, artwork, liner notes, etc!). We'll have them at the concert, and of course there are lots of music freebies and discounts at our FiddleSticks website. Go to: http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html

We can�t wait to see you!
FiddleSticks!

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#156

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:04 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks CD Deals for the Holidays

fiddlestickscalendar@...

It's the Middle of November.

How the time is flying. Christmas is coming soon -- maybe sooner that you'd like, but here at FiddleSticks Central, we want to help. So from now until Christmas, we're going to make it easy to share great Celtic Tunes from the FiddleSticks family band with all your family and friends. We're offering FIVE extra special ways to get FiddleSticks recordings for extra special low prices! Here's the short version. Full details below:

Deal Number One: Buy 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' and Get an Extra Disc Free!
Deal Number Two: Buy an 'Older' CD and Get another 'Older CD' Free!
Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!
Deal Number Four: Use Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain as a Wild Card!
Deal Number Five: All Cassettes for a Dollar!

CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). But these five deals will double your money, or better. Ordering instructions are way down at the end of this message.

Deal Number One: Buy a 'Recent' CD, and Get an Extra Disc Free!
That is, if you buy 'Farewell toNauvoo' or 'Ampersand' or 'Return to Nauvoo' you can have, for free, anextra unpackaged 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' disc. Use theextra for your car, or your computer, or as a gift. (We hope this might help you avoid the temptation to BURNa copy to share!) And you can mix and match. So, for example, buy an'Ampersand' - choose a 'Farewell' -- or any other combination. Andthere's no limit: Buy two CDs, get two discs! Three for three, etc!
To listen to the tunes and help you decide what to buy, go to http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html.

But wait, there's more!
Deal Number Two: Buy an 'Older CD' and Get another 'Older CD' Free!
What are our 'Older CDs'? Well, they would be 'Cat and the Fiddle'(2002), 'Time and Again' (2001), 'Cold Fusion' (2000), 'PlayingFavorites' (1999), or the original 'Sampler' (1998). We hate to admit it, but some these lovely old collections are sitting on shelves getting just a little dusty. We'd like to getthem out of our garage and into your CD player. So here's the deal:Buy any of our 'older' CDs and you can choose any other of the 'older' CDs forfree. So, for example, buy a 'Cat and the Fiddle' and get a 'PlayingFavorites.' Buy two, get two more for free!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE !!

Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!
If you've been a FiddleSticks fan forlong you know we contribute a tune every year to the annual TimpanogosSinger-Songwriter Alliance (TSSA) compilation CD. These are wonderfulrecordings, featuring some of the best, most original, authentic musicfrom around Utah. Normally we give them away with each two CDs wesell, but right now, we'll send you a TSSA free with ANY FiddleSticksCD order. And you're already getting a deal. How can you say no?? Toread about the TSSA CDs, go to http://www.timpanogos.org/cds. If there's one you particularly want, specify it in your order and ifwe have it, we'll send your choice (but we don't have all of them anymore, so please list a second choice).

And there's even more:
Deal Number Four: Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain
Before she joined up with theFiddleSticks family, Andi released her own celtic CD, called ObsidianRain, with Kristen Washburn. It's an album of original and evocativearrangements on traditional Celtic tunes on fiddle and hammer dulcimer.Obsidian Rain defies categorization, but haunts the margins of Celticand New Age and Fusion Folk. And until Christmas, you can use it as a'wild card' in any of the above three deals... buy Obsidian Rain andchoose any of the other freebies: the loose disc, the 'Older' album, and/orthe TSSA compilation. You can listen to samples at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/apkw.

AND FINALLY:
Deal Number Five: Cassettes for a Dollar!
When we first started making recordings, our distributor, Excel Entertainment, insisted that Cassette Tapes Were Here To Stay. They made us print hundreds of them for our first two releases, Playing Favorites and Cold Fusion (Celtic Christmas). Needless to say, the marketing folks at Excel were lousy technology predictors, and as a result we have boxes and boxes of cassettes on our warehouse shelves. BUT WE KNOW the Cassette Player is not entirely extinct! It's all I have in my truck, for example. For those of you who are behind the times like me, or who have grandparents or missionaries or other retro-techno friends who are clinging to their cassette players, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT! Our cassettes are on sale this month for a buck a piece. Yep, you heard right: one dollar will get you Playing Favorites or Cold Fusion, on cassette. Stuff Stockings with them. Use them for your next White Elephant Party. Give them to all your neighbors instead of fruit cake. At a buck a piece, you can't go wrong, and our dusty shelves will thank you. $1 each, plus $2 per order (not per unit) shipping.

WOW! HOW DO I SIGN UP??:
Mail order: Send acheck to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097. Describe what CDs and what freebies or deals you want, and we'll sendthem right out to you. CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). (You can print out a mail order form at http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html. But the order form doesn't know about the freebies, so please explain what offer you want to use.)

Website: You can goto the website and order by clicking on the 'buy now' link on the CDyou want to pay for.... but the website doesn't know about thefreebies, so at the same time you make the website order, send an emailto order@..., identifying your order and describing what freebie/deals you want.

Paypal: You can purchase via PayPal (go to paypal.com, select 'send money,' and use email address order@fiddle-sticks.com for the PayPal payee). Just be sure to describe in the notes what CDs and what deal you want, and provide your address.

Thanks!
If you've wanted to add to your FiddleSticks collection, or replace those discs that got borrowedand never returned, now's a great time to do it at a super-affordableprice! Happy November!

(Thanks for subscribing to our FiddleSticks Newsletter. If you don't want to be on the list anymore, please send an email to unsubscribe@fiddle-sticks.com. But we hope you will stay with us!)

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#157

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Dec 4, 2007 5:48 am
Subject: Order FiddleSticks CDs in Time for Christmas!

fiddlestickscalendar@...

Reminder about the FiddleSticks Holiday Specials

Wow! December's here, so while there's still time to order FiddleSticks music in time for Christmas delivery, we thought we had better remind you about our Holiday Specials. Full details below:

Deal Number One: Buy 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' and Get an Extra Disc Free!
Deal Number Two: Buy an 'Older' CD and Get another 'Older CD' Free!
Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!
Deal Number Four: Use Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain as a Wild Card!
Deal Number Five: All Cassettes for a Dollar!

CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). But these five deals will double your money, or better. Ordering instructions are way down at the end of this message.

Deal Number One: Buy a 'Recent' CD, and Get an Extra Disc Free!
That is, if you buy 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' or 'Return to Nauvoo' you can have, for free, an extra unpackaged 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' disc. Use the extra for your car, or your computer, or as a gift. (We hope this might help you avoid the temptation to BURN a copy to share!) And you can mix and match. So, for example, buy an 'Ampersand' - choose a 'Farewell' -- or any other combination. And there's no limit: Buy two CDs, get two discs! Three for three, etc!
To listen to the tunes and help you decide what to buy, go to http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html.

But wait, there's more!
Deal Number Two: Buy an 'Older CD' and Get another 'Older CD' Free!
What are our 'Older CDs'? Well, they would be 'Cat and the Fiddle' (2002), 'Time and Again' (2001), 'Cold Fusion' (2000), 'Playing Favorites' (1999), or the original 'Sampler' (1998). We hate to admit it, but some these lovely old collections are sitting on shelves getting just a little dusty. We'd like to get them out of our garage and into your CD player. So here's the deal: Buy any of our 'older' CDs and you can choose any other of the 'older' CDs for free. So, for example, buy a 'Cat and the Fiddle' and get a 'Playing Favorites.' Buy two, get two more for free!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE !!

Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!
If you've been a FiddleSticks fan for long you know we contribute a tune every year to the annual Timpanogos Singer-Songwriter Alliance (TSSA) compilation CD. These are wonderful recordings, featuring some of the best, most original, authentic music from around Utah. Normally we give them away with each two CDs we sell, but right now, we'll send you a TSSA free with ANY Fiddlesticks CD order. And you're already getting a deal. How can you say no?? To read about the TSSA CDs, go to http://www.timpanogos.org/cds. If there's one you particularly want, specify it in your order and if we have it, we'll send your choice (but we don't have all of them anymore, so please list a second choice).

And there's even more:
Deal Number Four: Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain
Before she joined up with the Fiddlesticks family, Andi released her own celtic CD, called Obsidian Rain, with Kristen Washburn. It's an album of original and evocative arrangements on traditional Celtic tunes on fiddle and hammer dulcimer. Obsidian Rain defies categorization, but haunts the margins of Celtic and New Age and Fusion Folk. And until Christmas, you can use it as a 'wild card' in any of the above three deals... buy Obsidian Rain and choose any of the other freebies: the loose disc, the 'Older' album, and/or the TSSA compilation. You can listen to samples at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/apkw.

AND FINALLY:
Deal Number Five: Cassettes for a Dollar!
When we first started making recordings, our distributor, Excel Entertainment, insisted that Cassette Tapes Were Here To Stay. They made us print hundreds of them for our first two releases, Playing Favorites and Cold Fusion (Celtic Christmas). Needless to say, the marketing folks at Excel were lousy technology predictors, and as a result we have boxes and boxes of cassettes on our warehouse shelves. BUT WE KNOW the Cassette Player is not entirely extinct! It's all I have in my truck, for example. For those of you who are behind the times like me, or who have grandparents or missionaries or other retro-techno friends who are clinging to their cassette players, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT! Our cassettes are on sale this month for a buck a piece. Yep, you heard right: one dollar will get you Playing Favorites or Cold Fusion, on cassette. Stuff Stockings with them. Use them for your next White Elephant Party. Give them to all your neighbors instead of fruit cake. At a buck a piece, you can't go wrong, and our dusty shelves will thank you. $1 each, plus $2 per order (not per unit) shipping.

WOW! HOW DO I SIGN UP??:
Mail order: Send a check to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097. Describe what CDs and what freebies or deals you want, and we'll send them right out to you. CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). (You can print out a mail order form at http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html. But the order form doesn't know about the freebies, so please explain what offer you want to use.)

Website: You can goto the website and order by clicking on the 'buy now' link on the CD you want to pay for.... but the website doesn't know about the freebies, so at the same time you make the website order, send an email to order@fiddle-sticks.com, identifying your order and describing what freebie/deals you want.

Paypal: You can purchase via PayPal (go to paypal.com, select 'send money,' and use email address order@fiddle-sticks.com for the PayPal payee). Just be sure to describe in the notes what CDs and what deal you want, and provide your address.

Thanks!
If you've wanted to add to your FiddleSticks collection, or replace those discs that got borrowed and never returned, now's a great time to do it at a super-affordable price! Happy November!

(Thanks for subscribing to our FiddleSticks Newsletter. If you don't want to be on the list anymore, please send an email to unsubscribe@fiddle-sticks.com. But we hope you will stay with us!)

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#158

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:27 pm
Subject: Happy St Patricks from FiddleSticks

fiddlestickscalendar@...

St Patrick Wants You To Remember FiddleSticks

It�s time for the wearin� of the green.... What better time than St. Patrick�s day to remind us that . . . .

(1) Spring is Just Around the Corner, at last!
          and
(2) FiddleSticks CDs Are Perfect for your St. Paddy�s Celebration!

How can you let the dear old saint�s wishes go un-heeded? To help, may we point out that you can get FiddleSticks CDs from CDBaby.com, or Amazon.com, or (best deal) on the Official FiddleSticks Website:

           http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html

Remember, CDs are normally $15 on our website, but we have some great penny-pinching bargains on the website that would make any good Irishman smile, including

     free CDs,
     free shipping,
         and
     extra discounts.

So come visit, follow the links to �special deals and discounts� . . . and make the dear saint proud!

(Thanks for subscribing to our FiddleSticks Newsletter. If you don't want to be on the list anymore, please send an email to unsubscribe@.... But we hope you will stay with us!)

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#159

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Wed May 14, 2008 4:40 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks MAY 2-for-1 Offer, and Update from FiddleSticks

fiddlestickscalendar@...

Hey friends,
Here's an update from the FiddleSticks family. And an amazing pre-summer music offer.

First, the offer:

All CDs Half Price! That is, 2 for $15!

That's right, any two FiddleSticks CDs, now just $15, from now until the end of May. This is the best deal we've EVER offered!

Usually they're $15 each, and so here's your chance to double your money. As always, shipping is only $2 per order, and if your order is $45 or more, shipping is free! Which means you can get 6 FiddleSticks CDs for only $45, including shipping. Take your choice of the following:

Farewell to Nauvoo: Lovely and unique exciting new arrangements of hymns and songs from the Mormon Pioneers and from other hymn traditions of nineteenth-century America, performed together with Lisa Arrington.

Ampersand: New tunes for fiddle and cello by Katie and Liz, with Celtic roots and old-time, bluegrass, and jazz branches.

Return to Nauvoo: Traditional and Old Time Hymns, mainly from the Mormon Nauvoo era, presented with the original melodies, in FiddleSticks� eclectic Celtic style

Cat and the Fiddle: Celtic Fiddle music, both edgily new and comfortably traditional, with trips over the border to bluegrass and folk -- and winner of the Peal Award for best instrumental recording.

Time and Again: Cutting edge Celtic music, a fusion of traditional styles and rock/jazz energy, with drummer Brandon Cummings and fretless bass player Tom Halverson.

Christmas Cold Fusion: Celtic fusion Christmas music from the British Isles, with some Hanukkah tunes included for good measure. Our most popular Celtic recording.

Playing Favorites: Favorite tunes by the FiddleSticks family band, with love-songs, dance reels, cool music, and all-round fun.

FiddleSticks Sampler: Our very first recording, a live "in-studio" peformance that captures the very beginnings of FiddleSticks.

Obsidian Rain: Original and evocative arrangements on traditional Celtic tunes and themes on fiddle and hammer dulcimer, with FiddleSticks dulcimer player Andi Pitcher Davis. Obsidian Rain defies categorization, haunting the margins of Celtic and New Age and Fusion Folk.

Timpanogos Singer Songwriter Alliance Compilations: FiddleSticks has tracks on several TSSA Compilations issued over the past several years, and we have some copies available. The recordings feature other local Utah singer-songwriters and performers, like Pete Breinholt, Sam Payne, Steph Smith, Russ Kendall, Debra Fotheringham, Colors, Joey Dempster, and many many more. Go to http://timpanogos.org/cds for more detail.

TO ORDER: go to our website at http://fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html, print out the order, specify the CDs you want, figure the two-for-one price, and send your check to the address on the form. OR if you prefer to order online, you can go to the website at http://fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html and put one of the CDs you want in your Shopping Cart on our website for each two CDs you want.... and then send us an email to explain that you are taking advantage of the May two-for-one offer, and tell us the other CDs you want. EMAIL: order@....

FiddleSticks Family Update:

Becca's loving life in Hawaii, and she and her husband Matt just held a beach-side luau for baby Roselani's first birthday. She works for a Hawaiian Culture charter school, teaching, tutoring, and designing computer-based courses

Katie and new husband Sam are working in Knoxville, Tennessee for the summer. They both just graduated from Utah State, and Katie wowed the audience at her Senior Recital with a combination of classical music and fiddle tunes.

Liz and Andrew are enjoying Boston, where Liz is finishing her junior year at Berklee Music College. She has started a crossover string quartet called F.A.Q. that specializes in Celtic, Jazz, and Bluegrass tunes. She and her band were recently featured at Club Passim at Harvard Square.

Marco and Andi miss Washington DC but are glad to be home in Utah where Xanny and Zina can ride bikes in the front yard without peril.

Thanks friends!

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#160

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Sat Jun 7, 2008 5:16 pm
Subject: Free Music Downloads, plus Internet Praise for FiddleSticks

fiddlestickscalendar@...

Hi everybody,

First: Who doesn't like free!? We just started selling our music on AmieStreet.com, and to kick
things off they are giving our fans $5 to download our music. All you have to do is click on the link below to get $5 to download FiddleSticks tunes (or songs from thousands of other great independent
artists).

Just click this link and you can sign up and get started, and then search for "Fiddlesticks":

http://amiestreet.com/_l/cdbaby

Hey, five dollars is five dollars!

Second, How about FiddleSticks as "A Nice Alternative to the MoTabs"??

Since the FiddleSticks bandmembers are spread across the globe and not playing live shows together very often, we now mostly get to interact with fans through our albums. It's nice to get feedback from listeners telling us they like the music. And we�d like to share some comments posted on CDBaby.com and Amazon.com about our CDs. Feel free to add to the love-fest! Go to CDBaby.com or to Amazon.com to find our listings, and add a comment of your own. (Or just send us fan mail direct!)

The album RETURN TO NAUVOO has the most beautiful rendition of Be Thou My Vision I�ve ever heard. The combination of Fiddle & Cello is breathtaking. Three verses of string instruments & one vocal � brilliant! (M. Liam Noonan)

The CAT AND THE FIDDLE CD has many different moods as you listen to the songs. It's both lively and thoughtful. I love the sound of the bodhran keeping the beat - makes you want to dance! I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys folk music and celtic reels and jigs.(Amazon.com Customer)

I love the music on FAREWELL TO NAUVOO. I will be teaching classes where I can use some of the music. Can't wait until July when we go to Rocky Ridge where our grandchildren will be pulling handcarts. The music will be meaningful to them. Especially Margaret Young Boyle's version of The Handcart Song. Thank you to the artists and to CDBaby for such a great job. (Edna Peterson)

RETURN TO NAUVOO is a nice alternative to the MoTabs!
This CD features some early Latter-day Saint hymns, arranged for voice and folk instruments. The instrumentals are more interesting than the vocals, but FiddleSticks' Celtic-inspired sound is a good match for the material, and the album provides LDS Sunday-afternoon listeners with a nice alternative to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
(N Harward)

5 stars for TIME AND AGAIN by FiddleSticks. Fiddle Sticks is a real favorite of mine. I have been a fan for a few years and enjoy their celtic music and I appreciate their talent. It is especially good to find that a new generation can hear the instruments of old and have not only an appreciation for them and for the unique sound but a yearning to carry on the tradition. (S. H. Towhey)

COLD FUSION is a welcome break from other Yuletide CDs
The FiddleSticks sound adapts itself very well to holiday music. Carols both familiar and less so have attractive, unusual arrangements, and the few Hanukkah tracks on the album are very appealing. "Hey, you got your Christmas album in my Celtic folk!" "You got your Celtic folk in my Christmas album!" No joke, "It's DELICIOUS!"

The lead singer of Fiddlesticks has a distinctive sound that Utah folkies will probably recognize as the "Mormon corridor voice"--breathy and clear as a bell. She and her siblings and dad are no slouches in the music department. Give it a listen. (The Pirate King)

Andi�s �OBSIDIAN RAIN� album is Magic! I first recieved a copy from Kristin herself when I caught a ride with her and a friend from Utah to California a number of years ago. Cooly's Reel was done masterfully and is one of the most powerful pieces of music I've heard. The vocal intro to Rain is so enchanting it's like listening to the feeling of a perfect kiss. Andi's dulcimer really gives the music that authentic and age-old celtic feel. When I get rich I'm going to buy every copy of Obsidian Rain I can and just give them to everyone I know so they can experience it's greatness. (Cody)

Great group, great music, and great CD. Any CD by the FiddleSticks is good. (Devereaux)

Fantastic group and album! RETURN TO NAUVOO is my first album of Fiddlesticks owned and I really enjoy it. A lot of good acoustic string instruments and nice vocals too! (J.Young)

Praise to the Man is a Beautiful Hymn ... Lovely Fiddle / Cello ... Great Album! (Anonymous)

COLD FUSION by FiddleSticks has been a unique addition to my Christmas music collection, as well as my Fiddlesticks collection. Love it! The Hanukkah song was a pleasant surprise and one I shared with my friends - something for everyone! (S. H. Towhey)

CAT AND THE FIDDLE is a wonderful CD I love the songs and the voices and the instruments. (Jennie)

I love it! RETURN TO NAUVOO is my first FiddleSticks CD. It's fabulous. My kids even play it over and over. (They have good taste). Love the arrangements of the hymns. I'll buy more of their CDs. (Caneen)

I love the NAUVOO CDs. Amazing Grace is my favorite, but all of the songs are so nice to listen to. I love their voices, and the instruments used. The harmonies are just breathtaking. (Jennie)

5 out of 5 stars for CAT AND THE FIDDLE! Awesome, talent and melody. This album is one I have had for years, after hearing this band at a local concert, I bought their available CDs, listened to them all and their name soon became synonymous with quality celtic music. (Logan S.)

RETURN TO NAUVOO is a great album. I especially love the alternate versions of "Come, Come Ye Saints" and "Praise to the Man." "Be Thou My Vision," "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," and "How Can I Keep from Singing" were also lovely." The arrangements are interesting, and the instrumental selections are lively. I don't think you will be disappointed.(Ames, Iowa)

RETURN TO NAUVOO is Beautiful and Inspiring. This work is very specific as it is folk music revisiting old Mormon hyms. Not everybody's cup of tea, I suppose, but this work deserves to be heard by many. These old tunes have all been reworked, and while they remain faithful, they don't feel the need to stick to the historical melodies. The band add some rhythms and melodies, making this CD their own creation. Listening to this CD will make you feel like you are in the midst of the Saints in Nauvoo and at the same time feel like a brand new band original songs. Some tracks are just so edifying and uplifting: I am thinking of the excellent rendition of "Nearer to Thee my God" (as an mp3 extra track), which is so originally performed that you think it's a new creation altogether. I love the joyous "Thou Font of Every Blessing", which is not typically Mormon, but also Christian.

LDS Mormons, FLDS Mormons, and Reform Mormons like myself, will feel a special connection with "Come Come You Saints/All Is Well". This hymn illustrates the strengtht of Mormon pioneers making their way towards the rocky mountains. Leaving persecutions behind and the USA, they lived a modern Exodus and Mormons of all denominations today know that motto "All is well", signifying that no matter the trials we go through in life, God is there for us and all works for our own eternal progression. "Praise to the Man" is about the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and is done in a slow reverent manner, the "Nauvoo verison", different from its modern tune of "Scotland the Brave", which is beautifully rendered as an independent track, with no lyrics.

The only negative point I will make is that the band have changed a well-loved all-Mormon hymn: "If You Could Hie to Kolob". This one is about deep doctrine and explores the plurality of Gods, as taught as doctrine by the Prophet Joseph Smith. A line goes: "When gods began to be" and the singer changed it to: "When God began to be", in order to appear more Christian. Other important lines have also been omitted, probably in order not to offend Christians. I just think that if Christians are open minded enough to buy this CD, they won't mind Mormon themes.

Overall, an highly recommended CD that I love listening to...(F. Desse - U.K.)

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#161

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:34 pm
Subject: Free Music from the FiddleSticks Family

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Free Music Downloads - and a Promise of Live FiddleSticks Music in August

We told you a few weeks ago about "Amie Street" - a new digital site for independent music. Our tunes have been selling there at a steady pace - and are still at a promotional rate (albums for less than $5!, tunes for a quarter!) Have a look!

But here's an even better deal: Amie Street is now offering some FREE music from the FiddleSticks family (and Extended Family)...

Obsidian Rain
First, you may know that in Andi's pre-FiddleSticks days, she recorded a dulcimer and fiddle CD, called Obsidian Rain, with Kristen Washburn. Obsidian Rain is now on the Amie Street site, and right now (if you hurry) it's ... FREE! Yep, the whole album, free. What's it sound like?? Here's the description from CDBaby:

Original and evocative arrangements on traditional Celtic tunes and themes on fiddle and hammer dulcimer. Obsidian Rain defies categorization, haunting the margins of Celtic and New Age and Fusion Folk.

You can get the actual physical CD from us, of course, or from CDBaby.com, for $15. But right now, it's free to download at Amie Street. Here's the link:

http://amiestreet.com/artist/46781

Go have a listen!

Good Morning Maxfield
I mentioned that our "Extended Family" has music on Amie Street as well. Liz's husband Andrew Maxfield and his brother Stuart are musical geniuses. Stuart's band, Good Morning Maxfield, makes lively, innovative, indy Rock n Roll... Andrew's not in the band any more (since he and Liz moved to Boston) but Stuart and his wife rented our basement apartment for the last couple of years, and so we got to know the band and their music well.... especially since we had band practice at our place every Tuesday and Saturday! We can hum all the tunes -- and you will too -- just go to Amie Street, and if you get there soon, the music's free!

Here's the link:

http://amiestreet.com/artist/42803

The way Amie Street works is that when an album is first added to the site it's free for a short period, and then the price starts to go up. So go get them while the getting's good!

Happy listening!

Summer FiddleSticks Music
Yes, the FiddleSticks family is still spread from Sea to Shining Sea - but the stars seem to be aligning for a summer get-together in Mid-August in Utah. It's still up in the air, but we can expect a couple of live public FiddleSticks shows. Stay tuned!

Thanks!
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#162

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Thu Aug 7, 2008 7:07 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks In Concert -- Your Only Chance this Year!

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http://www.co.utah.ut.us/DEPT/CountyFair/index.asp

Two free reunion concerts coming up, and some great Free Music!

FIDDLESTICKS REUNION CONCERTS

The stars are aligning and the FiddleSticks sisters will all be in the same place next week -- a rare event nowadays. So it's time for a FiddleSticks Reunion Concert or two.

Please come say Hi to Liz (visiting from Boston), Katie (visiting from Tennessee) and Becca (visiting from Hawaii, together with 1-year-old Rosie Jo), and enjoy one of these Free Concerts!

PROVO

Thursday, August 14, 7pm

Noni International 'Paradise Stage'

333 West River Park Drive

(Just West of Riverwoods)
Provo, UT 84604

The Noni Paradise Stage is a fun, relaxed place with lots of sofas and comfy chairs.... and a great music venue. We're making a habit of playing there whenever we can. This will be a fun show, and chance to see the traveling sisters and discover what they've been up to. And to hear some fun new tunes and old favorites. Free, no tickets required. (Directions are posted below.) After the show, we'll all be heading up the hill to the Davis house for a party and music jam (kind of a "boxing day in August"). So come to the Noni show, and then stay late at the after-party if you can!

SPANISH FORK
Friday, August 15, 5pm

Utah County Fair

Spanish Fork Fairgrounds
475 South Main
Spanish Fork, Utah

Ahh, there's nothing like the County Fair to say 'Summer in Utah.' 4-H booths, vegetable art, widget sellers -- And great music as well! How can you stay away?!? And right after us on the lineup will be Shane Jackman and then Greg Simpson. So come enjoy the day! There is no admission fee for the fair, for parking, or for the music shows.

DIRECTIONS TO THE NONI STAGE:

From I-15 take the Orem Center Street exit. Head east (towards the mountains) on Center Street all the way through Orem. As Center Street drops down into Provo (just before the Shops at Riverwoods), you will turn left at the 300 West stop light. Drive less than a block north and you will see the Noni building.
Address:
333 West River Park Drive
Provo, UT 84604
For further directions, call (801) 234-1406
http://tahitiannoni.com/united_states/english/visitTNI/Home/index.html

DIRECTIONS TO THE UTAH COUNTY FAIR:

Take Interstate I-15 south from Provo about ten miles and take the Spanish Fork Main Street exit (exit no. 257). Go south through town and just on the other side of town, you'll see the fairgrounds on your left.
Address:
Spanish Fork Fairgrounds
475 South Main
Spanish Fork, Utah

Fair Access is by the Fairgrounds East entrance, at the free parking lot.

FREE MUSIC BONUS

The new TSSA Compilation CD for Summer 2008 is now available. It's called "FOUND IT", and it's great! Tunes by Sam Payne, Pete Breinholt, Julia Davis Allen, Ed Stevens, Joshua Creek -- and of course FiddleSticks -- and many more.

As always, if you buy any TWO FiddleSticks CDs, you get a free TSSA compilation CD. (See our website "Special Deals" page:
http://fiddle-sticks.com/FSListenSpecialDeal.html). But here's an EVEN BETTER DEAL: At both of our shows this August, you'll get a FREE TSSA CD with every ONE FiddleSticks CD you buy. So come see us, and get some great free music.

And just to be fair to those who aren't nearby: For the month of August, you can get the same deal by Internet or Mail Order. Buy any FiddleSticks CD and get a free TSSA CD as well -- or buy two, get two TSSA CDs free. Just write on your mail order form that you want the TSSA freebie, or click on the "TSSA FREEBIE" button on the "Special Deals" page of the website. (Note: the website still says that it's buy two, get one free, but never mind: you'll get one for one. Try it!)

HAPPY LISTENING! AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON!

FiddleSticks

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#163

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:47 pm
Subject: REMINDER: FiddleSticks In Concert This Week

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http://www.co.utah.ut.us/DEPT/CountyFair/index.asp

COMING UP THIS WEEK: Two free reunion concerts by FiddleSticks. And a Free CD Offer!

FIDDLESTICKS REUNION CONCERTS

PROVO

Thursday, August 14, 7pm

Noni International 'Paradise Stage'

333 West River Park Drive

(Just West of Riverwoods)
Provo, UT 84604

SPANISH FORK
Friday, August 15, 5pm

Utah County Fair

Spanish Fork Fairgrounds
475 South Main
Spanish Fork, Utah

Ahh, there's nothing like the County Fair to say 'Summer in Utah.' 4-H booths, vegetable art, widget sellers -- And great music as well! How can you stay away?!? We're on stage right after our favorite, Sam Payne, and right after us on the lineup will be Shane Jackman and then Greg Simpson. So come enjoy the day! There is no admission fee for the fair, for parking, or for the music shows.

DIRECTIONS TO THE NONI STAGE:

Fair Access is by the Fairgrounds East entrance, at the free parking lot.

FREE MUSIC BONUS

The new TSSA Compilation CD for Summer 2008 is now available. It's called "FOUND IT", and it's great! Tunes by Sam Payne, Pete Breinholt, Julia Davis Allen, Ed Stevens, Joshua Creek -- and of course FiddleSticks -- and many more.

As always, if you buy any TWO FiddleSticks CDs, you get a free TSSA compilation CD. (See our website "Special Deals" page:
http://fiddle-sticks.com/FSListenSpecialDeal.html). But here's an EVEN BETTER DEAL: At both of our shows this August, you'll get a FREE TSSA CD with every ONE FiddleSticks CD you buy. So come see us, and get some great free music.

And just to be fair to those who aren't nearby: For the month of August, you can get the same deal by Internet or Mail Order. Buy any FiddleSticks CD and get a free TSSA CD as well -- or buy two, get two TSSA CDs free. Just write on your mail order form that you want the TSSA freebie, or click on the "TSSA FREEBIE" button on the "Special Deals" page of the website. (Note: the website still says that it's buy two, get one free, but never mind: you'll get one for one. Just send us an email telling us you made an order, and that you want the free TSSA CDs. Try it!)

HAPPY LISTENING! AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON!

FiddleSticks

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#164

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:02 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks Article in Latter-Day Woman Magazine

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Hey everybody,

FiddleSticks was featured in an article in the online magazine 'Latter-Day Woman'....

Go to http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?magid=107133#/page112/

and have a look! (Somebody did some research and compiled a bunch of previous articles and press releases to come up with the feature!)

By the way, we're still giving away FREE the 2008 TSSA Compilation with every order, so now's a good time to complete your FiddleSticks collection.

Go to our website and order to your heart's content!

Thanks!

FiddleSticks

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#165

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:39 am
Subject: FiddleSticks Wins at Pearl Awards!

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FiddleSticks Wins at the Pearl Awards!

Hi Friends,
At the Pearl Awards last night, our "Ampersand" album was named the "Contemporary Instrumental Album of the Year." Katie got to stand onstage and accept the accolades. She used her 60 seconds of fame to "thank the academy" and make a pitch for independent music, in front of an adoring, star-studded audience. Here's a photo of Katie holding the actual award. (That thing looks lethal! Is it ironic that the "Pearl Award" is about as sharp and angular and non pearl-like a form as you could imagine?)

You can read more about the Pearl Awards and see the other winners here: www.pearlawards.org (they have promised to post a summary of this year's event at the site, but it wasn't there just now when I was writing this...)

Ampersand, if you haven't heard it yet, is an eclectic mix of Celtic, bluegrass, folk and old time tunes, written, arranged and performed for fiddle and cello by Katie and Liz (with backup from the rest of us). (To have a listen, click over to our at our CDBaby site.)

To celebrate the Ampersand album and our newest Pearl Award, we're offering a two-for-one special deal on our CDs: buy the award-winning Ampersand CD and you can choose any other FiddleSticks CD for Free!

That's right: Buy Ampersand for $15, and choose another for free. Buy two, get two. Just in time for early holiday buying, you can get as many two-for-one Ampersand combos as you like. Your friends and family will appreciate your good taste in music, and we'll appreciate your continued support!

To order by mail:
Send a check to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097. Describe which CDs you want, and we'll send them right out to you. CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). (You can print out a mail order form at on our website. Just write on the form "Ampersand 2 for 1" and work out the price.)

Website:
You can go to the FiddleSticks website and order by clicking on the 'Add to Cart' link (one click for each Ampersand CD you want to pay for)-- and at the same time you make the website order, send an email to order@fiddle-sticks.com and tell us which freebies you want - one for each Ampersand purchased.

Paypal: You can purchase via PayPal (go to paypal.com, select 'send money,' and use email address order@fiddle-sticks.com for the PayPal payee). Just be sure to describe in the notes how many Ampersands you're paying for, and which freebies you want, and provide your address.

Thanks! We'll keep this deal going until the end of November, so get your order in soon!

If you've wanted to give some FiddleSticks tunes to your friends or family for the holidays, if even if you've been waiting replace those discs that got borrowed and never returned, now's a great time to do it at a super-affordable price! And celebrate the Pearl Award for Ampersand with us!

Happy November!

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#166

From: FiddleSticks Calendar <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:20 am
Subject: Recession-Busting Deals on FiddleSticks Music for the Holidays!

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FiddleSticks Presents: Recession-Busting Holiday Specials

Wow! Thanksgiving is here! So, first of all, thanks to you, our friends and fans, for your many years of support. Have a fun and safe holiday!

And now, with December around the corner, the Christmas holidays will be here before you know it. To help reduce the stress of Holiday gift-giving and lower your Driving-To-The-Mall anxiety levels, we're offering some excellent Holiday Deals on our Pearl-Award Winning FiddleSticks recordings. We want to make it as easy as possible to do your shopping right at our FiddleSticks website! So here are our Recession Busting offers, good from now until Christmas:

FiddleSticks CDs are normally $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). But these deals will double your money, or better. Ordering instructions are way down at the end of this message.

Deal Number One: Buy a 'Recent' CD, and Get an Extra Disc Free!
That is, if you buy 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' or 'Return to Nauvoo' you can have, for free, an extra unpackaged 'Farewell to Nauvoo' or 'Ampersand' disc. Use the extra for your car, or your computer, or as a gift. And you can mix and match. So, for example, buy an 'Ampersand' - choose a 'Farewell' -- or any other combination. And there's no limit: Buy two CDs, get two discs! Three for three, etc!
To listen to the tunes and help you decide what to buy, go to http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSListen.html.

But wait, there's more!
Deal Number Two: Buy an 'Older CD' and Get another 'Older CD' Free!
What are our 'Older CDs'? Well, they would be 'Cat and the Fiddle' (2002), 'Time and Again' (2001), 'Cold Fusion' (2000), 'Playing Favorites' (1999), or the original 'Sampler' (1998). We hate to admit it, but some of these lovely old collections are sitting on shelves getting just a little dusty. We'd like to get them out of our garage and into your CD player. So here's the deal: Buy any of our 'older' CDs and you can choose any other of the 'older' CDs for free. So, for example, buy a 'Cat and the Fiddle' and get a 'Playing Favorites.' Buy two, get two more for free!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE !!

Deal Number Three: Buy ANY CD and get a TSSA CD for Free!
If you've been a FiddleSticks fan for long you know we contribute a tune every year to the annual Timpanogos Singer-Songwriter Alliance (TSSA) compilation CD. These are wonderful recordings, featuring some of the best, most original, authentic music from around Utah. Normally we give them away with each two CDs we sell, but right now, we'll send you a TSSA free with ANY Fiddlesticks CD you purchase. And you're already getting a deal. How can you say no?? To read about the TSSA CDs, go to http://www.timpanogos.org/cds. If there's one you particularly want, specify it in your order and if we have it, we'll send your choice (but we don't have all of them anymore, so please list a second choice). Buy one, get one. Buy two, get two. Buy ten, get ten!

And there's even more:
Deal Number Four: Andi Pitcher's Obsidian Rain
Before she joined up with the Fiddlesticks family, Andi released her own celtic CD, called Obsidian Rain, with Kristen Washburn. "It's an album of original and evocative arrangemens of traditional Celtic tunes on fiddle and hammer dulcimer. Obsidian Rain defies categorization, but haunts the margins of Celtic and New Age and Fusion Folk." And until Christmas, you can use it as a 'wild card' in any of the other deals... buy Obsidian Rain and choose any of the other freebies: the loose disc, the 'Older' album, and/or the TSSA compilation. You can listen to samples at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/apkw.

Maybe Not for Everybody, but...

Deal Number Five: Cassettes for Fifty Cents!
When we first started making recordings, our distributor, Excel Entertainment, insisted that "Cassette Tapes Were Here To Stay." They made us print hundreds of them for our first two releases, Playing Favorites and Cold Fusion (Celtic Christmas). Needless to say, the marketing folks at Excel were lousy technology predictors, and as a result we have boxes and boxes of cassettes on our warehouse shelves. BUT WE KNOW the Cassette Player is not entirely extinct! It's all I have in my truck, for example. For those of you who are behind the times like me, or who have grandparents or missionaries or other retro-techno friends who are clinging to their cassette players, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT! Our cassettes are on sale from now until December 25 for fifty-cents a piece. Yep, you heard right: two quarters will get you Playing Favorites or Cold Fusion, on cassette. Stuff Stockings with them. Use them for your next White Elephant Party. Give them to all your neighbors instead of fruit cake. At two for a buck, you can't go wrong, and our dusty shelves will thank you. $0.50 each, plus $2 per order (not per unit) shipping.

AND FINALLY:

Deal Number Six: Any Six CDs for $60!

This one's not exactly a holiday deal, since it's ALWAYS available. But we wanted to remind you that you can always order any five of our CDs -- normally $75 -- for only $60. And this month, you can choose all of the other deals to go with them. So get out an order form and your calculator, and you'll be amazed how much you'll save!

WOW! HOW DO I SIGN UP??:
Mail order: Send a check to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097. Describe what CDs and what freebies or deals you want, and we'll send them right out to you. CDs are $15 each, with $2 shipping per order (and shipping is free if your total is $45 or more). (You can print out a mail order form at http://www.fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html. But the order form doesn't know about the freebies, so please explain what offers you want to use.)

Website: You can go to the website and order by clicking on the 'buy now' link on the CDs you want to pay for.... but the website doesn't know about the freebies, so at the same time you make the website order, send an email to order@fiddle-sticks.com, identifying your order and describing what freebie/deals you want.

Paypal: You can purchase via PayPal (go to paypal.com, select 'send money,' and use the email address order@fiddle-sticks.com for the PayPal payee). Just be sure to describe in the notes what CDs and what deal you want, and provide your address.

Thanks!
If you've wanted to add to your FiddleSticks collection, or replace those discs that got borrowed and never returned, now's a great time to do it at a super-affordable price! Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy December!

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#167

From: mdavisx@...
Date: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:42 pm
Subject: How To Opt Out of Yahoo's Interest-Matched Advertising

mdavisx

Hi everybody. Our list is a Yahoo groups which for the most part it is a good thing. However, Yahoo has started a new policy that's essentially like spying on people who are in Yahoo groups. They'll use it for focusing marketing and advertising based on your "interests" -- which they figure out from your group activity.

It's annoying, but the good news is that it's easy to opt out of. Here's some background and the link to shut off their snooping on your computer.

Cheers,

Marco

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Information about Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and every group you visit, even when you're not connected to Yahoo. Look at their updated privacy statement at
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html

About half-way down the page, in the section on *cookies*, you will see a link that says *WEB BEACONS*.

Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." On the page that opens, on the left find a box entitled "Opt-Out."

In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then click the opt-out button on the next page.

Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and your ability to opt-out of it - is not user-specific. It is MACHINE specific. That means you will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) you use.

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#168

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Sun Feb 1, 2009 3:09 am
Subject: Update from FiddleSticks, and Music Deals!

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Hey all,
just to let you know what's up with us all, and to send you to the latest and greatest in music from the FiddleSticks Family.

FiddleSticks Update:

1 - Becca's loving life in Hawaii. They've just moved to Kauai, and she says they love it. She recently found a recording studio and put down some tracks for Liz's project (more about that later). Hopefully she'll be back in the studio soon, and we'll get some more of Becca on our next CD project, via long-distance recording.

2 - Katie's enjoying life as a travelling vagabond. With her fiddle strapped to her backpack, she's now in Peru, and headed next week to Brazil. On the itinerary are South Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Serbia, France and Holland. Just before she left she recorded several tunes for the new CD. She and her well-worn hiking shoes should be back stateside by the middle of May!

3 - Liz is in her last semester at Berklee in Boston. She's finishing up her senior project that has involved writing and recording a great variety of very cool new tunes.  The rest of us FiddleStickers have joined her by long-distance recording, and it has been lots of fun.  We're hoping by the end of 2009 to have a new FiddleSticks CD ready to launch. But if working on her own stuff wasn't enough, Liz has also started a new very cool group -- it's called "Folk Arts Quartet" and it's a funky combo of folky fiddle/cello music fused with the form of a traditional string quartet.

New Free Music to Stream:

        Speaking of the Folk Arts Quartet, here's a link to some of Liz's current music:
              Click on: http://www.myspace.com/folkartsquartet and enjoy!

       Their Myspace page also lists their busy upcoming performing schedule. If you're in Boston or in Memphis, be sure to get to one of their shows.

FiddleSticks Album Deals:

In the run up to our new CD release later this year, we're going to offer periodic "clear the shelves" deals. Here's the first:

1. Ampersand for Valentines: Two for One!
     Right now, through February 14, our Pearl-Award winning Ampersand CD is our twofer special - that is, buy one, get one free.  Go to our website http://fiddle-sticks.com/Ampersand.html and click on "Add to Cart" and buy one Ampersand CD (just select "1" as the quantity) -- then send an email to orders@... and tell us that you're ordering the twofer special and you want us to ship TWO for the price of ONE. And we'll send it right out. (Or you can print the paper "Mail Order" form, and send us payment for one CD, but write on the order that you want Two Ampersands!

2. Cassettes for Free!
      Does anybody still have cassette players? There has to be somebody out there -- maybe your grandma? Or the 1995 car that you're still driving (like mine!) If so, you're in luck, because we have a lot of "vintage" FiddleSticks albums on cassette. Namely, Playing Favorites and Cold Fusion. If you want them, they're yours, for just the price of the postage. Print out the paper "Mail Order" form (at fiddle-sticks.com/FSOrder.html) and enclose $1 for each TWO cassettes you order.

Thanks! and happy listening!

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#169

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:42 am
Subject: New CD from the FiddleSticks Family

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Hi FiddleSticks Friends,

We're pleased to introduce the latest album in the FiddleSticks Family. "Big Fiddle" has just been released, and we think you'll like it a lot! Liz -- our cellist -- wrote almost all of the music for this album, with a couple of tunes by Katie. The album features the cello (the "Big Fiddle" is what the cello used to be called in Scotland). The rest of us FiddleStickers back her up - Katie on fiddle, Becca on vocals, and Marco on Irish drum; Plus there are lots of other amazing musicians on the album. Liz is fast gaining a reputation as one of the top Celtic Cellists anywhere, and this album proves it. Not to mention this is Liz's debut as a really amazing composer.

Here is how Liz describes her music in the liner notes to the new CD:

Although cello was introduced as the Big Fiddle in Scotland over 300 years ago, its potential in folk music was largely untapped until recently. After all, it was harder to hear than the fiddle, and definitely harder to schlep (I speak from experience). Within the last two decades, however, cellists have begun to test out new rhythmic, technical, and melodic ideas in folk idioms. As a composer, arranger, and Big Fiddler myself, I love finding new ways to include the cello in folk music.

The versatility of the instrument allows it to fill multiple roles on this album: the cello can take the place of lead fiddle; provide low, rhythmic accompaniment; or decorate the middle range with supportive counterpoint. I arranged the album�s title track for cello trio to highlight each of these roles.

This project has been a wonderful experience for me, but I consider it a first stop in a much longer creative journey. I hope you enjoy this album and I invite you to join me as we embark together on this Big Fiddling expedition!

The album's now for sale on the FiddleSticks website, www.fiddle-sticks.com:

Buy "Big Fiddle" by itself for $15, plus $2 shipping

or as a New Release special you can get a double bonus:

Buy "Big Fiddle" plus "Ampersand" for just $20, plus $2 shipping, and we'll include free the latest Timpanogos Singer Songwriter album.

Or send your order with a check to
FiddleSticks
647 N 1280 E
Orem UT 84097

We're sure you're going to love this new album.

Just to whet your appetite, here is a track list and more information about each of the songs:

1. Tailor�s Thimble Tim the Trusty Tandem
I discovered the Tailor�s Thimble in an old pink book
of Irish tunes. It seemed a good counterpart for Tim
the Trusty Tandem, a tune I wrote about a borrowed
bicycle-built-for-two and an adventure that Drew
and I had on Cape Cod.

2. Pretty Saro + Maggie�s Beau
Pretty Saro, a traditional song in Appalachia and
the British Isles, has been performed by artists
ranging from Bob Dylan to Judy Collins. This ver-
sion features a new melody by Fiddler and singer
Kate Davis Henderson. I wrote Maggie�s Beau to
celebrate the birth of my cello Maggie, and the
arrival of her bow, Hal. Thanks to J.P. Lucas for such a
wonderful instrument.

3. Ike and Icky is solo piece is dedicated to the mysterious
young twins Isaac and Icarus.

4. Lake Isle of Innisfree
Irish poet W.B. Yeats referred to his poems as
songs. When I read about the eternal island, or
Innisfree, this is the song that came to mind.

5. Little Prince + Stone Frigate + Pigeon on the Gate
Sometimes I wish I could sit with the Little Prince
and watch 44 sunsets in one day. I wrote this tune
for him. Stone Frigate and Pigeon on the Gate are
traditional tunes that have been adopted into many
Celtic subgenres. Here, I perform them in the Cape
Breton style.

6. When We Two Parted
I wrote this melody, thinking it would be a lullaby,
but after I came across the Lord Byron poem, I
realized that the melody I had written
wasn�t a lullaby at all, but a tragic love song about
sorrow and deceit. Who knew?

7. New Time is tune is an example of a new genre I like to call
�ChamberGrass��a combination of arrangement
ideas from chamber music with melodic ideas
from folk traditions. It features my group, the
Folk Arts Quartet.

8. November
My great-great-great grandfather, Parley P. Pratt,
was a poet and preacher. During a mission in South
America, he wrote a poem entitled �November in
Chile� describing how, despite the beautiful spring
weather, he longed for family and �the wintry blasts
of [his] mountain home.� I wrote this solo cello piece
after reading his poem for the first time.

9. The Great Selkie
The Great Selkie is an eerie Irish ballad that my
mother used to sing. My sister Becca sings it now.

10. Walter�s Jig + The Abominable Oboe
I composed Walter�s Jig for Walter and his wife
Ellie, my delightful neighbors, after they provided
an audience for one of my recording sessions. My
sister Kate Davis Henderson wrote the Abomi-
nable Oboe after she and I had a most unfortunate
encounter with an out-of-tune oboe.

11. Big Fiddle + Sheepskin and Beeswax
I woke up one morning humming Big Fiddle and
quickly wrote it down before I could forget it.
Later I coupled it with a traditional tune I learned
in Drummondville, Que�bec, and recorded it with
two of my favorite big fiddlers, Ari and Natalie.

Liz Davis Maxfield, member of the family band FiddleSticks and Founder of the Folk Arts Quartet, is about to graduate from Berklee College of Music in Boston, and will be heading to Ireland as the first ever Cellist to pursue graduate studies in Irish music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. More about Liz at www.LizDavisMaxfield.com

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#170

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:53 am
Subject: Liz's Big Fiddle now on CDBaby

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Hey, we're happy to give you an update on the new CD, Liz's "Big Fiddle."

First thanks for all the orders! We've been making extra trips to the post office. And if you tried to order right after our first email announcement and couldn't make the website work, you'll be glad to know the "Add to Cart" links are now working correctly.

And for those who would like a little preview before buying, Big Fiddle is now up on the CDBaby.com website, with short musical samples. Click Here, and have a listen.

You're going to love it!

And you can buy the CD at CDBaby, of course, but CDBaby doesn't have our great deals. Like "Big Fiddle" and "Ampersand" together for only $20. And free shipping over $45. And a bonus TSSA CD just for the asking.

So have a listen courtesy of CDBaby's generous bandwidth, and then come back to http://fiddle-sticks.com/BigFiddle.htm and order a few.

Details about the orders, and about the CD, are below.

Thanks!!

Liz's "BIG FIDDLE"

Liz plays her cello like nobody else: sometimes standing up, sometimes horizontal like a guitar, sometimes as the melody, sometimes as percussion. And sometimes, she plays it like a Big Fiddle -- with lightening fingers playing fast and articulately -- she's a cello fiddler, and her cello is, of course, her Big Fiddle. This album makes the most of her revolutionizing of cello performance.

Liz wrote almost all of the music for this album, with a couple of tunes by Katie. The album features the cello (the "Big Fiddle" is what the cello used to be called in Scotland). The rest of us FiddleStickers back her up - Katie on fiddle, Becca on vocals, and Marco on Irish drum; Plus there are lots of other amazing musicians on the album. Liz is fast gaining a reputation as one of the top Celtic Cellists anywhere, and this album proves it. Not to mention this is Liz's debut as a really amazing composer.

The album's now for sale on the FiddleSticks website, www.fiddle-sticks.com:

Buy "Big Fiddle" by itself for $15, plus $2 shipping

or as a New Release special you can get a double bonus:

Buy "Big Fiddle" plus "Ampersand" for just $20, plus $2 shipping, and we'll include free the latest Timpanogos Singer Songwriter album. Just ask!

Or send your order with a check to
FiddleSticks
647 N 1280 E
Orem UT 84097

We're sure you're going to love this new album. Here is how Liz describes her music in the liner notes to the new CD:

Although cello was introduced as the Big Fiddle in Scotland over 300 years ago, its potential in folk music was largely untapped until recently. After all, it was harder to hear than the fiddle, and definitely harder to schlep (I speak from experience). Within the last two decades, however, cellists have begun to test out new rhythmic, technical, and melodic ideas in folk idioms. As a composer, arranger, and Big Fiddler myself, I love finding new ways to include the cello in folk music.

The versatility of the instrument allows it to fill multiple roles on this album: the cello can take the place of lead fiddle; provide low, rhythmic accompaniment; or decorate the middle range with supportive counterpoint. I arranged the album�s title track for cello trio to highlight each of these roles.

This project has been a wonderful experience for me, but I consider it a first stop in a much longer creative journey. I hope you enjoy this album and I invite you to join me as we embark together on this Big Fiddling expedition!

Just to whet your appetite, here is a track list and more information about each of the songs:

1. Tailor�s Thimble Tim the Trusty Tandem
I discovered the Tailor�s Thimble in an old pink book
of Irish tunes. It seemed a good counterpart for Tim
the Trusty Tandem, a tune I wrote about a borrowed
bicycle-built-for-two and an adventure that Drew
and I had on Cape Cod.

2. Pretty Saro + Maggie�s Beau
Pretty Saro, a traditional song in Appalachia and
the British Isles, has been performed by artists
ranging from Bob Dylan to Judy Collins. This ver-
sion features a new melody by Fiddler and singer
Kate Davis Henderson. I wrote Maggie�s Beau to
celebrate the birth of my cello Maggie, and the
arrival of her bow, Hal. Thanks to J.P. Lucas for such a
wonderful instrument.

3. Ike and Icky is solo piece is dedicated to the mysterious
young twins Isaac and Icarus.

4. Lake Isle of Innisfree
Irish poet W.B. Yeats referred to his poems as
songs. When I read about the eternal island, or
Innisfree, this is the song that came to mind.

5. Little Prince + Stone Frigate + Pigeon on the Gate
Sometimes I wish I could sit with the Little Prince
and watch 44 sunsets in one day. I wrote this tune
for him. Stone Frigate and Pigeon on the Gate are
traditional tunes that have been adopted into many
Celtic subgenres. Here, I perform them in the Cape
Breton style.

6. When We Two Parted
I wrote this melody, thinking it would be a lullaby,
but after I came across the Lord Byron poem, I
realized that the melody I had written
wasn�t a lullaby at all, but a tragic love song about
sorrow and deceit. Who knew?

7. New Time is tune is an example of a new genre I like to call
�ChamberGrass��a combination of arrangement
ideas from chamber music with melodic ideas
from folk traditions. It features my group, the
Folk Arts Quartet.

8. November
My great-great-great grandfather, Parley P. Pratt,
was a poet and preacher. During a mission in South
America, he wrote a poem entitled �November in
Chile� describing how, despite the beautiful spring
weather, he longed for family and �the wintry blasts
of [his] mountain home.� I wrote this solo cello piece
after reading his poem for the first time.

9. The Great Selkie
The Great Selkie is an eerie Irish ballad that my
mother used to sing. My sister Becca sings it now.

10. Walter�s Jig + The Abominable Oboe
I composed Walter�s Jig for Walter and his wife
Ellie, my delightful neighbors, after they provided
an audience for one of my recording sessions. My
sister Kate Davis Henderson wrote the Abomi-
nable Oboe after she and I had a most unfortunate
encounter with an out-of-tune oboe.

11. Big Fiddle + Sheepskin and Beeswax
I woke up one morning humming Big Fiddle and
quickly wrote it down before I could forget it.
Later I coupled it with a traditional tune I learned
in Drummondville, Que�bec, and recorded it with
two of my favorite big fiddlers, Ari and Natalie.

Liz Davis Maxfield, member of the family band FiddleSticks and Founder of the Folk Arts Quartet, is about to graduate from Berklee College of Music in Boston, and will be heading to Ireland as the first ever Cellist to pursue graduate studies in Irish music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. More about Liz at www.LizDavisMaxfield.com

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#171

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 9:27 pm
Subject: FiddleSticks Celtic Utah Shows in June

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Two Chances to See FiddleSticks in June!

Hi friends

With FiddleSticks spread far and wide, we don't often get together in Utah. But we've got two shows coming up this week, now that Katie's in town, back from her world tour.

Here are the details:

OREM
Friday, June 12, 7pm
Music in the Gardens Concert Series
Central Utah Gardens
355 W. University Parkway
Orem, Utah

The "Music in the Gardens" 2009 summer concert series gets its start with FiddleSticks. Friday, June 12th from 7 to 8pm, FiddleSticks will bring Celtic and American folk music to the Central Utah Gardens. Come and enjoy the music, and check out the Gardens, which is a project of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Their motto is "Conserving Water Through Education" -- and they have lots of good landscaping ideas that look great and save water.

Admission is free. The Gardens are on the University Parkway, just up the hill from Utah Valley University, just across the street from Krispy Kreme! The series goes on all summer long, with lots of great music. Have a look at http://www.centralutahgardens.org/events.html.

ALPINE
Saturday, June 20, 7pm
Alpine Summer Concert Series
Alpine Gazebo at Legacy Park
Corner of Center Street and Main Street
Alpine, UT

The Alpine Gazebo is a great place for a summer concert, especially when it is part of the Alpine Summer Concert Series and Annual Ice Cream Social. The concert starts at 7pm, but come early and enjoy the fun. Admission to the concert is free, and All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream is just a dollar!

The park is right in the middle of old-town Alpine, on the corner of Center and Main streets. Bring blankets or lawn chairs, and bring the whole family. See you there!

***

Liz and Becca won't be here for these shows, but we'll have Liz's two new CDs, "Big Fiddle" and "FAQ" for you to take home. And live and in person we'll have the amazing Cat Larsen with us, so come and enjoy the great weather and the music!

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#172

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:20 pm
Subject: RAIN VENUE for FiddleSticks Alpine Show - 20 June

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It's Raining - but the Show Will Go On!

Hi friends

We wouldn't let a little rain (OK, a LOT of rain!) stop our Alpine FiddleSticks Show and Ice Cream Social!

It's just being moved to higher ground, and indoors. So come on over, and we promise you can enjoy the music and stay dry!

Here's the revised info:

ALPINE
Saturday, June 20, 7pm
Alpine Summer Concert Series
Mountainville Academy
195 S Main Street

(Just a couple of blocks south of the Alpine Gazebo)
Alpine, UT

While the Alpine Gazebo is being deluged, we'll enjoy the watertight ceiling and great acoustics of the school. The Mountainville Academy is a brand new school, just up the street a little from the Alpine Roundabout on Main Street.

And don't forget, the concert is still linked with the Annual Ice Cream Social. The concert starts at 7pm, with the Ice Cream Social beginning at 6pm. Come early and enjoy the fun. Admission to the concert is free, and All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream is just a dollar!

Bring the whole family. See you there!

***
Liz and Becca won't be here for these shows, but we'll have Liz's two new CDs, "Big Fiddle" and "FAQ" for you to take home. And live and in person we'll have the amazing Cat Larsen with us, so come and enjoy the great weather and the music!

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#173

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:22 pm
Subject: Reminder: FiddleSticks Show and CD Release for "Big Fiddle"

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A reminder about the show tonight. Hope to see you!!

Annual FiddleSticks Reunion Concert, and CD Release

Hi friends

The stars are aligned over Planet FiddleSticks -- and Katie and Liz are miraculously in the same town at the same time. Just days before they leave for Korea and Ireland, they'll get together to play some old favorite tunes and a bunch of new ones. And to celebrate the new "Big Fiddle" CD that Liz just released.

Come visit, replenish your FiddleSticks CD collection, and wish our intrepid musicians "bon voyage!" Here's the scoop:

OREM
Monday, July 20, 7pm
Orem City Library

Children's Library Stage

58 North State Street

Orem UT

The Orem Library is one of our favorite and longest running venues. It's like coming home to play here, and we hope you'll come visit, too. We're joining the TImp Storytellers for the night's event: Stories start at 7pm, and we'll bring on the music at about 7:30 or so. And of course, it's all free of charge. Hope to see you there.

We'll have plenty of CDs on hand as well, so come say hi, bye, and enjoy the tunes!

Cheers!

=================================================================

BACKGROUND

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, with occasional hammer dulcimer, fretless bass, drum kit, and various other percussion.

FiddleSticks got their start in 1991 when the family lived in the Washington DC area, and since moving to Utah in 1996 they have entertained audiences throughout the state. They have performed throughout Utah, and have presented numerous concerts in the Mountain West, the Pacific Northwest, California, Maryland, and New England, the American Midwest including Nauvoo, and recently completed tours in Japan, Holland and Italy. Despite busy work and school schedules, the family band averages over fifty public performances a year, including various music and folk festivals, television and radio spots, numerous community, library, and school concerts, private parties and receptions, as well as performances at the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, the Scera Shell, Kingsbury Hall, Capitol Theater, Nauvoo Arts Theater, Provo Freedom Festival, Sandy Amphitheater, and numerous shows over many years for the Utah Performing Arts Tour.

Liz, who is the band�s cellist, just graduated from Berklee Music College in Boston as a cello performance major, and is now headed to Ireland as a Fulbright Scholar. Katie, is the band�s fiddler and vocalist, recently complete a round-the-world tour and is moving to Korea to teach for a year. Rebecca, who sings and plays flute, whistles and recorders, will miss the upcoming concert because she makes her home now in Kauai, Hawaii. Mark, the dad, plays guitar and bodhran with the band, teaches part-time at BYU, and has an international trade firm in Washington DC.

FiddleSticks� music has been recognized nationwide, including Pearl Awards in 2003 and 2008 for best contemporary instrumental recording. They have released eight recordings. The newest, "Big Fiddle� was written and produced by Liz, and features her cello, with backup from the band and other friends. �Farewell to Nauvoo� (2007) includes pioneer and other old time songs and hymns. �Ampersand (2006)� features celtic and bluegrass fiddle and cello. �Return to Nauvoo� (released in 2004), is another collection of American and Mormon folk hymns that has been far and away the best seller. Celtic albums include �Cat and the Fiddle� (2002), �Time and Again� (2001) �Christmas Cold Fusion� (2000), �Playing Favorites� (1999) and �FiddleSticks Sampler� (1998), which have been enthusiastically received by the band�s growing crowd of admirers. Recordings are available in local bookstores, by mail order, on CDBaby.com, or on FiddleSticks� web page: www.fiddle-sticks.com.

FiddleSticks� music is a lively mix of traditional Celtic and English dance music, together with original pieces by the group�s young members. A typical performance might also include a few sets containing Klezmer (Jewish), continental European, contemporary American folk, and Mormon Pioneer music. The program is easily tailored to fit the age and interests of the audience, and can include storytelling, Irish dance, and audience participation. At Christmastime the band presents a variety of English and Celtic carols, Hanukkah tunes, and Solstice songs.

What folks are saying about FiddleSticks!

�Time & Again sounds like the band is bustin� out of the studio: it has so much energy! Wow! It�s a knockout! The playing is really expressive and the arrangements are brilliantly woven.� � Benjamin Huff (Univ. of Notre Dame, IN)

�The album really IS charming and lovely and both relaxing and fun to listen to. What more could I want?� -- Deborah Henson-Conant (jazz harpist, Boston, MA)

�The recording is terrific; I�m so pleased� -- Joy McCarthy (Celtic fiddler and composer, Berkeley CA)

�Your music is inspiring, soothing and lively. It warmed my heart and kept my foot tapping� -- Chieko Okazaki (Mormon Church leader and author, Salt Lake City UT)

�Well, I don�t know what you thought about that music, but it sounded like hell to me.� -- Marion D. Hanks (Mormon Church leader and author, Salt Lake City UT)

�Your music is lovely, true, and heartfelt. Thank you!� -- Sue Richards (Celtic harper, Bethesda MD)

�The perfect Christmas gift . . . Brings a happy, peaceful feeling each time you listen to it.� -- Daily Herald (Provo UT)

�The kids like the lively ones, of course--appropriate for kitchen dancing, and we adults tend toward the �Lost Love� type ballads.� -- Steven Kapp-Perry (composer/performer, Cedar Hills UT)

�FiddleSticks have a flair for Celtic and American folkmusic. There are some great tunes... very ear-pleasing.� -- Deseret News (SLC, UT)

�Your music made my Scotch and Irish blood bubble!� -- Reid Nibley (music professor and concert pianist, Provo UT)

�I�m sure I�ll listen to it over and over, and I know I�ll use it in my classroom for my students.� -- Luana Nelson Au (teacher, Ogden UT)

�When I�m stuck in traffic I pop your CD into the car stereo and things just seem better. You should market your music as a cure for road rage� -- Paul Nielsen (film editor, Los Angeles CA)

�Our whole family listened to your recording and we were transfixed� -- Marsha Paulsen Peters (Iowa City IA)

�Your CD has become my treasure! It stays on the CD player all the time.� -- Barbara Luke (Provo UT)

�FiddleSticks�s Christmas CD is a success, gives new life to holiday music� -- Provo Daily Herald

�We are all now FiddleSticks fans, listening to your music over and over, singing, dancing- and weeping at times� -- Deb Marcotte (Barrington NH)

�You have a gift -- it�s not just in the music, but in the hearts of your family who perform� -- David Arrington (Salt Lake City UT)

�Your music is beautiful, wonderful, incredible (and every other amazing word you can think of)?� -- Jean Ann Michie (Purcelville VA)

�Your harmony, spirit, and enthusiasm for life inspire us, your greatest fans� -- Steve & Debbie Barnes (Eugene OR)

�The first time I heard FiddleSticks was at an outdoor festival last year. I was blown away. FiddleSticks took our breath away. They got a huge audience reaction, and I was entranced by the delicate and driving music, by the angelic voices of Mark�s lovely daughters, by the impossibly accomplished fiddle virtuosity.
The last number blew me away. Marco was hauling on that Celtic drum, even modulating the pitch with his back hand, jumping around and making unexpected stops, twinkle in his eye. The girls took his lead and whipped that crowd into a excitement that topped the evening. I loved when all 4 took turns doing instrumental breaks, especially the cello, which was at once simple and laugh-out-loud humerous. If 150 audience members can do thunderous, they did thunderous.
Needless to say, I was sold on these guys. I asked them to open for my CD release party because I had no doubt about their ability to warm up a crowd and to put the stamp of quality on an evening. I wasn�t disappointed. FiddleSticks is one of the hardest-working groups in Utah right now. They have a consistent busy gigging schedule and each of their performances is high quality. They have a wonderful Celtic/Jewish mix of music that is fresh for the area.
These guys are simply great musicians, with a great, unique product.

David Edwards -- singer-songwriter (Highland UT)

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#174

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Tue Aug 4, 2009 9:30 pm
Subject: "Big Fiddle" CD Release Concert in SLC

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Salt Lake CD Release Concert for "Big Fiddle"

(And Cello Workshop, too!)

Hi friends

We had a great time launching the new "Big Fiddle" CD in Orem last week. But we got many "regrets" from folks in Salt Lake and points north, so here's a second chance!

FiddleSticks cellist Liz and an array of musical friends (including Marco on bodhran) will present a concert of music from the "Big Fiddle" and it's going to be lots of fun. Free of charge, and in a beautiful place where we love performing.

Liz will be leaving later this month for her Fulbright year in Ireland, so don't miss this last chance!

SALT LAKE CITY

Saturday, August 22, 6:30 - 8 pm

Bonneville Glen

1500 E 1050 South (Bonneview Dr.)

Salt Lake City, UT

Bonneville Glen is a forest hideaway in the middle of the city. It is a magical place for a performance, and if you've never been there, it's worth the trip for the location alone. And with great Celtic Cello music as well, you can't go wrong! Of course, it's all free of charge. Hope to see you there.

We'll have plenty of CDs on hand as well, so come say hi, bye, and enjoy the tunes!

Cheers!

(For photos and a printable poster for the concert, click here.)

CELLISTS: Did we mention the Cello Workshop??

Before the concert, join Liz for a fun workshop focused on groovy non-classical cello techniques�and then perform with Liz during the concert (if you want). Learn Irish jigs, Beatles songs, and rhythmic tricks called �chops.� You�ll never look at your cello the same again! The workshop will be held from 3:30�5:00 p.m. at the same date and location as the concert.

Ages 10 and up.

Call (801) 473-1413 or email liz@... to register and for more information. $15 for the workshop / $20 with box dinner.

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#175

From: Marco Davis <fiddlestickscalendar@...>
Date: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:04 pm
Subject: RE: "Big Fiddle" CD Release Concert in SLC

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